At dawn we slept...in the cab on the way back from Olongapo

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Mundy

ORIGINAL: desicat
Hey, I live just a little south of Duluth, MN.

ugh....Duluth....

I lived in Superior 9 years.

[:'(]

I drive through Superior once. Everything was grey. Water, sky, ground, buildings. Windy and cold as hell. Been thinking about going back.[:)]

[Mundy]

Thirsty Pagan is a good place for microbrew and pizza.

When I went back up a few years ago it was in July. Everywhere in the state, temps were in the mid-90s. I saw the city sitting in a fog bank and knew it would be good. When we got into town, the temperature dropped to 56.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Mundy

ORIGINAL: desicat
Hey, I live just a little south of Duluth, MN.

ugh....Duluth....

I lived in Superior 9 years.

[:'(]

I drive through Superior once. Everything was grey. Water, sky, ground, buildings. Windy and cold as hell. Been thinking about going back.[:)]

You should go during the summer. Both days are nice.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Mundy




ugh....Duluth....

I lived in Superior 9 years.

[:'(]

I drive through Superior once. Everything was grey. Water, sky, ground, buildings. Windy and cold as hell. Been thinking about going back.[:)]

You should go during the summer. Both days are nice.

[:D][:D]
Used to drive the North side of Lake Superior in summer going to visit relatives. The scenery is spectacular but the days were brutally hot and A/C was a luxury in cars back then rather than standard equipment. The kids were dying in the heat so we stopped where the road dipped close to the lake and went down to wade in the water. It was ICE cold! Your blood vessels contracted so quickly your feet hurt and your BP went up! Lake Superior never warms up!

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
. It was ICE cold! Your blood vessels contracted so quickly your feet hurt and your BP went up! Lake Superior never warms up!

Baah. You discount the salubrious health effects of the leeches.

Not to mention the mosquitos with the wingspan of a B-17 (D model)

[Cap Mandrake]

Minnesota was settled by Swedish immigrants because they didn't know any better.

[Mundy]

I think it's more Norwegians and Finns that ways. Door County is more Swedish.

I do miss potato sausage.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Mundy

I think it's more Norwegians and Finns that ways. Door County is more Swedish.

I do miss potato sausage.

I try to miss them too. It's hard to get off your boot.

[Cap Mandrake]

The first time I saw a cow pie when I was a kid I wondered how a cow could move its ass with such precision.

Later, I wondered if they go the other way in the Southern Hemisphere. I love science.

[Cap Mandrake]

****************March 12, 1942(e)************

N&IC and New and Improved Hebrides(N&IH): Doh! missed opportunity.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Efate at 120,154, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Tatsumiya Maru
PB Yamahagi Maru #3
xAK Misaki Maru
xAK Kotohira Maru

Allied Ships
DD Shaw
DD Stuart

Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway

There goes the taro harvest.

Night Naval bombardment of Efate at 120,154

Allied Ships
DD Stuart
DD Shaw

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 3

DD Stuart firing at Efate
DD Shaw firing at Efate

[Cap Mandrake]

One of the 10 evacuee ships from Tanna. She had some disabled planes aboard.
The others got through

Submarine attack near Tanna at 121,158

Japanese Ships
SS I-23

Allied Ships
xAK Steel Exporter, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

xAK Steel Exporter is sighted by SS I-23
SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes

[Cap Mandrake]

Pathetic.

Night Naval bombardment of La Foa at 114,159

Allied Ships
DD Brooks
DD Crane

DD Brooks firing at Maizuru 2nd SNLF
DD Crane firing at Maizuru 2nd SNLF

[Cap Mandrake]

Uggh. CAP of 79 planes over Koumac.

Morning Air attack on Koumac , at 113,156

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 23,390 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 79

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 2 destroyed

[Cap Mandrake]

Very nice coordinated attack but too many GD zeroes.

Morning Air attack on Koumac , at 113,156

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 68

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress x 12
P-400 Airacobra x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 3 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 3 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

[Cap Mandrake]

China: A bunch of LYB tanks stage a riverine assault NE of Chihkiang. We take heavy casualties but break a shedload of Type II's

Ground combat at 78,49 (near Chihkiang)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4963 troops, 12 guns, 534 vehicles, Assault Value = 669

Defending force 33554 troops, 131 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1220

Japanese adjusted assault: 179

Allied adjusted defense: 1219

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 6

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
946 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 73 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 142 (30 destroyed, 112 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1541 casualties reported
Squads: 31 destroyed, 166 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
20th Recon Regiment
3rd Division
12th Tank Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
1st Recon Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
26th Recon Regiment

Defending units:
7th New Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
15th Group Army
24th Group Army
57th AT Gun Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment

[Cap Mandrake]

142 tanks lost or damaged in one day. It's like North Africa.

[zuluhour]

looks like you got lucky, the only ATs in China in front of their cream of iron formation.

[zuluhour]

I'm pretty sure these are armor piercing..

[desicat]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

The first time I saw a cow pie when I was a kid I wondered how a cow could move its ass with such precision.

Later, I wondered if they go the other way in the Southern Hemisphere. I love science.

I can't be the only person here who wants to know the answer - does it? In the name of science of course.....

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

I'm pretty sure these are armor piercing..

Hey look! A nice Catholic girl. I should go help her do a Novena.