<t> Born in 1963, mostly a lurker on this board.&nbsp;&nbsp; USN veteran (Cryptologic Technician Maintenance "CTM2") station in Edzell Scotland 3 years, Skaggs Isl 1 year, and assorted training sites (Ft. Meade, Great Lakes, Pensacola)<br/>
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Started playing computer war games in the earlier ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Lately I've witnessed the Yamato fix 2 sys damage points in 3 weeks.<br/>
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You don't understand the Navy supply system. Even though the spare ...

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LOL, 20s? I had no idea. Miller's fighters ruled the sky until sometime after summer '43. I have some P-38 squadrons with more than 500 kills to their credit. <br/>
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I just check my top pilots tab, and Miller is right, the P-38s are ...

I'm running the full campaign, just entered April '42 and Pappy Boyington has 16 kills.

<t> My wife enjoys watching Survivor and I often watch it with her. Many of these have taken place on Pacific islands. I think the first was on Borneo and to it's, oh yeah, those Islands I had to defend with the Dutch Brewster Buffaloes, Hudsons, and funny looking Seaplane torpedo bombers.<br/>
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Another day of bombings (500lb bombs this time) and the Fuso is sunk, woohoo.

My carrier task groups (two groups, two carriers each) caught the Nagato and Fuso without air support near Shortland. Each one has been pummeled with 40+ 1000 pound bombs plus the Fuso has taken 3 torpedo hits. Yet, they are limping away... sigh

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: ggallagher<br/>
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Jack...am in total agreement re political debate...was just set off by a perception of historical revisionism.<br/>
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FWIW, one of the tragedies of modern life (both here in the US and abroad) is the lack of knowledge that the vast ...

You have to love those torpedo hits on the USS Pennsylvania.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: MadDawg<br/>
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Just checked....they are type 92's. They are about 3.5 tons in weight and are about 10 x 5.4 x 5.3 feet in size. I am only guessing, but I think the weight would be okay? Not sure about the size though, unless they had some transports with ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: ltfightr<br/>
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It is design of the boat and the size of the boat that allowed them to be reloaded with primative resources.<br/>
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That's how I read it. You don't need much of a ...

Bottom line - the CinC answers to President/Prime Minister who says certain areas have priority.