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

[Cap Mandrake]

Naval losses last 2 days. We sank Arare with SBD's from Tanna.

KB gone for two days. Last time this happened it was the old double back trick.

[Cap Mandrake]

****************King Kameamea Lounge, Royal Hawaiian*************


FAM: Wait, you mean to tell me that when what's his name called a disengagement, Nevada had only 14% main gun ammo with two turrets completely out and Oklahoma had only 6% with three turrets out?

Navy dude: Yes sir.

FAM: And the destroyer screen was disorganized or disabled so he feared enemy torpedo attack?

Navy dude: Yes, sir.

FAM: Look, I'm beginning to think I may have been a bit rash with what's his name. Send him some flowers and a case of scotch.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: desicat

Yes sirree Bob, the Brits will be here any minute. Soon....

Where can you find pleasure
Search the world for treasure
Learn science technology
Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true
On the land or on the sea
Where can you learn to fly
Play in sports and skin dive
Study oceanography
Sign up for the big band
Or sit in the grandstand
When your team and others meet

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: desicat

Yes sirree Bob, the Brits will be here any minute. Soon....

Where can you find pleasure
Search the world for treasure
Learn science technology
Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true
On the land or on the sea
Where can you learn to fly
Play in sports and skin dive
Study oceanography
Sign up for the big band
Or sit in the grandstand
When your team and others meet

YMCA?

[uncivil_servant]

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ymcajapan.org/eastjapanen/uploads/Minami-sanriku%252520Camp.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ymcajapan.org/eastjapanen/index_4.html&h=360&w=640&tbnid=8PF6-teegpfeAM:&docid=6BYCUoXPyRmnkM&ei=ywMMVrCrDISxePTShcgJ&tbm=isch&ved=0CCIQMygFMAVqFQoTCPC8jaeNn8gCFYQYHgoddGkBmQ

But WHICH YMCA is the question.

[Cap Mandrake]

Look, youse guys, if youse guys want to be in Village People fan club at least get the name of the song right.

[Cap Mandrake]

14yr old SGIII: I wish you have woken my up earlier.

FAM: You mean "awakened".

14yr old SGIII: I don't care about that, it's the weekend.

FAM:<facepalm>

[Cap Mandrake]

**************Feb 26, 1942(d)************

Admiral Lord SPrior has gone walkabout and apparently has given cryptic authority to "carry on". Well, let's see what's left of the Royal Navy when he gets back. [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

N&IC: 3rd day without the KB. Either we are missing the window to send more guys or we are cleverly refusing their bait. Noumea is going to go to a level 4 airfield in 2-3 days if JJ doesn't do something. 3 fully armed prewar USN BB's are steaming off of Noumea and everyone is getting a nice tan. The new blue officer jackets with the striped red neck kerchiefs look splendid.


We send some DD's to Koumac. 3rd night in a row. This time it works, sort of.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Koumac at 113,156, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
AMC Aikoku Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires

Allied Ships
DD Litchfield, Shell hits 1
DD Brooks

One DD pretty much just makes it hard to sleep

Night Naval bombardment of Koumac at 113,156

Allied Ships
DD Brooks

DD Brooks firing at 33rd/A Division

Col. Cathcart <in briefing room at Suva International>: Here are the latest recon photos. As you can see, the airstrip is over here between the taro patch and the refuse dump in the NW corner. Here you can see the refueling truck...err...I mean the refueling hand cart. Now, the reporter from Time is going to fly along with...<looks at notes>..Yossarian so we want to be careful and not cause any collateral damage. Right, any questions.

Young hirsute officer: How are we supposed to see anything?

Colonel Cathcart: Why, with the Norden bombsight, of course. The United States Army Air Force has lavishly supplied you with the latest technology.

Young hirsute officer: But it's dark.

Colonel Cathcart: Group predicts a bomber's moon tonight.

Young hirsute officer: Fine, the Moon can have my seat then.


Colonel Cathcart: <leans over and quietly asks Squadron Flight Surgeon> Who is that guy?

Doc Daneeka: That's Yossarian, Colonel.

Colonel Cathcart: Is he crazy or something?

Doc Daneeka: Who, Yosssarian? Naahh, probably the least crazy person here.

Colonel Cathcart: LISTEN UP EVERYONE! Change of plans. the Time reporter will be flying with Nately.

[Cap Mandrake]

***********************23:35, 3 miles E of Koumac******************


A large pod of Bottlenose are annihilated


Night Air attack on Koumac , at 113,156

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 3

No Allied losses

[Cap Mandrake]

Norflok, the island: Sometimes shit just happens.

Sub attack near Norfolk Island at 113,171

Japanese Ships
SS I-173

Allied Ships
xAP Neptuna, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AVD Ballard

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

[Cap Mandrake]

La Foa: Even in the day, from 4000 ft, it's hard to hit the Little Yellow Bastards.

Morning Air attack on 25th JNAF AF Unit , at 114,159 (La Foa)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 2
B-17E Fortress x 4

No Allied losses

This was mainly to remind JJ that Tanna is dangerous.

