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

[zuluhour]

wee willy

[Cap Mandrake]

***********June 25, 1943(c)**********


Ryukyus: Quite a good day. The switch over to Kume-jima goes well. It looks like we are up against a base force.

Pre-Invasion action off Kume-jima (94,65) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

25 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Hobart
SC PC-1082
AK Titania
DD Abbot

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

CL Hobart firing at Det. 3rd Special Base Force
Det. 3rd Special Base Force firing at CL Hobart


The campaign to attrit the WJD ground troops at Naha gets underway. This will take a while because most
of the Heavy squadrons are worn out.

We lost one AK to subs on the way to Karenko.

Tried to send in some mediums at 10K feet to improve accuracy. They still have some serious AAA at Naha.

Morning Air attack on 1st/B Division, at 95,66 (Naha)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufort V x 10
Beaufort VIII x 9
Spitfire Vc Trop x 5

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V: 4 damaged
Beaufort V: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

[sprior]

That's where all my motorised support went http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picture ... me=2790421

[Simonsez]

Like the turtled Bren carrier in pic #9....needs a little work to get it running again.

[Cap Mandrake]

2nd British Div could use a couple of Humber I. Does the Royal Navy buy a submarine attack replacement policy?

[Simonsez]

Yes,

But since this was an attack by a German He-111, there was no payout. Should have added an He-111 rider befoer leaving port.

[jeffk3510]

ORIGINAL: Wargmr

ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Bomber fleet at Aparri. The crews are holding up but the airframes are getting tired.

Late were bomber pools are so slim...

You say late war when it is only June of 43... LOL!

I forgot the Cap has 44-45 progress in 43.

Thanks for reminding me.

[zuluhour]

Those Lib squadrons look like they fly back to back to back days. That is directly proportional to plane fatigue I believe. I prefer the rotisserie method for applying air power. Of course I'm barely hanging on to CenPac.[:'(]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Those Lib squadrons look like they fly back to back to back days. That is directly proportional to plane fatigue I believe. I prefer the rotisserie method for applying air power. Of course I'm barely hanging on to CenPac.[:'(]

Yes, that is exactly what happened (and a level 7 airfield limitations). The "maximum effort" has already been shut off. [:)] We couldn't have the troops getting green in the gills at sea. We had to shut down the airfield.

Only about half the heavy squadrons flying now. One more day of the assault firce disembarking at Kume-jima and then the surface guard, transport and carrier can be withdrawn.

[Cap Mandrake]

I got the flu shot, wash my hands 30 times a day and here I am stuck at home with SG IV with some God-awful virus.

Meanwhile, I think the contractor caused a power surge and killed my desktop. We found a big rotted beam on the back balcony so we are just going to demo about 2/3rd of it. Bad week so far.

[Cap Mandrake]

SG texts me this question about cultural sensitivity regarding her 5 yerar old Somali patient spending the night in the hospital after a non-seriosu head conk in a motor vehicle accident.

SG: Would it be OK to give my Somali patient a pirate toy as a gift? [:D][:D]


Naturally, I offered my sagacity and empathy.

[Crackaces]

I got the flu shot, wash my hands 30 times a day and here I am stuck at home with SG IV with some God-awful virus.

Hmmm ... Our "I am from the government and I am here to help .." states: http://www.flu.gov/about_the_flu/current_flu/index.html

I am thinking there are more variations this year than vaccinated..
I am getting an abundance of patients in NM with acute on chronic respiratory failure secondary to flu like S&S ..[:(]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Crackaces

I got the flu shot, wash my hands 30 times a day and here I am stuck at home with SG IV with some God-awful virus.

Hmmm ... Our "I am from the government and I am here to help .." states: http://www.flu.gov/about_the_flu/current_flu/index.html

I am thinking there are more variations this year than vaccinated..
I am getting an abundance of patients in NM with acute on chronic respiratory failure secondary to flu like S&S ..[:(]

It seems unlikey I will be a fatality but the thing kicked my booty. I knew those live chickens from Hong Kong were a bad idea.

Oh, just thought of something. What if the HOA finds out I am keeping live chickens?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I got the flu shot, wash my hands 30 times a day and here I am stuck at home with SG IV with some God-awful virus.

Meanwhile, I think the contractor caused a power surge and killed my desktop. We found a big rotted beam on the back balcony so we are just going to demo about 2/3rd of it. Bad week so far.

Do you have sufficient Hendrick's in the freezer to see you through?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
SG: Would it be OK to give my Somali patient a pirate toy as a gift? [:D][:D]

Y'arr! Walk the plank with ye, matey!

