Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[Cap Mandrake]

********Aboard HMIS Cornwallis, near Exmouth, 07:40, Nov. 26, 1942(c)******


Jugdish: <looking over rail as ship pulls away from Exmouth> Abhimoda, why do not the battleships leave before us?

Abhimoda I am sure there is a bery good reason. The admirals would not risk such a fine ship as thees without good reason. I am proud to be the vanguard. Do not worry my friend, the battleships will catch us. They are faster.

Jugdish: Perhaps you are right, my friend, but still, I would like you to hold this for me and give it to my mother should I not return. <hands over money>

Abhimoda <looks at money> Three rupees? What is she to do with three rupees? Come, let us teach the others how to play craps....

[Onime No Kyo]

Hope they know that you cant take it with you.


Then again, with their ideas on reincarnation....

[Cap Mandrake]

**********Nov. 27, 1942(c)**********



Oz: A B-17 raid on Broome airfield gets scrubbed for reasons not clear as of yet. The B-24's hit Port Headrand pretty hard but NONE of the medium bombers deign to attack. 11 Tojos again in the air over PH. Yamato pays another vist and bombards at night. I think they may be rearming Yamato now at Broome. When the sun comes up there are NO anti-shipping attacks.

JJ attacks at PH again, just managing a 2:1 this time with subsantial casualties in our favor.

Burma: 29 Tojos sweep over Ledo again.

China: The Japs have found Mark McGwire's leftover "vitamin" pills and are attacking all over like hungry pit bulls.

Aleutians: Snowman making restrictions were lifted on Adak as morale was beginning to suffer.


New and Improved New Hebrides: I am trying to repair Tanna airfield but the supply offload is painfully slow. Bombing over Efate just for fun.

[Cap Mandrake]

Ground combat at Port Hedrand (57,129)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 44279 troops, 458 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 1138

Defending force 20442 troops, 555 guns, 408 vehicles, Assault Value = 454

Japanese adjusted assault: 708

Allied adjusted defense: 321

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2591 casualties reported
Squads: 51 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 33 (1 destroyed, 32 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1185 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 42 destroyed, 52 disabled
Guns lost 23 (11 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 17 (10 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
4th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
6th Guards Division
77th Infantry Regiment
65th Brigade
5th Division
24th Infantry Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
66th Infantry Group
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
Yokosuka Assault SNLF /2
22nd Air Flotilla
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
16th Army
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
30th Fld AA Gun Co
51st JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
22nd (East African) Brigade
32nd Infantry Division
2nd British Division
7th RAN Base Force
34th Aviation Base Force
10th USN Naval Construction Battalion
14th USN Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment

[Onime No Kyo]

And that was just a friendly soccer game. Imagine if these guys got into a shooting war. [X(]

[Crackaces]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: Crackaces




Its a confounding factor in the whole "MaryAnn vs Ginger Question." [8D]

Lemme guess, Ginger was the goody two-shoes?

That is NOT what I heard.


You know what...pretend I didn't mention it.

Althoght evidence shows that Mary Ann had a liking for the" wacky weed" -- something M&M enterprises was more than willing to provide the castaways -- in my professional opinion Cap Mandrake, I might propose the Ginger had a propensity for benzodiazepines and secobarbital with possible Quaalude abuse. That sultry actress look might have just been more than an act. These drugs were quite popular at the time. with 40 million prescriptions of vallium alone I could see M&M Enterprises turning a handsome profit supporting Ginger's habit on this remote island. Really zero competition from organized crime.

Then there was the whole problem with Tina Louise's irretractable delusional thinking that her role was the main focus of the show -- despite the name being "Gilligan's Island," and the whole thing of Bob Denver and his dopey role from Dobie Gillis being extended into a new situational comedy. Ginger very well might have been deprived of her real med's since I understand M&M enterprise was not into distributing the phenothiazines due to the bad rap on side effects as a "party" pharmaceutical and lack of compliance from patients.

Thus my contention that really we have lots of confonding factors, and this MaryAnn/Ginger question could even be a test of Decision Making Capacity? maybe even The "Rorschach" standard for assessing DMC?

[Chickenboy]

JJ attacks at PH again, just managing a 2:1 this time with subsantial casualties in our favor.

Interesting casualties. Japanese infantry suffered comparatively, but you lost a bushel of engineer squads. Why?

