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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/6/2006 4:18:32 PM

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/6/2006 4:32:28 PM

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tip : 60 sys musashi and 80 sys kongo was back into action in my pbem in 9 months

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/6/2006 6:17:49 PM

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thrilling, this is really an exciting format of AAR.

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/7/2006 2:53:22 AM

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0900
This is the BBC World service

Reports are filtering in of a great naval engagement at rangoon, Burma today.
Admiralty reports that at least 1 japanese battleship, tentatively identified as the Heie , engaged british battleships , including the veteran battleship Warspite in a sustained action
The Admiralty reports that the invasion troops are "safely ashore at rangoon", but facing unexpected heavy resistance.

Further reports of our aircraft carriers in action in the same naval battle
have not yet been confirmed.
There are so far no reports of losses in our fleet, although the Admiralty has stated that some may have been experienced

In further news in the south pacific American carriers are reported to be in action against japanese shipping at the southern fortress rabual.

And Just in, reports of further , to quote -"a battle of Jutland dimensions "
is occuring in the central pacific, near the island of entiwok, recently siezed by the American army.
Although not yet confirmed, reports of a "major carrier engagement" are being recieved
Claims by the japanese broadcast that the Carrier Yorktown, and 4 other carriers have been sunk, are being strenously denied by the United states navy department

In europe today, german forces were being driven........

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/7/2006 5:58:17 AM

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Tease!

Awesome read, keep it up.

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/7/2006 11:32:14 AM

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1800
This is the BBC world service, with the evening news

Our news is dominated today with the reports of the major Army, navy and Air engagements that have occured in the Pacific today

At 1530 hours today, ADM Wobbly, commander of all Allied Forces in the war against japan released the following report.

"As you know now, Allied forces have been engaged in a naval and air battle of unprecedented size and ferocity in the south and central pacific.
This battle continues even now.

The japanese war machine, so far seemingly irresistable in the pacific, has been severly handled by our forces, and is in full retreat from its apparent mission against our forces in the central pacific.
But this battle has not been with out great cost to ourselves, a bitter price to pay in our fight for freedom.

At this time, many details are still unclear, but we can reveal this
In actions ranging as far as Rangoon, to rabual, to Entiwok, the following japanese ships are confirmed sunk at this time

battleships, Heie, Nagato, Mutsu,and yamarishio are confirmed sunk, or reported same
The remaining battleships Fuso, Ise, and Hyuga are reported to be severly damaged, and limping west, it is greatly hoped that they will be hunted down tomorrow.
More importantly, the enemy carriers Soryu, and Junyo are dead in the water. Of greatest import a further 9 japanese carriers are reported as hit -many very heavily

In other battles, principally arounfd rabual, our forces , fast attack carrier forces have smashed 2 japanese task groups, claiming 6 light cruisers, and some 10 destroyers

Overall today some 16 enemy destroyers have been sunk, a cruiser, 4 Battleships, and the enemies principle weapon -his carriers have been nuetralised for a great deal of time to come. Some 240 japanese planes were destroyed today -in addition to those of yesterday

These momentous battles, details yet to become clearer, have ensured the eventual victory for our forces, sweeping the japanese from the seas.
To my knowledge only 2 japanese battleships remain functional, and some cruisers.

ladies and gentlemen, this battle has not been with out cost
at this time it appears that we have lost the following warships
CV Yorktown
CVE Sangamon
CVE nassua
CVE swanee
CVE Chenango
BB Tennessee
BB new mexico
BB west Virginia
BB massachutas
BB california
Bb Warspite has not been sighted since being struck by some 56 bombs
CA devonshire
CA penescola
CA witchita
CL motpelier
CL emerald
Cl dragon
Cl maurituios
CL glassgow
DD bache
Dd Conyham
DD Smith
DD maury
DD Gridely
DD paterson
In addition some 180 aircraft were lost today

This is a greivious loss.
However the enemy is retreating, and a massive effort is being made to ensure as few of the damaged ships escape.
the battle continues, we will release the details of the battle, one that makes Jutland seem like a side show, at the appropiate time."

