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ORIGINAL: Ian R

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

My grandfather took a ride on this ship Seattle to Brisbane,

My great uncle took a ride on a transport to Singapore in about January '42.

Poor bastard.

Died on the railway.

One reason why I don't have heart to send 18th UK Div there and always try to ship out 2 Ozzie brigades to form 8th AUS Div later.

I know it's a game...but knowing the history...

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

ORIGINAL: Ian R

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

My grandfather took a ride on this ship Seattle to Brisbane,

My great uncle took a ride on a transport to Singapore in about January '42.

Poor bastard.

Died on the railway.

One reason why I don't have heart to send 18th UK Div there and always try to ship out 2 Ozzie brigades to form 8th AUS Div later.

I know it's a game...but knowing the history...

Not only that, the 18th UK Division is not that well trained and by that time, the end was near. They would have been better off going to Java. At the end, they could have formed an enclave with the US units and tried to evacuate the men instead of surrendering.

Alistair McLean's South by Java Head is a novel (fiction) but a superbly told tale about the evacuation from Singapore. In his early years, when he had his game on, McLean was terrific. Historical fiction can do a great job of putting a reader in a place and time.

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Alistair McLean's South by Java Head is a novel (fiction) but a superbly told tale about the evacuation from Singapore. In his early years, when he had his game on, McLean was terrific. Historical fiction can do a great job of putting a reader in a place and time.

I consider Michael Shaara's Killer Angels to be one of the finest examples of this genre.

After his death, his son took up the mantel and wrote several historical novels on the Revolutionary War.

I have them all buried away in boxes somewhere. Might need to dig them out and give them all a reread.

I just did a search on Jeff Shaara and discovered he continued a rather prolific output after I stopped following him and has written on quite a few more subjects:

https://www.google.com/search?q=jeff+sh ... e&ie=UTF-8

I luv learning new things...

Nice!

Fred

That's a pictorial definition of the word: lurid

P.S. Sorry, Ross, for hijacking your thread. As with many hijacks, I started reading from the end rather than from the beginning. Good to see you posting again!

ORIGINAL: Ian R

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

My grandfather took a ride on this ship Seattle to Brisbane,

My great uncle took a ride on a transport to Singapore in about January '42.

Poor bastard.

Died on the railway.

warspite1

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LIGHT MY FIRE...

Is she the sister of Jim Morrison?

"In 1963, Morrison took command of the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard, flagship of a 3rd Fleet Carrier Division in the Pacific, and based at Naval Air Station Alameda, California. Morrison was in command of the Carrier Division during the controversial Gulf of Tonkin Incident in August 1964, which resulted effectively in the true beginning of the Vietnam War by President Lyndon Johnson"

https://www.wearethemighty.com/music/ji ... ietnam-war


Jim and his dad Radm. Morrison on the bridge of Bon Homme Richard.

My father served on the Bon Homme Richard in the Korean war.

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Alistair McLean's South by Java Head is a novel (fiction) but a superbly told tale about the evacuation from Singapore. In his early years, when he had his game on, McLean was terrific. Historical fiction can do a great job of putting a reader in a place and time.

I've actually deliberately avoided McLean's later works.

Ulysses was a fantastic book that captured the tone of what the Artic theatre would have been like, and Where Eagles Dare is one of those rare cases of the film adding to an already excellent book.

Is that the movie with Richard Burton and Rowdy Yates?