[Cap Mandrake]

I think, with all the spare rifles lying about, our construction engineers have been pressed into service.

102nd Eng. Bn. is wrecked and I imagine the aviation support and construction boys account for the bulk of the casualties.

These chaps: [&o]

7th RAN Base Force
34th Aviation Base Force
10th USN Naval Construction Battalion
14th USN Naval Construction Battalion

[Cap Mandrake]

With 4 guys and only two women under 65, the greatest need of the castaways was an androgen blocker.

I have always wondered why the Professor, with his obvious chemistry skills, did not brew up a coconut IPA or something.

Lastly, I have also wondered where the Isrand was. It has to be about 3 hrs from some "tropic port" but that is pretty wide open. Probably, the headhunters narrow it down a bit....maybe near New Guinea or New Britain?

[Cap Mandrake]

Admiral Lord SPrior;

I watched the replay for the first time in months. I think those Jap Tojos and and Zeroes sweeping over Ledo are coming from that level 4 airfield about 6 hexes WSW of Ledo...Hell, can't remember the name of the place.

I suggest we confirm this with recon and then give them a taste of their own medicine.

[Crackaces]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

With 4 guys and only two women under 65, the greatest need of the castaways was an androgen blocker.

I have always wondered why the Professor, with his obvious chemistry skills, did not brew up a coconut IPA or something.

Lastly, I have also wondered where the Isrand was. It has to be about 3 hrs from some "tropic port" but that is pretty wide open. Probably, the headhunters narrow it down a bit....maybe near New Guinea or New Britain?

I don't know Cap Mandrake .. it could have been closer to Hawaii ... there was the whole misunderstanding in the M&M Worldwide Enterprises Employment Assistance Division and the the often used term of "Headhunting" that created a lot of intial confusion. I think that took years to fix. Often I understand Milo refuises any interviews that involve questioning that debacle ...

But you know this was the whole 60's thing and free love. Plus given the situation in context with the "Skipper and his little buddy"-- I am thinking the things might not be as face value. In fact, I am thinking the Professor was working on acyclovir and azithromycin competing directly with the M&M pharmaceutical divisions.[;)]

[Cap Mandrake]

Coastwatchers at Rabaul report Chitose in port. If true, it suggests the noise around Port Moresby and and in the New and Improved New Hebrides may be bearing fruit by attracting Jap assets.

I often find Coastwatcher reports are wrong but you would think they could spot a carrier. [:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

Count Czernin redeploys to Ledo to counter the ALYB's

(file photo)

[sprior]

You're probably right and afetr the Chateau de Chassalay is out of the system I'll get right on it.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

You're probably right and afetr the Chateau de Chassalay is out of the system I'll get right on it.

Have you thought about an equity interest in Chateau de Chassalay?


Had some 50 year old Port last night after having a pint of an IPA..and then a couple of Martinis. I know that really doesn't sound like that much but it is plenty for me. This morning I had 1000 mg Tylenol and 600 ibuprofen.

[sprior]

IPA is of course particularly apposite.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Coastwatchers at Rabaul report Chitose in port. If true, it suggests the noise around Port Moresby and and in the New and Improved New Hebrides may be bearing fruit by attracting Jap assets.

I often find Coastwatcher reports are wrong but you would think they could spot a carrier. [:)]

Yes. Were Chitose a carrier that may be a meaningful finding. [:'(]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Coastwatchers at Rabaul report Chitose in port. If true, it suggests the noise around Port Moresby and and in the New and Improved New Hebrides may be bearing fruit by attracting Jap assets.

I often find Coastwatcher reports are wrong but you would think they could spot a carrier. [:)]

Yes. Were Chitose a carrier that may be a meaningful finding. [:'(]

Look, the damn thing said "CVL blah blah blah spotted at Rabaul". I could have sworn it started with a "Ch"....wait..."Chipotle" maybe? Yeah, I think that's it.

[zuluhour]

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600 ibuprofen.

Thats a SH&TPOT of pills Cap'n![X(]

[Crackaces]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

600 ibuprofen.

Thats a SH&TPOT of pills Cap'n![X(]
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Ahhh.. this is understood as 600mg ...The Cap probably ordered himself Ibuprfen 600mg P.O The dosing although is a little different since ibuprofen comes in 200mg 400mg and 800 mg tablets .. I'll take one little one and one a little bigger ro three little ones .. .. Unless of course he relaly decided to take 600 little ones ..