The Prime minister has also made a brief statement
" The battles in the Indian ocean, bravely fought by our sailors and airmen, have proven vital
Our Army, trapped at rangoon, in a valiant but failed effort to trap the japanese army in northern Burma, is being evacuated.
the navy covers it well.
This war has a long way to go, and i thank the valiant courage of our sailors , soldiers and airmen.
The allied victory in the pacific is significant -the japanese tiger is hurt -maybe even mortally -yet we must put it down.
This we swear to do."

In further news, the British Army announced that the effort to capture rangoon "on the hop" had failed, some 6 japanese divisions are confronting the army there now. A armoured regiment has all but been destroyed probing across the mandalaby river.

casualties are unknown.

In europe today....

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/7/2006 11:48:47 AM

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This is radio Tokyo

Today the supreme command released the following statement

In the face of widely spaced and splintered advances by the enemy , our navy today took advantage of the situation, and brought the enemy to decisive battle.

In the Indian ocean BB Heie and supporting warships attacked the British fleet supporting the trapped army there -and forced it to flee.
regrettably the Hiei was lost to enemy carrier aircraft the following day -but the BB Warspite easily fell to her guns, and the bombs of our Army bombers.
The british situation in Burma is now Dire -some 8 divisions have been defeated in battle over a period of a single week, the weak british soldier, and his Indian slave proving incapable of defeating our samuri warriors.
The emperor has bestowed a special honour upon our Burma army.

In the south pacific, the Allies have attempted to distract our attention from the central pacific.
Heavy air raids on rabual have damaged several of our destroyers and cruisers -which retire in order.
Our naval bombers operating from Shortland extracted revenge for the impudiance iof sailing north by sinking the BB tennessee.

The decisive battle has occured in the cental pacific
Yesterday our fast carrier forces attacked similar forces near Entiwok island.
damage was recieved on both sides
At dawn today our forces continued the attack.
5 enemy carriers were sunk, and many other ships damaged -the allied battle line was discovered at entiwok

Admiral tanaka, leading 6 battleships immediately attacked.
Regrettably he has been reported killed, and 2 battle ships have been lost.
the allied fleet has been destroyed in its entirety in a mighty battle line vs battle line engagement.

Our fleet retires in good order.
No carriers have been lost to date.
Admiral herbiesan reports that "further attacks continue"

The emperor announces a national holiday to celebrate the sinking of the allied fleet.
BANZIA

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/7/2006 12:03:36 PM

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From ADM yamaguchi to ADM herbiesan

Top secret

damage report
BB Heie sunk
BB nagato sunk
BB Mutsu sunk
BB Fuso 54/33/28
BB Ise 56/33/30
BB yamarishio 88/47/49
BB Hyuga 19/0/2
CV Ryujo 37/10/23
CV Kaga 45/15/25
CV Akagi 17/0/5
CV Shokaka 10/0/0
CVL Shoho 24/3/16
CVL zuiho 48/12/13
CV Zuikaka 50/14/4
CV Junyo -99/51/49 -abandoned
CV Hiryu 67/80/20
CV Hiyo 51/50/16
CV Soryu 99/82/36 -abandodned

many destroyers sunk
9 zeros left to me
All ammunition expended
many enemy ships sunk, many damaged remain at entiwok
I retire
have orderd BB Kongo, Kirishima to attack!

Enemy fleet in South pacific contains many transports!
Please alert army commands.
Am attempting to concentrate all naval air forces at Truk, ponape.

We must have a new fighter -the gull winged monster is killing us

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/7/2006 12:50:00 PM

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How can I relate today?
Why am I relating today?
Just how did Hori and I survive today, when so many of us died.
Then again, as i smell the smoke, and listen to the chaos down aft -death has probably only been delayed 12 more hrs for us.

midnight -and already the thudding of depth charges had spli the night twice, as we charged north.
at Midnight, the tanoy blared -a huge naval battle at rangoon, and reports of a desperate british army trapped in the dock area.

have they overeached themselves again!

3 am
And the motors roar, our Jakes already report several burning ships near entiwok.
And then the electrifying news -a enemy battle line!
But even as the light grows , the action starts
our CAP roars away, and frantically we begin to bring the strike onto the deck -how vulnerable we are

Even as our strike leaves the deck, action is occuring around us, corsairs and lightings in a tangle -right over the fleet.

