Small island airfields were used to stage bombers for attacks on Tarawa for one. I can't remember the island in question off the top of my head.

How does this impact the conversation?

<t> I'm curious about Formosa and mainland Japan.<br/>
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I'm assuming a lot of forces are locked and unmovable from these locations. How to folks tend to approach Formosa as the allied and Japanese player? Reinforce/invade/ignore?<br/>
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Do folks push forces into the Philippines to delay ...

<r> Here is one of me.<br/>
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I purchased it some a while ago so I could watch it. I used to sit around on Saturdays and watch old war movies on TBS, WGN, TNT, etc as a kid.

Guadalcanal Diary is my favorite of those classic movies.

Yes. I forget the name of the son that died but I took a picture of the memorial plaque for the Wasp for my neighbor that aboard the USS Yorktown at Patriots point. He worked in the engine gang I think as a boiler man.

<t> Of note in the real action.&nbsp; My old neighbors older brother lost his life on the Wasp.&nbsp; He was a boilerman and was the first man in the Navy from Dayton Ohio to lose his life during WWII.&nbsp; His mother and my neighbor were there and his mother broke the champagne bottle across the ...

So how these craft are used will change with AE? Good news. LCVPs were not used as fleets to do assaults but as craft loaded aboard the AP's Ak's as you guys well now. Something about a 'fleet' of a couple hundred landing craft sailing across the Pacific just seems wrong to me.

Has anyone recreated this battle to see what would have happened if the Japanese did not turn back? I did a quick search but did not see anything.

<t> I read I think the original article in the Marine Corps Gazette shortly after my father (retired Marine) passed. Military funerals always kill me, taking my back to my father and grandfathers funeral.<br/>
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Don't have HBO but I'll have to purchase this on dvd when it comes out as a reward ...

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The info on the approx 300 ESR is correct but! An EFC means a n armor-piercing shell fired with full charge (so in the case of USS New Jersey that's 6 bags of 90lb charges).. For bombardment they used HE or HC shells which were less in ...

<r> Just finished reading Gerald Astor's <U><s>[u]</s>The Jungle War<e>[/u]</e></U>. He makes a statement towards the end about the lack of allied resources for a Rangoon invasion and the strength of the Japanese Navy in the region. <br/>
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My question is just how much did they keep there? The ...

I've no problem with respawning if the wait time is appropriate.&nbsp; Say minimum of&nbsp;24 months with a max of 36.&nbsp; Essex carriers were not wished up overnight.

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

Bit related, but are Malaria Zone bases handled differently now related to morale etc.?

Good point. As I recall there were islands that were not developed as bases because the islands were so infested.

I lived in Oak Harbor Washington for a while 30 years ago.&nbsp; I'm curious what role it played during the war.&nbsp; Is Fort Casey represented?

<t> She is beautiful.&nbsp; I grew up in Jacksonville and have visited this ship probably 15-20 times.&nbsp; When I was a kid many of the 40mm mounts would traverse and elevate, great fun for a kid.&nbsp; There is more of the ship open now though.<br/>
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<r> Consider the F18E/F.&nbsp; The max weapons load is 17,500 lbs.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sounds impressive.&nbsp; Then you read that the interdiction package is 4x 1000lb bombs, 2x Sidewinders,&nbsp;and 2x 480 gal drop tanks.&nbsp; Not even getting into range vs combat radius.&nbsp; I always look at listed ...

<r> You realize that several of these are available online for free....if not all of them?<br/>
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Which aircraft used operationally carried two or more torpedoes? I can only think of ones that carried one and a few that carried two......four.....[&o]

That is a gamey tactic hopefully rewarded with avoidance of that island an invasion elsewhere.....island hopping anyone?[:D]

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Yup. CD's are not 'wimpy'. I had 7 divisions battled beaten up by several CD guns when I invaded Wake a while back
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7 divisions! Obviously there is not a coded restriction on landing force size then.<br/>
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