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

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Next year no Salsa DJ.

Three words: Polka! Polka! Polka!

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Next year no Salsa DJ.

Three words: Polka! Polka! Polka!

Roll Out The Barrel is always a good one to start a party with. [;)]

Of course, when when someone introduces the administrator you could play the song that goes "I don't want her, you can have her, she's too fat for me!" Which is also appropriate whenever a football player fumbles the ball. [:D]

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Nah, it's a medical group not hospital thing.

The thing that frosts me the most is the stupid generic mylanta. I probably used about 1.5 cents worth. I was President of the organization for 8 years and signed a bunch of big-ass checks and paid for dozens of 400 guest Christmas parties and some chowderhead complaints about generic mylanta.

Next year no Salsa DJ. I will advocate for a Lawrence Welk cover band.

At least my Vet gave me some pain pills from his sample stash. After fifteen hundred dollars for Gall bladder surgery I think he owed me that much.

[Cap Mandrake]

*************January 17, 1943(e)**********

Sundas: We spot a Jap surface force North of Ceram so we sortie toward the Ceram-New Guinea gap to intercept. Instead we intercept Jap torps.

ASW attack near Taberfane at 84,121

Japanese Ships
SS I-153

Allied Ships
CA Louisville, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Kalk
DD Wilson

Partial revenge

Sub attack near Makassar at 65,107

Japanese Ships
TK Akatuki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Okiyu Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-46

[Cap Mandrake]

Damnit. We have good ASW air patrols up here.

Sub attack near Gorong at 81,113

Japanese Ships
SS I-23, hits 4

Allied Ships
DD Buchanan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Stronghold

[Cap Mandrake]

Babar gets plastered. About time the AF was fixed.

Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 44 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
A6M3a Zero x 31
G3M3 Nell x 57
G4M1 Betty x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 26
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 32

[Cap Mandrake]

Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 111 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11

[Cap Mandrake]

PI: Unladen ships trying to escape back to Midway from Mindanao. Route selection suggested some Jap force was about.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Siargao at 86,91, Range 14,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yugao, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
PC Atalanta, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Mariso, Shell hits 13, heavy fires

[Cap Mandrake]

Ineffectual attacks at Bataan AF.

Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged

Runway hits 2

[Cap Mandrake]

Another big attack at Clark. We wreck another infantry division and a tank regt.

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28371 troops, 386 guns, 386 vehicles, Assault Value = 873

Defending force 32640 troops, 420 guns, 507 vehicles, Assault Value = 762

Japanese adjusted assault: 212

Allied adjusted defense: 1834

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 8 (fort level 2)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2041 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 243 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Guns lost 32 (1 destroyed, 31 disabled)
Vehicles lost 42 (1 destroyed, 41 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
302 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 22 (2 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Assaulting units:
68th Division
15th Tank Regiment
10th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
25th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
762nd Tank Battalion
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
2nd Constabulary Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
45th PS Infantry Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
4th Constabulary Regiment
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
165th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC AA Battalion
4th PAAC Avn Sup
35th Avn Sup
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
501st Coast AA Regiment
Clark Field AAF Base Force
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
24th PS FA Regiment
209th Field Artillery Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Babar gets plastered. About time the AF was fixed.

Are you suggesting Babar should go to the vet and get neutered? [X(]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Babar gets plastered. About time the AF was fixed.

Are you suggesting Babar should go to the vet and get neutered? [X(]

Too late - already has a whole herd of kids... besides, he's probably worried he'd wake up to find his stubby tusks completely amputated... [X(]

[Cap Mandrake]

********1st Veterinary Coy, SOUPAC HQ, Board of Inquiry*********

Major Major: And then what happened Sgt.?

Veterinary Sergeant 1st Class, Shepherd: Well, sir, that's when Cpt. Bonebreak picked up the shears and said "Babar, this is going to hurt a bit. I want you to remain still"

*Edited to remove superfluous apostrophe

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

********1st Veterinary Coy, SOUPAC HQ, Board of Inquiry*********

Major Major: And then what happened Sgt.?

Veterinary Sergeant 1st Class, Shepherd: Well, sir, that's when Cpt. Bonebreak picked up the shears and said "Babar, this is going to hurt a bit. I wan't you to remain still"

Strangely enough, Cpt. Bonebreak may actually be in the Babar family photo above (on the far right.)

[Zorch]

Turn Babar loose on the Japs!

[rtrapasso]

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[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

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And elephants never, ever, forget. [:D]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

*Edited to remove superfluous apostrophe

Oh, Stinkfoot!

I think you've removed the crux of the biscuit! [X(]

"what is your, conceptual, continuity?"
Dog replies:

"The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe".

Note the veterinary tie-in... [:'(]

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

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And elephants never, ever, forget. [:D]

This is where you need a box of mice because elephants are terrified of mice.

[RangerJoe]

Eelephants can't be castrated because they are considered a primary testicond species.

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

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