Also, my first cousin James Castle was part of Battery B, 60th Coast Artillery, Corregidor, 1941.

My grandfather was a Lt Col in a quartermaster unit and I know that he was in the Philippines in '45. Unfortunately, he died in 1960, my dad died in 1985 (was a teenager during the war), and my grandmother passed in 1988 so I have no one to ask for more information.
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As far as I know the ...

Orm wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 10:18 pm No. I am done disregarding. I must speak my mind. I will not be silenced any longer. I will not be disregarded. This is to important.

This is a good point. I may dedisregard this thread, although I reserve the right to undedisregard at some later date.

jwilkerson wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 10:04 pm
Don Bowen Posted - Hooo Raaah !!!

Is that a bug or an issue?

Of all the things I have ever disregarded, this is the most recent.

Not a bug per se, but bit of an issue (I think it has been like that a long time):

WitP-AE task force "return to base" code is really weird. Especially when there is enemy air threat. I have lost some ships because of it.

E.g. having SCTF striking enemy TF in Merak (DEI), home port Batavia (DEI ...

Still here. Be 80 next spring but all-in-all things are good.

Do check out the books you-all. Worth your time.

For those interested in the early pacific war, I recommend:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019W ... 828f4d9707

Series of several books. Very good.

Considerable effort was expended in the game in an attempt to reproduce some of the “fog of war” aspects of naval operations, especially as regards submarine operations.

In World War II, submarines (and very rarely surface ships) would be dispatched on missions and simply never return. Lack of ...

Just so you know, there is a message in there about a ship reported lost on mission that has never come up. I bet you'll like it when it finally shows!

Bobcat was the code name for Bora Bora. The "unit" sent was a composite force:

Task Force 5614 (Task Force Bobcat):

• 102nd Infantry Regiment (less 1st and 3rd Battalions and Detachments) – 58 Officers and 1283 Men
• Battery A, 99th Field Artillery Battalion – 4 Officers and 142 Men
• Battery C ...

Speaking solely from the US Navy perspective, bases forces came in four basic types plus innumerable "subs". Lions and Oaks, Cubs and Acorns. Components could be tailored to a specific base but these pre-defined units were preferred.

Lions were major port base forces (see above). The first Lion ...

Here is a TOE of a World War II Lion Base Force. Note that US Navy CB battalions came in two types: Construction and "Special". Special Battalions were for stevedore and general labor duties.

As the instigator of "Don's Babies" (sometimes known as "DaBabes"), I'm adding a bit of information that I found on the web years ago and recently re-found as I was clearing out some old files:

Hi Andrew. Glad to see you're still active.

It's hard for me to break the addiction: Flat Top; PacWar; Uncommon Valor; War In the Pacific; Admiral's Edition. But time passes and I must admit my interest fades a bit.

I have been looking at all the old Bookmarks for web sites that I thought we ...

It's been a while, hasn't it. I remember hacking the PacWar data file back when there was no scenario editor. Had some friends back then that aren't around anymore.

I'll begin to mail claimed books tomorrow.

Last day folks. I'll close the list tonight and start mailing books Monday.

<t> Thank you all for such kind words. I have not been very active on the forum for some time and I guess I thought my final leaving of the forum would only be of interest to a few old hands. <br/>
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I do seem to have been a little brief in my comments (above) and I seem to have started some ...

<r> I do not recall the exact implementation of this "feature" but it is intended to reflect accidents occuring during any repair. A welders torch starting a fire, a crane dropping a heavy load onto (or though) the ship, a major whoops while unloading ammunition, some minor electrical repair causing ...