To our south Junyo is being hit!, and other ships burn as well.
The kates clear away so slowly, our guns are hammering away -KAga cannot turn -we must stay into the wind
The deck is clear ahead!, throttle to the floor -a tremandous crash as a huge bomb hammers right beside the deck, a mountain of water -and i am away!
I turn violently, we are to gather, if we can, over the shokaka.
Horror!
kaga has been hit -where there once was guns, now a column of fire!

We climb hard, all around fighters whirl, we must gather our bombers in this madness, and strike back.
Shokaka, and zuikaka have been hit
But they have launched.
and we turn east -towards the enemy fleet.
88 zeros, 74 val, 44 kate
Corsairs!
they dive into us, and we desperately weave, trying to protect the bombers.
it is pitiful, again and again our planes fall, streamers of smoke.
The corsairs are just too good.
The island is ahead, and there -a great line of battleships.

I turn my flight towards the corsairs, banno, Hori, and I
Banno dissapears in a flash, and we turn frantically, I pull and kick, upside down, vertical, desperate to avoid the tracer streaming my way.

A Flash in front, I fire -The wildcat explodes!!!
And suddenly I am alone, low down

A dozen kates to my left , I tuck in close, we go in -a great wall of steel ahead on the horizon
Throttle to the wall -I will lead them in!
4000 yrds, the water racing so close underneath -abruptly it erupts as the guns turn to us!
I flinch -i cannot possibly survive this!
An explosion on the battleship -huge, mushrooming in her guts-and another -our Vals hit the battlewagon again and again
the firing against us abruptly stops -and i scream across the BBs aft guns -her admidships on fire

Exhualtation as my guns hammer empty -i zoom up -and a great cry as the kates torpedoes arrive!!

We turn for home, climbing.
The battle line is a mess -3 burning battlewagons!
and there, there, BANZIA -the nagato and all her brethren -a great wall of fire as the broadsides begin!
Go brother!

Our fleet is easy to find -great walls of smoke mark it, and clouds of AA fire.
I am hit, a tremendous bang on the engine.
Dead stick landing!
Fire is out on the kaga -and somehow I get down -wrecking my plane as I pile into the island.

Silence
I live!
men pulling me out, out into the chaos of battle!
Guns hammering, and bullets, glimpses of Mitchells flashing across our decks.
I am dragged into the island, flung about as Kaga shudders too mighty bomb hits aft.
the stern is a gaping hole -a torrent of fire.

The rest is a night mare
So few of us survived.
I am the senior pilot left!. Just 8 of us are left -Hori, somehow has survived as well
through the smoke, i go to the bridge.
Yamaguchi listens to my report -carefully.
Am I sure?
how many torpedoes.?

The bridge is such a hive of activity.
In Horror I look around.
6 huge pillars of smoke
Our carriers.!

Our deck is closed
Onboard we have a few orphans.
i am senior officer now, Hori is hurt.
I must gather how many planes we have left.
It is pitifully few.
And still the crew fight the fires aft.

And steadily from the horizon -the pounding of great naval guns, fight well brother.

It is midnight
The struggle to survive continues
The fleet limps northwest
What will tomorrow bring.
I am shattered, pyhsically, mentally destroyed. it hardly seems anything that finally, i am a fighter pilot.
I cannot go into the ready room -too many ghosts there. i hope banno felt nothing.

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/13/2006 7:32:44 AM

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herbiesans notes

OK, what happened

Over the last month i have had KB involved covering supplies and troops in a rather desperate effort to retake lunga, and to drag his CV fleet, in the majority to the south pacific.
This I thought was working, and 3 divisons were at sea, but a long way away, headed for the gilberts to retake Entiwok

In Burma, I had just smashed wobblys army south of mandalaby.
The moment I did this , wobbly stated he would fight for mandalaby.
This I knew was an invitation -so post haste all the troops raced back towards Rangoon -and BB hiei and CA haranua and escorts raced north from Singapore -I know wobbly well!

At the same time, the battle line was at Truk -preparing for the entiwok invasion.KB was half way between naru island and Lunga.

And then Wobbly grabbed at Kwaljien!
Intolerable -I could take back 1 island, but not 2, they would support each other.
Also I knew only 1 CV was present, plus a few CVE
A chance to overwhelm some of his fleet.
I raced north to Ponape -dropping the cves, and sailed everything I could to ponape.
Fuel was critical, and delayed me 1 day
I raced towards Kwal -where I knew his CVs were.

