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No, only a moaning part.

It's Moh-AH-nah. It is of Polynesian origin and means "the sea" [:)]

Naturally, she possesses the beauty to cause a mutiny.

No turn yet. It must be more than a sweat lodge ceremony. Maybe Tony Robbins came to speak.

By ra way, I have not watched the last episode of Breaking Bad yet. If anyone gives it away I will see that you are sent on a "trip to Belize".

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

********Briefing Room, Tenth Air Force, Ledo************


Gen. Albert "Big Al" Hagenberger, CO, Tenth Air Force: <Speaking to the assembled C-47 pilots of Tenth Air Force>

Men...<dramatic pause>, today...<more pausing, a bit annoying if you ask me> May 15, 1943...<more pausing, OK, out with it, at least 95% in the audience know what day it is> three fourths of one of you is not coming back <men in the audience now stir uncomfortably wondering which 3/4th of a person it will be> I am here to say thank you to that three quarters of one of you.

Lt. Stokely: <sitting in back, whispers to his friend> What a ******* retard.

I've heard 'humping' in a C-47 is dangerous [X(] those Op losses are proof positive...

Wouldn't the math be easier if you only let them fly once every 4 days?

ORIGINAL: FOW

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

********Briefing Room, Tenth Air Force, Ledo************


Gen. Albert "Big Al" Hagenberger, CO, Tenth Air Force: <Speaking to the assembled C-47 pilots of Tenth Air Force>

Men...<dramatic pause>, today...<more pausing, a bit annoying if you ask me> May 15, 1943...<more pausing, OK, out with it, at least 95% in the audience know what day it is> three fourths of one of you is not coming back <men in the audience now stir uncomfortably wondering which 3/4th of a person it will be> I am here to say thank you to that three quarters of one of you.

Lt. Stokely: <sitting in back, whispers to his friend> What a ******* retard.

I've heard 'humping' in a C-47 is dangerous [X(] those Op losses are proof positive...

Wouldn't the math be easier if you only let them fly once every 4 days?

Seems to me that would just inhumanely draw it out. Almost better to get it over with and let the bunk cool off before the new 3/4 guy arrives. In WWII(a or b, can't remember which), The Count was in charge of transport command.

He was said to be "Brilliant and most well suited to command a transport unit". Sadly, that is no longer true in AE.

I think one of the developers changed his IBM punch card. [:(]


We could really use his skill to help with fractions/decimal conversions.

*******SWPAC HQ, Iba, Luzon, May 16, 1943(c)********


Dugout Doug MacArthur, CIC, SWPAC: What do they mean, "non-essential personnel"? This is a war. Every man has a role.

G2 Officer: Here is the suggested list from the Pentagon, sir. Infantrymen and Artillerymen and tank crews during active enemy attacks. Artillery fire is not permitted unless enemy troops concentrations are company sized or larger. Anti-aircraft gunners during active enemy air attacks (to include a 30 minute window before and 15 minutes after the attack). No anti-aircraft fire during enemy recon flights. Radar and sonar operators full time unless a vessel is South and East of Horn Island. No religious services of any kind may be conducted by uniformed personnel..

Dugout Doug MacArthur, CIC, SWPAC: OK. THAT'S IT! I'VE HEARD ENOUGH! I blame the Godless Communists in the State Department. Probably taking orders directly from Joe Stalin. Government shutdown! Bah!....<draws on pipe> Colonel, how long until our shortwave is repaired?

G2 Officer: Repaired, sir? Oh, yes...I understand.

Horycrappo-jima et environs: How would you like to be stuck on an LCT with no escort and a sub starts shelling you? Probably a war crime. This is the one LCT left over from the turkey shoot last night. Fortunately, R. Mimura ran out of ammo.

Submarine attack near Ishigaki at 90,67

Japanese Ships
SS I-39

Allied Ships
LST-18, Shell hits 3

LST-18 is sighted by SS I-39
SS I-39 attacking on the surface
SS I-39 low on gun ammo, Mimura, R. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

Okinawa: The SCTF on guard at Horycrappo-jima yesterday was a bit low on ammo (from air attacks) so I sent them to raid at Naha. This was a golden opportunity missed. They probably ran out of ammo. At least we sank the CM.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CM Okinoshima, Shell hits 37, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Kozan Maru
PB Magan Maru
PB Nishho Maru
CM Shirakami
AV Kamoi
AV Kamikawa Maru
AV Kiyokawa Maru
xAK Akiura Maru
xAK Meisan Maru
xAK Momoyama Maru
xAK Koki Maru
xAK Kenzan Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Ryuzan Maru
xAK Asama Maru #2
xAK Tosei Maru
xAK Tensyo Maru
xAK Heiei Maru
xAK Hokutatsu Maru
xAK Nitiryu Maru
xAK Toei Maru
xAK Yuri Maru
PB Heimei Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
PB Nichiro Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Tsukikawa Maru, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
xAKL Gozan Maru
xAKL Shinrei Maru
xAK Fukoku Maru
xAK Sansho Maru
xAKL Tientsin Maru
xAKL Hiyori Maru
xAKL Tokuwa Maru
xAKL Shinshui Maru
xAKL Bunzan Maru
PB Sento Maru, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
PB Yahada Maru, Shell hits 33, and is sunk
E Uruyame, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
CL Richmond, Shell hits 3
DD Conway
DD DeHaven
DD Radford