[Crackaces]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Crackaces

I got the flu shot, wash my hands 30 times a day and here I am stuck at home with SG IV with some God-awful virus.

Hmmm ... Our "I am from the government and I am here to help .." states: http://www.flu.gov/about_the_flu/current_flu/index.html

I am thinking there are more variations this year than vaccinated..
I am getting an abundance of patients in NM with acute on chronic respiratory failure secondary to flu like S&S ..[:(]

It seems unlikey I will be a fatality but the thing kicked my booty. I knew those live chickens from Hong Kong were a bad idea.

Oh, just thought of something. What if the HOA finds out I am keeping live chickens?

I am not really concerned about your chickens .. as Chicken boy I assume is at continual consult ...
but I am quite concerned about Chinaman .. who coughs and spreads flu to 180 passengers on a 757 in SF who in turn travel to multiple spots in the US ...
It looks like a very nasty flu settled in Colorado . that is making its way to my practice ...this flu sees to be not in the vaccine ..

[Cap Mandrake]

***********June 26, 1943(c)************


Okinawa: Lift those barges...tote those bales...or something like that. Nothing bad happens. Just dropping things off..either on the beach (Ito Red) at Kume-jima or from 12,000 ft over Okinawa. 147th RCT fully ashore at Kume-jima. We attack tomorrow at Kume-jima. No attack for now on Okinawa, we are still negotiating the "Enemy artillery positions intelligence rider" with M&M.

3rd Marine Div will reform at Aparri after all the trucks and jeeps and mobile field kitchens are ashore.

6th Marine Regt will go to Batangas instead of landing at Naha. Another regiment (8th I think) will pull back from the sitzkrieg line at Manira and the last regiment will have to come up from Japanese/Portuguese/Timorese Timnor. 2nd Mariune Div will then reform.

The two divisions to take Taihoku aren't ready yet. 37th ID, still refitting at Iba, is about ready to go to Okinawa. We can land 3th ID together with 3rd Marine.

You know? This prannng thing is oddly enjoyable. You guys should try it.

Miyako-jima goes to level 6 airfield..5 or 6 d and she can start hosting B-24's for night raids on Kyushu. [:)]

BB's can rearm now at Batan Is in one shift, both magazines. We start a bombardment shuttle.

[Cap Mandrake]

Burma: JJ put some pranes at Lashio. We drop bombs on them....and on annoying LYB's in the various jungles on Burma.


South China Sea: USS Greenling puts a torp in two different AO's

[Cap Mandrake]

I was laid up for 3 1/2 days straight. I had to share the television with a 9 year old. I had to watch my share of Disney boy-band shows... and lost many an IQ point I tell you...but I did finally wrest control of the Netflix controller. Here are my reviews:


Yukon Men: Some interesting bits but according to the narrator they are all at the cusp of stravation if they don't get that moose or the King salmon...except that everyione over 25 is fat. It is supposed to be some kind of subsistence existence but everyone has two showmobiles, a 25 foot boat with outboard and a truck and a bulldozer. The lead guy supposedly left Boston 40 years ago to come out to the wilderness but I suspect he was expelled for beign too annoying.


Alaska: The Last Frontier: Much better show. True homestead family.


Into the White: Very good. RAF and Luftwafe crews shoot each other down over remote Norway in the Winter and have to ...well...you will see. If you are a JFB and poor reader you won't like it because the Germans don't let on that they speak-ah da Engrish until half-way through so you have to read the subtitles. Even worse, the Engrish officer you can understand but the gunner seems to have just washed off the blue paint. Americans would benefit from subtitles when he was speaking too.


Warriors of the Ranbow: The Seedig Bala: Very good! It's rike the formulaic "Evil White Colonialists Oppress the Idyllic Indiginous Peoples, Vol XXIII" except the evil white coloniallists are Japanese and it's Formosa in the 1930's. Substantially true story too. The IJA seems to have not yet mastered the concept of the ambush yet. Nice score. Some beautiful singing but the dancing is crappy (not a musical though, so it's OK).

[Cap Mandrake]

Also, this oddity. "Yorktown II" just showed up on the ship arrival list about 10 d from now in Panama. This is quite a Summer solstice gift considering "Yorktown I" is the only original carrier we have that still works. [:D]

Yorktown II will move to SF to join Essex for the attack on the Kuriles. Shima airfield will be ready.

We can start loading up at Pearl and Seattle in about 10 d for Operation StickyGreen