Day 1 of the battle though saw Kwal fall, and ships race towards Entiwok -one hex short.
A CV exchange took place -but his corsairs and mitchells on Entiwok were lethal -I hit yorktown and 3 cve, he smashed 2 CV
Akagi and kaga were 2 hexes west, clouded in, with the battle fleet.

day 2
I thought my BBs could reach , so I attacked with 6, hoping to smash the airfield
KB sailed to 1 hex west of the island, and I hoped to kill the BB massachutas?
regretfully the BBs did not bombard during the night, and thus a viscous air battle went ahead -me sinking yorktown and 2 CVE, and hitting the mass with a torp, and 3 other BBs as well!
But his counterstrikes hit all of my carriers, and the corsairs tore me apart

Then the BBs went into action -all 6 hitting the mass 100 plus times, and sinking her, shorpshire and escorts

Imagine my shock when they then engaged his entire battleline!!
A screen full of BBs!!!!
What a battle

At the same time Hiei took on 4 british BBs at rangoon, and then my LBA struck heavily

I think I have sunk 8 BBs this week (so Wobbly says), lost 2 , with 2 more to go I think, lost 2 CV, 2 more probably, to his 1 and escort CVEs.

What a battle!!!
it took hours to play.
Saved it for a rainy day as well.
The biggest shock was Oda and his mate surviving the battle!!
The game says they only flew once, both getting a single kill

Both pilots are now stuck on a still burning carrier, limping home.
Not out of the fire yet, but I think if they do Oda might get a chance to visit a certain young female in japan

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/13/2006 7:40:11 AM

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Oh, forgot to add,
Hiei got sunk, warspite got sunk, his invasion of rangoon was a disaster -now he is trying for moulimien, and run smack into a fresh div, with more coming!
If this fails I count 6 divisions wrecked in the east

He has taken advantage of the action in the central pacific, and invaded Shortlands -catching 2 fast transport groups at sea, carnage

The 3rd day of the central pacific battle saw my last 2 BBs and 15, thats right, 15 cruisers land a NB onto entiwok -sank the CVE nassua -with 50 planes, and this was the reason I got away, the field was nuked!

Now, we run away -and try to put the pieces together again -the solomons are gone!, the gilberts are gone -the 3 divs go to inner circle areas.

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/19/2006 1:34:56 PM

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a long, long terrible day

there are many, many wounded men onboard.
they scream.

All day our battered fleet struggles north west, and we wait in fear for the sound of the enemy long range bombers, we are so vulnerable.
But nothing happens, and the last fires are put out.

It is terribly disconcerting to walk on decks that stay slanted 10 degrees to one side, there is so much water down below, and the ship stinks and stinks of smoke and damage

At dusk a mix of news

Admiral Abe has attacked Entiwok -and this time nothing stopped him
2 Bbs and 15 Cas closed the field , and has sunk 2 carriers, and many ships.
Banzia!

there will be no attacks against us.

We may get home yet!

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/19/2006 1:42:51 PM

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Nagato has been confirmed sunk
I have lost my brother.
I cannot believe that giant of a ship is gone, taking his smile with it.

I cannot face it.

We are not attacked today
The British have attempted to land at rangoon!!
And Tokyo rose tells us the Indian dead lie in droves on the wharfs, and the harbour is filled with burning ships.

But the enemy seem detirmined to try to cut our army off in Burma, landings are reported at moulimien -and our high command reports that this landing too is being smashed!

South pacific command reports Shortlands has been invaded, and this too is a harbour full of sinking, burning ships.
Rabual is being hit.

It is apparent all that effort to retake Lunga has been for nothing.
But we have hurt the enemy very badly.
The empire has hope yet.

This is all I can cling too -that my brothers death, all my friends death, have helped the empire live.

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/19/2006 1:48:13 PM

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it is apparent that we are out of the danger zone.

I sleep all day, the crew is exhausted.
we buried our dead today.

And then the news.
The Indians have been thrown out of rangoon
The BB warspite is confirmed sunk
The army claims the valiant sunk as well
many enemy ships have been sunk off moulmien, and here the enemy is also evacuating the beaches.
A glorious victory is being claimed by our high command in Burma.

Tokyo rose announces that the BB mushia -has arrived home safely.
Amazing!