And

Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CM Okinoshima, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Heimei Maru, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
PB Nichiro Maru, Shell hits 10, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Richmond
DD Conway
DD DeHaven
DD Radford

Karenko: Lots of landing craft trying to get stuff ashore at Karenko. A USN crusier/DD force arrives on station. This is disappointing. Seems like we had them. We got the drop on them with radar, crossed the T, good commander.....bah.



Night Time Surface Combat, near Karenko at 87,64, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Hayashio
DD Tanikaze, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Arashio, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis
DD LaVallette, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Philip, Shell hits 1
DD Monssen
DD Helm, Shell hits 2

Improved night sighting under 92% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 92% moonlight: 8,000 yards

The M-10's are too much for the Type II's. We drive the vermin out.

Ground combat at Karenko (87,64)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1266 troops, 8 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 153 troops, 0 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Allied adjusted assault: 31

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 31 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 32 (32 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
4th Marine Raider Battalion
158th(Sep) Infantry Rgt /7
1st Marine Raider Battalion
637th TD Bn /15
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st Australian Para Bn /1

Defending units:
31st Tankette Co

Near Joro: Wasp is still trying to make it back to Manado. Some Herens attack from somewhere. Borneo perhaps?

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tapul at 73,90

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 13

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 25
F6F-3 Hellcat x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 7 destroyed
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CA San Francisco

Burma: 268 Motorised Brig., having pursued the retreating 33rd Div in its retreat from Prome yesterday attacks again. It almost works. No harm, no foul (as Chick Hearn used to say).



Ground combat at 56,50 (near Prome)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 4171 troops, 64 guns, 159 vehicles, Assault Value = 152

Defending force 7766 troops, 110 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 161

Allied adjusted assault: 218

Japanese adjusted defense: 119

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+)

Japanese ground losses:
172 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
174 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Assaulting units:
268th Motorised Brigade

Defending units:
33rd Division

End of the 5th Amphibious Brigade:

Ground combat at 63,127 (near Derby)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3144 troops, 64 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value = 128

Defending force 2085 troops, 23 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied adjusted assault: 41

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 41 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
3064 casualties reported
Squads: 67 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 206 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 24 (24 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
1st Motor Brigade

Defending units:
5th Amphibious Brigade

ORIGINAL: sprior

End of the 5th Amphibious Brigade:

Ground combat at 63,127 (near Derby)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3144 troops, 64 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value = 128

Defending force 2085 troops, 23 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied adjusted assault: 41

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 41 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
3064 casualties reported
Squads: 67 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 206 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 24 (24 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
1st Motor Brigade

Defending units:
5th Amphibious Brigade

There is the reason right there. There were amphibians. Once we drove them off the Fitzroy they dried up like Top Ramen vegies. They probably drank their last Kool-aide and then attacked to get back to the river.

When you get to Broome, here is a nice spot for the HQ, provided there aren't a bunch of dead salamanders in the pool or something.

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Burma: 268 Motorised Brig., having pursued the retreating 33rd Div in its retreat from Prome yesterday attacks again. It almost works. No harm, no foul (as Chick Hearn used to say).



Ground combat at 56,50 (near Prome)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 4171 troops, 64 guns, 159 vehicles, Assault Value = 152

Defending force 7766 troops, 110 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 161

Allied adjusted assault: 218

Japanese adjusted defense: 119

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+)

Japanese ground losses:
172 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
174 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Assaulting units:
268th Motorised Brigade

Defending units:
33rd Division

There maybe more damage to the 33rd than you might see .. that disruption(-), supply(-) in the CR is an indicator that the IJ are in deep trouble here .. especially in the malaria area where disruption leads to destroyed ...also disrupted forces do not contribute to firepower or AV .. these guys are in trouble until they find a base with enough supplies to undo things ...

ORIGINAL: Crackaces

There maybe more damage to the 33rd than you might see .. that disruption(-), supply(-) in the CR is an indicator that the IJ are in deep trouble here .. especially in the malaria area where disruption leads to destroyed ...also disrupted forces do not contribute to firepower or AV .. these guys are in trouble until they find a base with enough supplies to undo things ...

Oh, they are in deep Nellie doo doo. No doubt about it. They were booted from Prome with big time casualties. If 286 Brigade is up to it, we might be able to attack again tomorrow after some tac air.

Gus Honeybun. Missed by every Guz rating.

We had a guy like that over here too. He was caught polishing his rocket in an adult movie theater.

Admiral Lord Sprior;

You seem to be in a retrospective mood recently. Me too. Sorry about your old "boss" and the cane bit. I feel like I need to take up pipe smoking and pace around making guttteral sounds.