Afternoon Air attack on 25th JNAF AF Unit , at 114,159 (La Foa)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 15
SBD-3 Dauntless x 11

No Allied losses

[Cap Mandrake]

Noumea: We should have started this earler. Quite effective. As you can see, we are "all in" in Noumea. We are ahead in AV but it is a jungle hex. No ground attack yet. The BB's could do serious damage on bombardment but we need a new AE to rearm them. The one at Noumea is still burning.

Ground combat at Noumea (115,160)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1287 troops, 74 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 433

Defending force 10895 troops, 99 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 377

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
2nd Marine Regiment
2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
8th Marine Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
260th Field Artillery Battalion
804th Aviation Engineer Battalion
II US Fighter Cmnd
21st MAG
Noumea Base Force
3rd Marine Defense Battalion
808th Aviation Engineer Battalion
64th Coast AA Regiment
147th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
11th MAG /2

Defending units:
4th/A Division
4th/B Division
4th/C Division

[desicat]

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1287 troops, 74 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 433

Defending force 10895 troops, 99 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 377

It looks like you have him outnumbered 1 to 10, but probably due to lack of supply the Japanese forces are armed with coconuts and bamboo staves. Deadly dangerous on Gilligan's Island, otherwise .... interesting. Jungle fighting is easy anyhow.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
We are ahead in AV but it is a jungle hex.

Como? I thought for sure it was a clear hex.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
We are ahead in AV but it is a jungle hex.

Como? I thought for sure it was a clear hex.

Actually it's jungle/rough

[Cap Mandrake]

*************Mandrake Household**********


FAM: <busily trying to find a replacement TE after the guy I just picked on waivers annoyingly got himself injured int he first quarter> Hmmmmm....

10 year old SGIV practicing her Student Council speech:..."One of the reasons why I would like to be on Student Council is to help the environment of the planet with recycling..."

FAM: <stops what he is doing and makes the John Belushi face..you know..the one he used when he just heard something really annoying and was about to go postal>

[Cap Mandrake]

***********A little while back at daughter's wedding*************


FAM: <smiles broadly that bar is now closing after 5 hrs of open bar for 190 thirsty human beings..sadly, however, the DJ is also stopping and he was playing good stuff and everyone is whooping and hollering..>

20 something in state of wild, primal joy after 5 hours of consuming two carbon fragments: MR. MANDRAKE! THERE'S AN AFTER PARTY AT SUITE 103!

FAM: Ah, cool, I'll stop buy....<20 somethings run off like a Lakota war party...the FOB makes his way slowly back to his suite, 2 hrs after his usual bedtime, saying thank you to people for drinking all the free booze for 5 hrs..he says to himself> Sweet Baby Jesus, thank God and Greyhound that is over. I wonder where 103 is?

<as he approaches his suite he notices growing volume of noise..he rounds a corner and spies 30 people smoking cigars and drinking in a patio area..a look of recognition comes over his well-worn face> F***, that's my suite!

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

***********A little while back at daughter's wedding*************


FAM: <smiles broadly that bar is now closing after 5 hrs of open bar for 190 thirsty human beings..sadly, however, the DJ is also stopping and he was playing good stuff and everyone is whooping and hollering..>

20 something in state of wild, primal joy after 5 hours of consuming two carbon fragments: MR. MANDRAKE! THERE'S AN AFTER PARTY AT SUITE 103!

FAM: Ah, cool, I'll stop buy....<20 somethings run off like a Lakota war party...the FOB makes his way slowly back to his suite, 2 hrs after his usual bedtime, saying thank you to people for drinking all the free booze for 5 hrs..he says to himself> Sweet Baby Jesus, thank God and Greyhound that is over. I wonder where 103 is?

<as he approaches his suite he notices growing volume of noise..he rounds a corner and spies 30 people smoking cigars and drinking in a patio area..a look of recognition comes over his well-worn face> F***, that's my suite!

Then I guess the typo highlighted in red above was a classic Freudian slip! [:D]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

***********A little while back at daughter's wedding*************


FAM: <smiles broadly that bar is now closing after 5 hrs of open bar for 190 thirsty human beings..sadly, however, the DJ is also stopping and he was playing good stuff and everyone is whooping and hollering..>

20 something in state of wild, primal joy after 5 hours of consuming two carbon fragments: MR. MANDRAKE! THERE'S AN AFTER PARTY AT SUITE 103!

FAM: Ah, cool, I'll stop buy....<20 somethings run off like a Lakota war party...the FOB makes his way slowly back to his suite, 2 hrs after his usual bedtime, saying thank you to people for drinking all the free booze for 5 hrs..he says to himself> Sweet Baby Jesus, thank God and Greyhound that is over. I wonder where 103 is?

<as he approaches his suite he notices growing volume of noise..he rounds a corner and spies 30 people smoking cigars and drinking in a patio area..a look of recognition comes over his well-worn face> F***, that's my suite!

If they were using the mini-bar, that explains your subsequent illness - although the pain should have been felt more in the wallet area. Were you using a money belt with that cummerbund?