Russ (aka Mogami) versus Tris (aka TJ)

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]"It's just a shame that Wake fell," said one Naval person.[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]"But I'm sure they put up a good defense."[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]According to headquarters, the defense of Wake Island was under Commander Winfield S. Cunningham, Officer in Charge, Naval Activities.[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]His subordinate was Major James P. S. Devereux, commanding officer of the Marine Wake Detachment of the 1st Defense Battalion.[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]11 December 1941

Japanese bombers roared over Clark Field in the Philippines Thursday.[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]Reports indicate this latest attack on American installations was beaten off successfully.[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]A flight of British Swordfish torpedo bombers based on Mersing in Malaya caught a Japanese convoy in the Gulf of Siam yesterday.[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]"As far as we know two hits were made on a troop transport," said a British military official in Singapore. "That's really giving them the stick, what?"[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]12 December 1941

A Japanese freighter, said to be the Hokko Maru, was torpedoed yesterday about 50 miles west of Saigon.[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]Naval authorities said yesterday that Japanese casualties resulting from the action around Wake Island by two USN aircraft carriers have been severe.

"Our intelligence tells us now that at least ten Japanese ships were lost in the attacks carried out by our carriers over the two days," said the liaison officer. "At the moment we can account for five enemy destroyers, including Mutsuki, Kisaragi, Mochizuki, Yunagi and Asanagi, two troop transports, Shintoku Maru and Rakuyo Maru, plus the Busan Maru, a freighter, and a couple of minelayers." [/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]A British Hudson bomber flying out of Amboina scored at least one hit on a Japanese patrol craft, part of the enemy invasion force off Manado on Celebes Island.[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]13 December 1941

Naval headquarters at Pearl Harbor released a statement today that the Japanese freighter Shinei Maru has sunk due to damage sustained last Wednesday off Wake Island.[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]14 December 1941

Dutch military authorities at Samarinda, Borneo reported that the Japanese light cruiser Kashii was hit by a bomb at the port of Jesselton on the north coast. No further details were available.[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]15 December 1941

British authorities said that bombers from Kuantan in Malaya caught a Japanese task force of warships in the Gulf of Siam yesterday. "We believe we hit the light cruiser Sendai and caused it some damage," said a spokesman.[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]Three Japanese troop transports were reported hit off Khota Bharu yesterday. The attack was launched by British Blenheim bombers from bases in Malaya.[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]Dutch authorities reported that the freighter Boelongan sank yesterday off the port of Batavia.[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]16 December 1941

Military authorities at Pearl Harbor said that the freighter Regulus was torpedoed 150 miles east of Midway Island yesterday. There were no details regarding casualties.[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]17 December 1941

Naval Intelligence officers in Pearl harbor said yesterday that a Japanese patrol craft, believed to be the Daido Maru, sank at Makin Atoll.[/font]

[Tristanjohn]

[font="Times New Roman"]18 December 1941

The British Crown Colony of Hong Kong was stormed by Japanese troops yesterday. After a gallant defense which lasted a week and a half and cost many lives, the island's defenders were overcome by a much superior enemy force.[/font]

[DuckofTindalos]

Bang! They're dead!