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

[Cap Mandrake]

An end to an era. We tried. Some of the arty makes it out but the poor infantry....

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 29941 troops, 422 guns, 176 vehicles, Assault Value = 708

Defending force 19864 troops, 194 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 367

Japanese adjusted assault: 754

Allied adjusted defense: 340

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Clark Field !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1038 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
6411 casualties reported
Squads: 281 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 207 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 33 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 104 (103 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 25 (25 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 11

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
10th Division
28th Division
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
11th PA Infantry/A Division
71st PA Infantry Division
1st Constabulary Regiment
182nd Infantry Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
4th Constabulary Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
11th PA Infantry/C Division
165th Field Artillery Battalion

[&o]

[Cap Mandrake]

Carolines: Aussie commandoes take Satawal (NW of Truk) for a seaplane base. Our last 4 C-87's...quite a useful plane

Ground combat at Satawal (105,105)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 62 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

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

Allied adjusted assault: 2

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Satawal !!!

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

Assaulting units:
2/9th Cav/Cdo Bn /1

[Cap Mandrake]

Quite a nicely coordinated bomber raid from Kavieng on Wolei, which is a level 2 AF NW of Truk. This will make it safer to put an AVP at Satawal and make it look like an invasion of Truk is imminent.

Morning Air attack on Woleai , at 101,103

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7
B-24D1 Liberator x 28
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 68
Port hits 4

[Cap Mandrake]

Heavy bombers from Hollandia too. That should shut down Wolei AF. JJ has about 6K troops there

Morning Air attack on Woleai , at 101,103

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Woleai , at 101,103

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Woleai , at 101,103

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 9

[Cap Mandrake]

Deliberate noisy recon over Ponape (SE of Truk) and Roi Namur in the Marshalls.

[Cap Mandrake]

New Guinea: Landing continues at Manokwari. Two more brigades coming ashore. We shoot down a bunch of Tojos flying in from Boela.

Morning Air attack on 62nd Infantry Brigade, at 85,109 (Manokwari)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 45
B-25D1 Mitchell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 7 destroyed

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 11000.
Raid is overhead
77th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000.
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 42nd JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 62nd Infantry Brigade ...
Also attacking 42nd JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 62nd Infantry Brigade ...
Also attacking 42nd JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 62nd Infantry Brigade ...
Also attacking 42nd JNAF AF Unit ...


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Morning Air attack on 62nd Infantry Brigade, at 85,109 (Manokwari)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 9 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
Boomerang C-12 x 1
Spitfire Vc Trop x 9
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6

No Allied losses

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

[Cap Mandrake]

What the Hell? Carriers? They can't possibly have come down from the northern Philippine Sea so fast? Sneaky bastards must have detached some carriers. We lose on 15 pt AP and a SC. Could have been worse. Time to retreat to Biak and get out of the war canoes. Somehow we avoided a morning attack and the Kates too. Range perhaps

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Manokwari at 85,109

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 55 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 42
D4Y1 Judy x 28
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 50

Allied aircraft
Boomerang C-12 x 3
Kittyhawk III x 6
Spitfire Vc Trop x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
D4Y1 Judy: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Boomerang C-12: 1 destroyed
Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed
Spitfire Vc Trop: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAP Elihu Thomson, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
LST-460, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Wilson, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP B. Livingston, Bomb hits 2, on fire
SC-519, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LST-461, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

[Cap Mandrake]

Forces ashore at Manokwari

Ground combat at Manokwari (85,109)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2926 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 100

Defending force 6077 troops, 103 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 329

Assaulting units:
62nd Infantry Brigade
42nd JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
147th(Sep) Infantry Rgt /1
30th Australian Brigade
8th NZ Bde /2

[Cap Mandrake]

Laos: Another big attack at Vientienne. The Diggers and Indians hold. An Australian brigade is coming to help. Every single infantry squad in 26th Indian Brig is disabled.

Ground combat at Vientiane (62,57)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 16518 troops, 269 guns, 802 vehicles, Assault Value = 620

Defending force 11390 troops, 160 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 230

Japanese adjusted assault: 238

Allied adjusted defense: 1333

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 1)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
576 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Vehicles lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Squads: 37 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 22 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 8 (5 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd Tank Division
3rd Tank Division
2nd RTA Division

Defending units:
26th Indian Brigade
26th Indian Division
823rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
3rd Pioneer Battalion

[Cap Mandrake]

Burma: Without even asking permission, the Royal Thai units at Rangoon have left their cushy positions and have emerged onto the Burmese countryside. One Regt at Pegu is getting destroyed by air but at least one is marching toward Mandalay

[Cap Mandrake]

Carolines:

[Cap Mandrake]

"Minesweeper for Turk" [:D]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

"Minesweeper for Turk" [:D]

"Minesweeprs" , "flaot planes", "harbr" [:D]
There! You have your daily quota of typos already and needn't make any more! [:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

"Minesweeper for Turk" [:D]

"Minesweeprs" , "flaot planes", "harbr" [:D]
There! You have your daily quota of typos already and needn't make any more! [:)]

This is why I need a scribe

[Cap Mandrake]

One time I saw a patient with a dislocation of the 2nd "knuckle" (proximal interphalangeal joint) of the 4th finger. So I gave him a digital block and reduced the thing myself (an extremely gratifying procedure for the doctor and the patient). Evidently it was pricey code and I'm not an orthopedist so some review RN at the insurance company baastaard cesspool, after requesting the chart, denies the claim. 3 1/2months later I get a denial letter....it reads..."dislocation of R 4th figner interphalangeal joint reduced". It reads, "..what is a figner? Please clarify."

[8|]

[Cap Mandrake]

I have a from of aparxia. Dystpyia. The letf hadn sometmies gwts in frotn of the right.

I am shitty at glof too.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

One time I saw a patient with a dislocation of the 2nd "knuckle" (proximal interphalangeal joint) of the 4th finger. So I gave him a digital block and reduced the thing myself (an extremely gratifying procedure for the doctor and the patient). Evidently it was pricey code and I'm not an orthopedist so some review RN at the insurance company baastaard cesspool, after requesting the chart, denies the claim. 3 1/2months later I get a denial letter....it reads..."dislocation of R 4th figner interphalangeal joint reduced". It reads, "..what is a figner? Please clarify."

[8|]

You should reply, come here and I will give you one. Cover it with Kentucky Jelly first!

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

One time I saw a patient with a dislocation of the 2nd "knuckle" (proximal interphalangeal joint) of the 4th finger. So I gave him a digital block and reduced the thing myself (an extremely gratifying procedure for the doctor and the patient). Evidently it was pricey code and I'm not an orthopedist so some review RN at the insurance company baastaard cesspool, after requesting the chart, denies the claim. 3 1/2months later I get a denial letter....it reads..."dislocation of R 4th figner interphalangeal joint reduced". It reads, "..what is a figner? Please clarify."

[8|]

Years ago I was having major problems with Kidney Stones, The Doctor wanted to try an experimental test and when his office asked the Insurance company if they would cover it they said maybe.

[Cap Mandrake]

Why am I getting so many bikini (the garment not the island) and gutter cleaning ads? That seems a rather odd demographic. Good news is the ED ads have stopped.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Why am I getting so many bikini (the garment not the island) and gutter cleaning ads? That seems a rather odd demographic. Good news is the ED ads have stopped.

The bikini ads are there to titillate you into buying their gutter guards? Or the HOA has received a complaint about your man-boobs?