2 days to Siapan, and a chance to remove all the orphan planes we have onboard..

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/19/2006 1:51:47 PM

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A busy day -replenishment ships join us -what a tattered fleet we are -3 carriers, all smoke stained, and twisted metal here and there.
But we function, and given luck, we will fight again.

Shortlands has fallen
Our army is reported to be "cleaning up" the beachheads at moulmien.

And our army bombers and fighters are still active.

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/19/2006 1:55:03 PM

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Siapan

barges come alongside, and we crane off all the non kaga planes.
19 new pilots come onboard, and so do their planes.
We cannot operate them, but the squadron can start being rebuilt.

I am going to be busy, these young boys will be my responsibility now.

Morale soars
We are definately going to the home islands.
As if we could go anywhere else with all the damage we have!

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/28/2006 1:17:23 PM

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Quick bump -wobbly on holidays -and now I have huge email problem

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 10/31/2006 11:37:54 AM

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The struggle to get home to japan continues

Some of the ships with us are still in deep trouble, with flooding still being combatted.
Worse -the submarine packs are hunting us now, CVE taiyo was hit today north of us.
Again, I think i will spend the night above decks!

Good news from Burma -the enemy has been destroyed at moulmien, the route of the british is completed.
Also today the army airforce again hit many transports at Adaman island.
there will be no british offensive again this year!

Now that the clash appears over, and submarines allowing, my mind increasingly turns to home, and a certain young lady........

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 11/3/2006 1:44:15 PM

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our escorts chase of a submarine

we spend the day attempting to bring our airgroup to operational status.
In the wreck of the hanger, this is nearly impossible.

The hole in the flight deck is fully 20 feet acroos, and at least another 30 feet is displaced.

We are about 4 days from home, so they say.
Tokyo rose continues to tell of glorious victories -the one in burma sounds true -looking at out tatterd fleet, it is very hard to reconcile her words to a victory on our behalf.

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 11/6/2006 7:03:32 AM

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An exciting day
just after the midday meal -a miserable affair -the galley did not escape the carnage, our intrepid leader gathered us onto the flight deck.
avery stiff head wind buffeted us, and we had to huddle close to hear him.
"we are in range of tokyo - and if this old barge gets taken out by a submarine i do not intend to go down with her, I intend to live to extract revenge"
i knew what was coming -and i had to glance aft, at the great hole in our flight deck -and the considerably shorter one left.
"This breeze more than makes up for our carriers reduced speed, we fly off in one hour"
poor rookies -their 1st launch from a crippled carrier -over a great distance.

But we did it.
It was tricky, we veterans -just us 6, leading the way with the shortest run.
then the struggle, a struggle we gave up on, to form up -eventually we flew north -27 zeros, 27 vals, a string across the sky, our rookies trying oh so carefully to stay in touch.
1 corsair could have shot them all down before they even noticed.

Japan
and a great field -and all one can see are our carrier groups - things truly must be bad now.
i sleep tonight on a solid mat, in a paper room.
how sweet to be in the homeland again.

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 11/6/2006 7:10:47 AM

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a full day de briefing -a long day sitting around waiting to speak to intelligence officers

I spend a lot of it gaining intelligence of my own, speaking to all the other veterans.
It is disquieting -the fleet has 4cv, 3cvl -and all are badly damaged
We can account for only 6 BB left -and as far as i can tell -only 2 are at sea.

And yet all is not dark -in Burma the enemy has failed badly, no offensive possible there for 6 months, word of grumblings against the kiwi supreme commander reach even japan .
and finally all the sacrifice has not been in vain -the enemy is going to be very short of BBs to attack our fortifications in the days ahead.

i think of our rookies -some doubled their flying hours logged yesterday -i hardly bother now -we have a lot of work to do!

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RE: BATTLE!!! - 11/6/2006 7:11:41 AM

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2/6/43
Went ashore

hero pilot!!!

very drunk

very.

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hung over - 11/11/2006 1:28:42 AM

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3/6/43
With a terrible hang over we went to the docks today

we await the arrival of the carriers -our mission, to salvage whatever we can from the kaga - if she makes it past the SS
I saw the mushia in dock -what a terrible sight -great holes all along her stbd bow, right back to the 2nd great turret.
It will be a long time before she sails again

We are trying to secure cranes, a warehouse, and trucks -a difficult task.

