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[Cap Mandrake]

Along those lines was Captain Binghamton supposed to be gay or just "high strung"? Even as a kid I sensed he was very odd.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Along those lines was Captain Binghamton supposed to be gay or just "high strung"? Even as a kid I sensed he was very odd.

No one knows for sure. In those days the policy was "Don't Tell, Don't You Dare Tell!" But it could explain why he always seemed frustrated and
... overstimulated in the presence of real seamen![:'(]

[uncivil_servant]

ORIGINAL: poodlebrain

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

********Opahration Connie Ringus (wife of Former Governor of Fiji and good friend to Japan Ambassador to Fiji)********


Nearry simuhrtaneous randing on New Caredonia, Fiji, Norfork Isrand, Canton and Pago Pago

I bet the crew of PT-73 were more than casually acquainted with Connie Ringus, and Old Leadbottom did not approve.

Knock it off you guys. That's not very sporting of you.

As an aside - is there a counter at all for an early landing of,then, relatively easy targets such as Fiji, Samoa, and Noumea?

Seems awfully easy to cut the line between Australia and WC.

[Mike McCreery]

ORIGINAL: uncivil_servant

ORIGINAL: poodlebrain

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

********Opahration Connie Ringus (wife of Former Governor of Fiji and good friend to Japan Ambassador to Fiji)********


Nearry simuhrtaneous randing on New Caredonia, Fiji, Norfork Isrand, Canton and Pago Pago

I bet the crew of PT-73 were more than casually acquainted with Connie Ringus, and Old Leadbottom did not approve.

Knock it off you guys. That's not very sporting of you.

As an aside - is there a counter at all for an early landing of,then, relatively easy targets such as Fiji, Samoa, and Noumea?

Seems awfully easy to cut the line between Australia and WC.

It is. But it is about as far from Japan as is possible so the supply lines are really long.

You can buy some units out from New Zealand and/or Australia and ship them up to those islands if they are critical to you but a determined Japanese assault can take them no matter what.

[Cap Mandrake]

Technicarry, it more boasting at this point. Onry thing Japan-mens capture in South Pacific or New Guinea area is Rabaur and Sorong. Noumea and Pago Pago speed bumps, probabry garrison at Noumea arready surrender before Japn-mens arrive. Suva has a biggah garrison.

Or the USN or RAN might-ah show up.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: uncivil_servant

ORIGINAL: poodlebrain

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

********Opahration Connie Ringus (wife of Former Governor of Fiji and good friend to Japan Ambassador to Fiji)********


Nearry simuhrtaneous randing on New Caredonia, Fiji, Norfork Isrand, Canton and Pago Pago

I bet the crew of PT-73 were more than casually acquainted with Connie Ringus, and Old Leadbottom did not approve.

Knock it off you guys. That's not very sporting of you....

No, this among finest exmapuhs of riterary criticism.

[poodlebrain]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: uncivil_servant

ORIGINAL: poodlebrain


I bet the crew of PT-73 were more than casually acquainted with Connie Ringus, and Old Leadbottom did not approve.

Knock it off you guys. That's not very sporting of you....

No, this among finest exmapuhs of riterary criticism.

Tossing raw meat in the lions cage was more my intent.

[poodlebrain]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Along those lines was Captain Binghamton supposed to be gay or just "high strung"? Even as a kid I sensed he was very odd.

Joe Flynn had many of the same mannerisms for the characters he portrayed in some Disney movies I remember from childhood. The two guys I remember from my youth giving me the creeps were Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly. Little Richard and Liberace were not on television as frequently, but they were also way out there on the creepy scale for an innocent young suburban lad. I knew those guys were queer, but I didn't know what queer meant.

[kaleun]

I knew those guys were queer, but I didn't know what queer meant.

Queer: adj strange: odd: (OED)[8|]


Kind of like when Gay meant: Gay adj,Bright or lively-looking, esp. in colour; brilliant, showy. or :. Of persons, their attributes, actions, etc.: light-hearted, carefree; manifesting, characterized by, or disposed to joy and mirth; exuberantly cheerful, merry; sportive. (OED)

When did the opposite of Gay stop being Morose?

[Cap Mandrake]

Yes, but nobody had guns or Rong Rance on Horrywood Squares...well, maybe...nevah mind.

