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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

***************Feb. 25, 1943(c)**************


Against all odds, disaster is again averted. Kaga still using croaking device. I suspect JJ showed her on purpose to scare us.

Donggala (somewhere on Sulawese and yes, it does have two "d's":
Looks this thid one was outbound.

Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96

Japanese Ships
TK Kanze Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS KXV

The "d" variety of "g"?

Jolly Jolo:

Ann and Nick and Helen came over to play dofight. Most of the F4F's were set on escort. They would have been better up in the air. Not-ah much suppries on Jolo. Better send help.

Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 8



Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 24
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Ann comes back for more. Naughty girl.

Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 17



Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 21
F4F-4 Wildcat x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 7 destroyed

No Allied losses



Runway hits 2

Beazlebob: Recon bad..JJ has fighters..crever inscrutable baaahstards

Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
A6M3a Zero x 4



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAP Kobe Maru, Bomb hits 1

And the airfield

Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
A6M3a Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Lautem: The PT boat plywood North Dakota class silhouette program pays dividends again. [:D]

Morning Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 72,115

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
G4M1 Betty x 13



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 15


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
PT-119
PT-184
PT-180

Burma: 1st Assam Kitchen Sink Air Force has a good day.

Morning Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8



Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 9
Beaufighter VIc x 15
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7
Vengeance I x 59
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
DB-7B x 14
B-24D Liberator x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 8 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 22

This lot lost their chronometers

Morning Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 7
Vengeance I x 12
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 2

Koepang: Must be LRCAP from somewhere.

Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 4



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 41


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 7 damaged

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



Airbase hits 25
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 49

Port Hedrand: Walking Dead get-ah sprattered..

Ground combat at Port Hedland (57,129)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21468 troops, 464 guns, 930 vehicles, Assault Value = 557

Defending force 28895 troops, 197 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 542

Allied adjusted assault: 219

Japanese adjusted defense: 33

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1853 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 157 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 27 (6 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
406 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 37 (5 destroyed, 32 disabled)


Assaulting units:
22nd (East African) Brigade
2/5th Armoured Regiment
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
32nd Infantry Division
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/10th Armoured Regiment
2nd British Division
7th RAN Base Force
14th USN Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
5th Division
24th Infantry Regiment
66th Infantry Group
65th Brigade
6th Guards Division
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
56th Engineer Regiment
16th Army
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Infantry Regiment
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
22nd Air Flotilla
51st JNAF AF Unit

Even Jap subs not-ah scare us anymore....(makes labial fricative sound..oh come on..you know..the motorboat sound)

ASW attack near Namlea at 76,108

Japanese Ships
SS I-172, hits 7, heavy damage

Allied Ships
AP President Monroe
AP Leonard Wood
AK Electra
xAP Dunedin Star
DD MacDonough

I have Dragon Medical at work to "save time" It's a voice recognition program. It is supposed to learn as it goes.

Me: "...consider use of a tutor"

Dragon: ..consider use of a tooter

Me:..Damn it!

Dragon: <flashing dot...it knows better than to type the last bit>

Me: jump to "consider".....<this is a navigation command...it works>..consider use of a too-dur <I try to soften the "t" a bit>

Dragon: consider use of a Tudor

Me: GOD DAMNIT!

Dragon: ..God...<flashing dot>

Me: <serentity now moment> Jump to "consider" <it works...deep breath> Consider use of a TOO-tur <I try to make the syllables more distinct>

Dragon: Consider use of a 2 door

Me: F***!

Dragon: <flashing dot/question mark>

The law firm I work uses Dragon too. It's great. Of course you have to be able to speak Engrish properry.

My 2nd line support guy is called Luke. Nowadays most people refer to hm as Ruke. Can't imagine why.

ORIGINAL: sprior

My 2nd line support guy is called Luke. Nowadays most people refer to hm as Ruke. Can't imagine why.

You work at a Japanese Law Firm?

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Against all odds, disaster is again averted. Kaga still using croaking device. I suspect JJ showed her on purpose to scare us.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around a "Croaking" device...

Must be me. It's been a long day [&:]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I have Dragon Medical at work to "save time" It's a voice recognition program. It is supposed to learn as it goes.

