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Run away! Run away!

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:49 pm
by Cap Mandrake
On subsequent days, Singapore and Johore get pulverized from the air.

Enough! Cries Gen. Percival.

(but its merely a flesh wound)

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RE: Wake

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:53 am
by FeurerKrieg
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

USS Triton, 1,
(without arms)

The sailor from USS Triton seems to have been seriously lost (perhaps he had a medical problem and was put ashore?)

Well it says he is without arms....

(Sorry for the late quote... just catching up).

RE: Wake

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:14 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

USS Triton, 1,
(without arms)

The sailor from USS Triton seems to have been seriously lost (perhaps he had a medical problem and was put ashore?)

Well it says he is without arms....

(Sorry for the late quote... just catching up).

Good point. I hadn't considered that. One wonders how he signed the enlistment papers.

America First

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:52 pm
by Cap Mandrake
The America First Committee (an isolationist group) voted to cease activities on Dec 11, 1941. Imagine that two US carriers were sunk on Dec 9, the Houston and Marblehead lost in the PI, Jap subs were operating within sight of SF and San Diego and Jap carriers were opeating 900 miles off the coast of California........

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RE: America First

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:22 pm
by Onime No Kyo
About that ANZAC cruiser force....I think the Japanese might be catching on to them. [:-]

RE: America First

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:15 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

About that ANZAC cruiser force....I think the Japanese might be catching on to them. [:-]

Admiral of the Eastern Fleet Tabpub will have to answer that, but we have to get aggressive where we can to try to slow down the enemy timetable. Relief forces from Pearl and the West Coast are bottled up by Kaga and Akagi. Shokaku (probably) passed eastward near Palmyra. Houston and Marblehead are sunk. Bosie and Tromp are damaged. We have whats left of the depleted ANZAC force, plus POW, Repulse, 4 Dutch and RN CL's and some 4-stacker US DD's and a few Dutch DD's to guard everything from Singapore to Noumea. [X(]

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If its Tuesday if must be Shortlands

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:23 am
by Cap Mandrake
The peripatetic Canberra and Leander keep pushing.

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RE: If its Tuesday if must be Shortlands

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:44 am
by tabpub
The peripatetic Canberra and Leander keep pushing.


Gosh, it sounds like they need a laxative or something....

ADM Warby in his memoirs...written for posterity...

"Well, yes, you would have to say that the raid on the Rabaul landings was not well thought out, but I felt that the situation called for it at the time. I had the only force in the area that could impede the Japanese progress that was starting to look like an invasion of fire ants. The whole of Australia is wondering what the Yanks are up to right now. But, all we can do is sailor on, and defend the territory of the Commonwealth as best we can with what we have available."

pp 12-13 "Warby at War: A Sailor's story"

Sponge bath

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:38 pm
by Cap Mandrake
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RE: Sponge bath

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 4:25 pm
by Terminus
Heeeey!!! Yossarian returns![&o][&o][&o]

RE: Sponge bath

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 4:28 pm
by Onime No Kyo
Saltpeter....hehe [:D]

Gettysburg

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:27 pm
by Cap Mandrake
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RE: Gettysburg

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:32 pm
by Onime No Kyo
Part 2? [&:]

RE: Gettysburg

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:40 pm
by Cap Mandrake
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RE: Gettysburg

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:45 pm
by Onime No Kyo
Hurray part 2. Image

RE: Gettysburg

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:48 pm
by Terminus
Yossarian found religion... Tsktsktsk, what is the world coming to?[:(]

RE: Gettysburg

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:49 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Terminus

Yossarian found religion... Tsktsktsk, what is the world coming to?[:(]

Well, he HAD a religion, he just sorta changed back. Plus nobody said he was good at it.

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SNAFU

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:21 pm
by Cap Mandrake
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RE: SNAFU

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:29 pm
by Cap Mandrake
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Update

Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:59 am
by tabpub
Finally, we get some hard information on the location of the "missing" carriers:
They were right about where NavInt thought that they were operating in.



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