Speaking of Cmdr McHale, it-ah pretty crear US Navy not have any suppry issues. I arways thought Ernest Borgnine was just big, roud-mouthed, joviarh guy untir I see Marty.

Hory crap! That-ah make even Japan-mens cry.

[witpqs]

Ever see Bad Day at Black Rock?

[Cap Mandrake]

***********Beachside Virra, Truk, Dec. 13, 1942(D)******


Captain Mandrake-san: What-ah we have for movie night?

Johnny too-tahr: <rooks at scedule> Hmmm...Fighting Seabess with Mistah John Wayne.

Captain Mandrake-san: Impossibuhr! That-ah not even in pre-production yet. Mandrake-san not even think Horrywood-mens hire crappy screenwritah yet. See if Japan-mens Navy got Bad Day at Brack Rock. Mandrake-san arways rike Ernest Borgnine.

Johnny too-tahr: Hai! You bet, boss.

Captain Mandrake-san: Johnny too-tahr, tha-ah arways your name?

Johnny too-tahr: Hai! Boss, you think of Johnny too-tahr brother, Jimmy too-tahr

Captain Mandrake-san: You mean both work here? Hory crap! I terr you guys to get good rooking womans to work here.

[Cap Mandrake]

************Fighting from Dec 13, 1942(d)************

Surawese and Resser and Medium Sundas Ammo-depreted Naga and escorts just trying to go home after previous night fight with Repurse.
They run into HMS Thracian, which has magicarry turned into minerayer, trying to brock strait between Surawese and Borneo.
Japan-mens run away because no burets.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Donggala at 69,96, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
DD Natsugumo
DD Minegumo
DD Asagumo
DD Murasame
DD Yudachi

Allied Ships
DM Thracian

Then, ovah at Kendari, Japan-mens Navy expect Repurse to show up but it rousy Princes of Wares with rousy Houston too. Arr airpranes that courd fry arready
reave. Onry broken pranes on ground. Even Craudes ordered to fry CAP at night but some stir on ground when PoW show up.
Airprane rosses are ovahstated but airprane-reapir mens rearry take in shorts.

Night Naval bombardment of Kendari at 70,106

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 5 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed on ground
A5M4 Claude: 1 damaged
A5M4 Claude: 2 destroyed on ground
H6K4 Mavis: 5 damaged
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales
CA Houston
CL De Ruyter

Japanese ground losses:
661 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 41

BB Prince of Wales firing at Kendari
CA Houston firing at Kendari

[Cap Mandrake]

Arso, this mean interrigence-mens who say Prince of Wares broken don't know crap.

[Cap Mandrake]

Meanwhire, Kaga arso trying to go home. British-mens of HMS Thracian very brave, just not-ah have very good pran.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 66,100, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CV Kaga
BB Kirishima
CA Haguro
CA Nachi
CL Abukuma
DD Amagiri
DD Akebono
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
DM Thracian, Shell hits 10, and is sunk

[Cap Mandrake]

Fight with Thracian srow down Kaga and PoW just sitting at Kendari rike big burry!



Morning Air attack on TF, near Kendari at 70,106

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 22
D3A1 Val x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 10 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Bomb hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
22 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Somebody road Vars with 60 Kg bombs trying to save money. This seem odd because 70% of sorties stir reft. PoW stir not very broken most rikery.

Then Kates attack via reverh bombing with 250kg AP

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kendari at 70,106

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 22

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD John D. Edwards
CL De Ruyter, Bomb hits 1
BB Prince of Wales, Bomb hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

[Cap Mandrake]

Perhaps it was a range issue with Vals? 7 hexes. Or do you get down to M-80's and Piccaro Petes when you use up the sorties?

[Cap Mandrake]

The Arries threw everything they had at Kendari.

We sink a DD and Thracian. They lightly damage Naka. We hit PoW again but it seems nothing brow up.

The ground support unit at Kendari is beat up and the runway and support infrastructure wrecked badly.

[Cap Mandrake]

Luzon Pretty good fighter sweep over Luzon

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 5
P-35A x 9
P-40B Warhawk x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-26A: 3 destroyed
P-35A: 2 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 3 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Perhaps it was a range issue with Vals? 7 hexes. Or do you get down to M-80's and Piccaro Petes when you use up the sorties?

7 hexes with Vals would result in them attacking with pea shooters. Six-ah hexes, Captain-san. Rimit them to six hexes.