Much confusion with the airgroups, as high command tries to sort out the mess.

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RE: hung over - 11/11/2006 1:36:09 AM

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We were up very early today -having secured a warehouse, and trucks ect.

The fleet crawled in today
How strange to see our brand new carrier, the taiho, surrounded by the blackened and bent cripples of our fleet.
Kaga- great holes down aft
Zuikaka -minus her bridge -steering from aft
Ryujo -still listing terribly
Shoho, great black streaks where the fires raged
and little zuiho -down terribly by the bow

Yet I look at the smiling faces of the sailors -so happy to be home -and I am so proud of them, getting them home.

We commence work -our units has been given some Soryu and Hiryu survivors -we are 46 pilots strong, some veterans -but too many rookies.

rumours have it -we will be moving to kagoshima for a training base
I DO SO HOPE SO!!!!

the war?
has gone deathly quiet.

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RE: hung over - 11/14/2006 12:45:31 AM

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5th and 6th

2 heavy days of salvaging equipment from the Kaga
We are working very, very hard.

Little news from the front, Allies threaten "to take advantage of the Empires current carrier crises"

We will see.

Editors note
Wobblys computer has just fried!
Grrrrrrrrrrr -he's caught the herbiesan disease

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RE: hung over - 11/15/2006 10:37:18 AM

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As we work another day on the kaga -I contemplate how quickly the war has turned against us.

All those troops so painfully landed on Lunga were decisevly routed today, how sorry I feel that they are now so hopelessly cut off.

terrible news from the solomons -allied paratroops have siezed Emiru and kavieng islands!!
The Bismarks are already brocken!

How quick can we fix this great hulk?
it must be quick -I fear the allies are going to move very quickly.

better news though -we go to Kagoshima soon!

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RE: hung over - 11/19/2006 7:19:17 AM

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Our navy bombards adaman island
The news from the solomons is bad -despite tokyo roses boasts -i fear that rabual is going to be cut off!
Where will we stop the enemy? -Siapan????

i fear for japan.

But today more immediate issues -we finish with Kaga today -and the squadrons fly -and we -on a delightful day -heart soaring, and with great anticipation -we fly to kagoshima!

how sweet the city looks.
somewher down there -she is.

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serenity - 11/19/2006 7:36:30 AM

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A beautiful, yet also very stressful day

how strange to approach those familiar doors - the lone pilot in the quiet street.
How strange -too have faced the enemy so many times -and now to be afraid to knock on a simple door?

What if Kiso is not home?
What if she has left?

I gather my courage -and the door opens.

It is hanamatos father.

he greats me warmly -and invites me in.
Kiso is at work -she helps now to assemble Tony fighters at the great plant down near the harbour.
But her shift ends soon, and we settle in the quiet room.

Over delightful sake, we discuss the war.
I am amazed -he is not bitter, and I warm to him -and I hope him to me.
News is scarce at home.
I tell him what I know.
China seems stalemated.
Burma is secure for many months it appears
But in the pacific -well.
With difficulty I describe the battle, how quickly the horror fades!.
he agrees that with so few battle ships -the allies may have some problems.

I break some secrets -tell him how badly beaten our carrier arm is.
he smiles wryly -always thought the army ran the show son -and he leaves it at that.

The day proceeds slowly -but finally she comes in.
her beaty undiminished.

Lunch passed in a dream -i notice that nothing appears in short supply -this is good.

How sweet her smile is.

Tomorrow -tomorrow she has agreed to see me again.

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RE: serenity - 11/30/2006 12:28:27 PM

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today our squadron initiated a new training program.very boring, mainly circuits and bumps for the recruits.
will take forever to bring them up to speed.

rabual being bombed today -little news from the front.
i cannot wait to get ashore again.

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RE: serenity - 11/30/2006 12:32:11 PM

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i cannot seem to get a grip on the reality Japan sees here -with tokyo rose daily, and the goverment daily painting such a rosie picture on the war -and what little one can glean from the news.
A convoy heavily struck near the north coast of Australia -good.
But other news -the allies claim a large convoy of barges sunk near kavieng -confirming in my eyes the solomons lost.

But what can I do?
Nothing
Tonight I take Kiso to dinner!

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