From here to...well...it SEEMS like an eternity

[Cap Mandrake]

*****Office of Sen. Truman, Washington, April 11, 1942*****


Mr. Cohn (legal counsel to the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program): Senator, I thought you would want to see this before the first meeting of the Committee on the 15th. It seems that Gen. MacArthur is receiving two paychecks every month.

Truman: Two? Are you quite sure? Couldn't there be two officers with a similar name. It is a big Army.

Mr. Cohn: Yes sir, we looked into that. Same first and last name, same date of birth, same social security number. Its not combat pay either. The checks are equal.

Truman: Roy, this is dynamite. It isn't enough to have an entire floor of the Manila Hotel, a brewery and God knows what else. Now he is double-dipping.

[Cap Mandrake]

Jap carriers have been operating SE of Pago Pago doing bad things to Allied merchies and generally mnaking pests of themselves.

Time to ring an Imperial bell somewhere.

[DuckofTindalos]

Be interesting to see if you can put your VT's back on board...

[Cap Mandrake]

*************Ford Is. NAS, Pearl Harbor, April 4, 1942***************

<a number of pilots from VT-3 from USS Saratoga are loitering about in the Officer's Club while Saratoga is away on a raid on Canton Is. With the group is Commander Massey, skipper of VT-3>

Ensign Gay: <rushes excitedly into the Officer's Club> Commander, commander! You have to see this..outside!

Cmmdr. Massey: What is it Gay?

Ensign Gay: You have to see sir. You won't believe it!

<the group begins to filter out of the club, Massey in the lead. Outside is agroup of at least 100 Naval Airmen, all very young, many with severe sunburns after their brief experience with Hawaii. More than a few have their shoes on their wrong feet. >

Young Lt: Commander <salutes> Here are your replacements sir.

Cmmdr. Massey: Replacements? We didn't call for replacements.

Young Lt.: Sir, its policy. We always do this when a carrier based squadron is ashore.

Massey: Lt., you must have 100 men here. We have no bunks abaord ship for them. Besides, what would they fly?

Young Lt.: Oh, we thought of that too sir. There are 36 brand new TBD's ready on runway B. Admiral Kimmel sends his regards.

Massey: What? You have to be kidding. We can't fit another 36 TBD's on the Saratoga. That has to be the stupidest thing I have ever heard.

Young Lt: Policy, sir. Ford Island NAS Special Standing Order n. 22..............

[tabpub]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Be interesting to see if you can put your VT's back on board...

No worries, I had my wizard hat on and stroked my "magic wand"; presto!! ....
.....oh, and the planes went back on toot suite also.....[8D]

[DuckofTindalos]

Please don't tell me about your "stroking your magic wand"... That definitely qualifies for a TMI alert...[:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

[:-] Careful now.

[Cap Mandrake]

OK all you WITP braniacs, pretend I didn't read the "readme" files with the WITP updates.

Has the rail "catapult" effect been fixed......ie....does a unit starting it's movement in a rail hex gain the rail movement rate even if moving across a hexside that has no rail crossing?

For this discussion, which of course is purely academic, and has bearing on any contest [;)], assume we are talking about the hexes diagramed below

[VSWG]

It will move as fast as a European swallow carrying a coconut...&nbsp;[;)]

Jungle rate.

[Moondawggie]

Hey, VSWG, is that a laden or unladen swallow?&nbsp; I think the unladen ones go at rail rate...[:)]
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For Gawd's sakes, don't say "I don't know," or you'll be sorry...

[witpqs]

Cap.,

It was never a code issue. It was and is strictly a pwhex.dat issue. So, while Andrew Brown cleaned up more than any mere mortal human could, there still might be places of "improvement opportunities" remaining in the current pwhex.dat file.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Cap.,

It was never a code issue. It was and is strictly a pwhex.dat issue. So, while Andrew Brown cleaned up more than any mere mortal human could, there still might be places of "improvement opportunities" remaining in the current pwhex.dat file.

Right...but we are not using Andrew Brown's map. Are you saying his changes were incorporated into the stock map with later versions?

[Alfred]

Cap Mandrake,
&nbsp;
My understanding is that Andrew Brown's pwhex.dat changes were incorporated into the stock map with patch 1.6.
&nbsp;
Alfred

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Alfred

Cap Mandrake,

My understanding is that Andrew Brown's pwhex.dat changes were incorporated into the stock map with patch 1.6.

Alfred

Thanks Alfred..et al. Can anyone guess where on the map it is?[8D]

[Cap Mandrake]

**********Georgetown, D.C., April 14, 1942***************

<Mrs Jean MacArthur heads to the mailbox of the townhome she has been staying in with her son since their evacuation from Luzon some weeks ago. Her mood is somber because of her knowledge of the peril to her beloved husband in the shrinking Bataan perimeter. She glances quickly through the mail until one item catches her eye. It is lavender with decidely feminine handwriting. Postmark is Brisbane. It is adressed to "Mrs. Douglas MacArthur">

"Who do we know in Brisbane?", she says quietly. <Intrigued, she opens it first>

Its dated March 28. The salutation reads "Corazon". Her time in the PI tells her this means "heart" or "sweetheart" in Spanish, but usually when combined with the possesive pronoun "mi" as in "My Sweetheart". A very charming salutation perhaps by a non-native Spanish speaker? Still, it is a common female name in the PI.