Me: "...consider use of a tutor"

Dragon: ..consider use of a tooter

Me:..Damn it!

Dragon: <flashing dot...it knows better than to type the last bit>

Me: jump to "consider".....<this is a navigation command...it works>..consider use of a too-dur <I try to soften the "t" a bit>

Dragon: consider use of a Tudor

Me: GOD DAMNIT!

Dragon: ..God...<flashing dot>

Me: <serentity now moment> Jump to "consider" <it works...deep breath> Consider use of a TOO-tur <I try to make the syllables more distinct>

Dragon: Consider use of a 2 door

Me: F***!

Dragon: <flashing dot/question mark>

I wrote in article on that this is a real problem with radiology. About 35% of errors are missed at editing:

The challenges of voice recognition software are many and well-documented on the Diagnostic Imaging site. The raw error rate for voice recognition might be as high as 90% requiring painstaking and diligent review by the Radiologist. The most interesting challenge for the radiologist is reviewing reports and confusing what the radiologist thought they said with what is actually recorded on the report. The mind often substitutes the original intent for what is actually on paper. For example the article Radiology Report Errors and Speech Recognition Software points out how easy it is to miss the ‘no’ before a statement ‘evidence of cancer’. Distressingly, Pezzullo et al. (2008) states in the article Voice Recognition Dictation: Radiologist as transcriptionist, “After signoff, 35% of VR reports still had errors.

http://ipep.arizona.edu/blog/tackling_e ... laboration

You have a lot of backing for your frustration .. and it is dangerious ..

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

You know what bugs the Hell out me? Every supermarket sells parsely by the bunch and the bunch is big enough for the entire 37th ID. You chop off what you need and 98% is still left.

Nobody even likes the shit. I'm not buying it anymore.

That and there are fifty people waiting to check out with only two lanes open.

But, I would agree on on herb to be honest.

So, at a hospital which will not be named, one of the employees comes out of her office into a hallway near the doctor's dining room and discovers a feculant odor. She glances down, prudently, because one normally does not find this kind of stuff above ground level. She discovers a code brown. Environmental serivces is called. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Now, security is intrigued so they review the security video in the hall. They skip back 30 minutes. They find the nursing superivisor walking down the hall..she stops...she inspects..she spots something on the carpet.....she makes a face..she goes on.

They scan forward..a passerby steps on the offending log and tracks it across the carpet

Now they are motivated to find the culprit..they scan back...they find a a cafeteria employee walking down the hall...he stops.. he shakes his leg...et voila!

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

***************Feb. 25, 1943(c)**************


Against all odds, disaster is again averted. Kaga still using croaking device. I suspect JJ showed her on purpose to scare us.

Donggala (somewhere on Sulawese and yes, it does have two "d's":
Looks this thid one was outbound.

Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96

Japanese Ships
TK Kanze Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS KXV

The "d" variety of "g"?

I thought I got to that before someone noticed. Most people have horizontal dyslexia. I have vertical dyslexia.

Situation in the PI

JJ lost 37 airframes yesterday. A great many of them trying to attack Jolo with only Nicks as escorts. They need to bring up first line fighters and win the fight or it will just get worse. There are multiple rested squadrons of P-40K's with good pilots to throw into the fight. The fast trasnport taffy with 1st Bn/102nd infantry arrived at Jolo safely.

From our perspective, supply at Jolo is very low (red exclamation point low). The SBD's there will move south again as they are not much use without bombs. The C-47's from Ternate will try to fry in suppries.

The LYB garrison at Cotobato is weak. It might be an SNLF unit but with only 16 guns I think not. We have a Kiwi Bn in amphibious load at Ternate at 100% prep for Cotobato. They could probably take it. Cagayan in Northern Mindanao has even a weaker garrison. We also have 8th Marine Regt pre-loaded at Ternate but they are prepped for Dadjangas or Davao...can't remember which. They could probably take Cagayan even with 50% disruption form an unprepped landing.

Taytay is within reach of Jolo by airdrop. If there is no garrison, the para coy at Jolo coudl take it.