Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Someone told me nuts are good for you...

So that's why you hang out here! [:D]

Do you mean the merely eccentric or the kind that dress up like a clown and saw people up? [:D]

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Someone told me nuts are good for you so I am going through all these Sees candy boxes lying about and eating all the chocolate covered almonds. It's important to consider one's health during the holidays.

Indeed, I've always thought that chocolate covered brasil nuts are the acme of health food.

[Cap Mandrake]

Neither should one forget Amaretto. I know it might fall into the "Sticky Brown" category but I like the stuff on the rocks. Plus, it's good for you.

[Cap Mandrake]

**********23:30, June 18, Arried beach, Port Blair*********

Coxswain aboard an landing craft dispatched from Destroyer Tender Tyne: <calls out> LADS! We have the bully beef you ordered! Anyone?.........Anyone?

[sprior]

Reply:We no rike-ah burry beef! Have roo rotten fish heads? Stupid Engrishman!

[Cap Mandrake]

Coxswain Have you an invoice?

[sprior]

Reply: Of course-ah, I got purchase order-ah right here.

[Cap Mandrake]

Coxswain: <ducks reflexively as 6.5mm rounds pass near his head>

[sprior]

Reply:And don't-ah come back!

Sotto-voce: Those stupid Engrishmen really think we talk-ah like that.

[Cap Mandrake]

bah! Serves 'em right. The bastard will be eating lizards and tree bark inside of three months. [:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

*************OPERATION STICKY GREEN**************

Independence arrives in SF in 7 d. She will join Essex to form the Fast Carrier Strike Force. This means the troops at Victoria, Seattle and Oahu can start loading in about 5 d. The troops at Adak can start about a day after that. The mob will "rendezvous" in the Northern Pacific and then head for the Kuriles.

Shemya should be ready (level 5) by the time of the attack.

Rendezvous in about 9 days..then about 2 or 3 d until we are spotted..then about 1-2 days after that first landing.

That would make D-Day somewhere around July 1 (first day of Gettysburg)............but don't hold us to it.


This will be AFTER the landing at Okinawa, which should draw WJD resources.

[erstad]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Someone told me nuts are good for you so I am going through all these Sees candy boxes lying about and eating all the chocolate covered almonds. It's important to consider one's health during the holidays.

Make sure they are covered with dark chocolate. Then they are doubly healthful.

[Cap Mandrake]

This prace gordmine of food information.

Anyone have good recipe for fish head soup?

[Cap Mandrake]

************June 19, 1943(c)******************


Japan-mens back from cerebration of Emperor's Wedding Anniversary. Weather propitious...for them. Arried pirots stay in pits (or as Americans say, in cots)

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

This prace gordmine of food information.

Anyone have good recipe for fish head soup?

1. Collect fish heads
2. Put in pan/helmet/empty skull with water as warm as you can get it
3. Enjoy.

[Cap Mandrake]

Luzon, Formosa, the Ryukyus: All air activity is shut down on Luzon, Formosa and Batan Is. This is bad because Naha airfield
was repairing quickly. 30% runway damage yesterday. Hard to believe that was all weather? We do manage a few attacks from Horrycrappo-jima.


JJ tries to get reinforcements ashore at Amami Oshima? We find out.

Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 99,66

Japanese Ships
xAKL Hiyori Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Nishho Maru
PB Kozan Maru
xAK Fukoku Maru
xAK Yuri Maru
xAK Tosei Maru
xAKL Bunzan Maru
PB Magan Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

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


I wonder what "Fukoku Maru" means in Japanese? [X(]

Sturgeon lays some more caviar.

Submarine attack near Amami Oshima at 99,65

Japanese Ships
xAKL Hiyori Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

[Cap Mandrake]

If JJ had any uncertainty that something was up, then surely this will look like an amphibious assault task force (which it is)...with a mighty seaplane tender as flagship.
I wonder if Hindustan is a USN vessel? Is there a town by that name near San Jose?

ASW attack near Laoag at 81,71

Japanese Ships
SS I-8, hits 1

Allied Ships
AVD Chincoteague
AMC Manoora
AMC Hector
APA George Clymer
APA Arthur Middleton
APA President Jackson
AK Arcturus
AK Alcyon
AK Celeno
AK Cassiopeia
PG Hindustan

[Cap Mandrake]

The SBD's from Miyako-jima find the transports at Amami Oshima. 6 hits out of 23 sorites does not seem all that good for helpless transports.
We do manage to hit an E boat. "Fukoku Maru, pal!"

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Amami Oshima at 98,64

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 23

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAKL Shinshui Maru
xAK Nitiryu Maru
xAK Tosei Maru
xAK Yuri Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Meisan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Momoyama Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Heiei Maru
E Uruyame, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


TBF's from Miyako-jima. They drop bombs because of the range(8)?? They do pretty well against unarmored targets.
Glide bomb attack from 5000 ft. The other TBF group was ordered to stand down so the C-47's could operate.


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Amami Oshima at 98,64

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 19

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAKL Shinshui Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Momoyama Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tosei Maru
xAK Toei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Nitiryu Maru

Japanese ground losses:
208 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

[Cap Mandrake]

We capture that unpronounceable isrand East of Okinawa.

Ground combat at Okinoerabushima (96,65)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 161 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 6

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Okinoerabushima !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
1st Australian Para Bn /2

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

This prace gordmine of food information.

Anyone have good recipe for fish head soup?

1. Collect fish heads
2. Put in pan/helmet/empty skull with water as warm as you can get it
3. Enjoy.

Good, I was worried it might have MSG in it.