"Very odd", she says quietly, a sense of unease rising in her bosom. She reads on. "I just wanted to thank you again for the wonderful soiree Satruday eve. Jim and I had a simply wonderful time and would love to do it again. The empanadas were marvelous. I must have your recipe for that. As for Douglas...what can I say? The man is a force of nature. When he stood up and proclaimed after our first go round 'I shall come again', I nearly died with giggling. I told him he should use it in a speech some day."

"Wait a minute," Jean said, now audibly, "Brisbane? That's in Australia. March 28? There has to be some kind of mistake."

The alarm grew but there was no turning back now. The letter continued, "Jim said he also enjoyed his time with you. Please, let's get together again soon." It was signed, "My Warmest, Betty Goodhead, President Brisbane Swingers Club".

Jean's mind raced, "Brisbane, I've never been to Brisbane. March 28? I was traveling. Douglas was in Bataan. Surely his letters proved that? And what on earth is a 'Swingers Club'?"

She looked one last time at the letter. There was a postcript that read, "P.S. That tattoo of Corregidor the General has on his left bum is simply uproarious."

Her eyes opened wide. She now shouted to passing cars, "Corregidor! Corregidor! Why, the two-timing bastard! The Japs won't have to kill him! I'LL DO IT MYSELF!

[rtrapasso]

[:D] [:D] [:D]

i wonder how many political points the Japanese had to expend for this little ploy??? [:D]

[VSWG]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Alfred

Cap Mandrake,

My understanding is that Andrew Brown's pwhex.dat changes were incorporated into the stock map with patch 1.6.

Alfred

Thanks Alfred..et al. Can anyone guess where on the map it is?[8D]

Mandalay [;)]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: VSWG

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Can anyone guess where on the map it is?[8D]

Mandalay [;)]

Yes...Mandalay. The sad thing is I am beginning to see hexes in my dreams. [>:] Mandalay real estate is a real steal all of a sudden.

[Cap Mandrake]

**********Eastern Fleet HQ, Colombo, Ceylon, April 6, 1942********

Adm. Phillips: Right, so we are clear on the mission? Cpt. La Bisset's force will provide CAP for Adm Edelson's surface force during approach and withdrawal. Circumstances permitting, Adm. Edleson's force is to bombard the oil facilities at Medan. In the event that we are discovered, he is to bombard Aceh and return to Colombo. Cpt. La Bisset's carriers will also intercept enemy shipping encountered in the area. Priority will be Northbound troopships which are anticipated to be bearing ground troops from Java. <looks around the room which includes all the ship Captains for the Eastern Fleet > Right, there being no questions, as a team-building exercise, I would like the task force commanders to chose their own ships. Adm Edelson, you may assume you have Warspite, Royal Sovereign and Ramilles. Please choose your first.

Edelson: I'll take Dorsetshire, sir.

Adm. Phillips: Captain La Bisset, you have Indomitable and Formidable. and the Anti aircraft cruisers. Your next choice, sir?

Captain La Bisset:Why, I'll take Exeter, sir.

Adm. Phillips: I thought you might. Admiral?

Edelson: Hmmm, Emerald, sir.

Captain La Bisset: Enterprise

Edelson: Dauntless

Captain La Bisset: Glasgow

Edelson: Foxhound

Captain La Bisset: Arrow

Edelson: Nestor

Captain La Bisset: Hmm. well, Nizam, I guess.

Edelson: Well, played Captain.

Captain La Bisset: Thank you sir.

Captain Onslow (Capt. of HMS Hermes): What about Hermes? You forgot about Hermes.

Captain La Bisset: <turns to Phillips> Sir, we don't have to take Hermes with us, do we? She is always slowing us down.

Captain Onslow (Capt. of HMS Hermes):We have been working on that. I'm sure we can do it. We ALWAYS have to stay behind.

Adm. Phillips: That's not true Capt., you went along on the last sortie. The return to Ceylon nearly killed me. I'm afraid Capt. La Bisset is right.

Captain Onslow: Oh please! Please! Can we please go too.

Adm. Phillips: Captain! Get a hold of yourself man! My decision is final. You are needed for ASW duty.

Cpt. Onslow: Oh please! ASW duty is no fun. I promise we'll keep up.

Adm. Phillips: No means no! Don't make me stop this conference. you DO NOT want me to stop this conference.......

[VSWG]

I'm repeating myself, but anyway:

[:D] [:D] [:D]