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RE: The fits hit the Shan - 9/7/2008 10:16:10 PM   
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RE: The fits hit the Shan - 9/7/2008 10:53:57 PM   
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Keep telling yourself that


Oh dear...don't tell me Tokyo Rose has been at it again? Usually she ignores the CBI.

I will admit I..err..I mean Lord Louis was snookered. It didn't occur to me...err...him they would try the massive fighter sweep followed by big, poorly escorted anti-shipping raids from different airfields. It was risky. What if the Bangkok raid aborted? The hot shot P-40's would have murdered the Jap bombers. Plus, Bangkok had zero CAP that turn. What if I had sent the heavies and caught his fighters after their sweep? My AK's absorbed quite a few hits. I was lucky only 1 sank (plus one more this turn likely) and Hollyhock.

Still, they are fighting back. It was fun...sort of.

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RE: The fits hit the Shan - 9/7/2008 11:38:20 PM   
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RE: The fits hit the Shan - 9/8/2008 9:41:10 PM   
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Jonah - 9/9/2008 8:08:05 PM   
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Poor Adm Draemel...



**********Mouth of the Salween River, off Moulmein, 10:20, February 19, 1943*********


Sounds of AAA fire fade as the latest wave of Japanese bombers head home. In the near distance, the Flower-class corvette, HMS Hollyhock, is sinking rapidly, a victim of 3 torpedoes, her oil soaking the waters of the Salween. Through the smoke, a small launch emerges, the soiled uniform of a US Navy Admiral is evident on the figure at the bow. Two ships have converged to pick up survivors, HMS Hatterlock (AK) and RNN Toendjoek (AK). The captains of both vessels recognize the man emerging from the smoke. In unison, they turn toward each other.

LCDR Smit, captain of Toendjoek: <hails captain of Hatterlock with a megaphone> SIR! THE ADMIRAL WILL HAVE TO CHANGE HIS FLAG. I BELIEVE HE WOULD BE MOST COMFORTABLE ABOARD A ROYAL NAVY VESSEL. CAN YOU TAKE HIM ABOARD?

CPT Swynnerton, skipper of Hatterlock: CAPTAIN, THAT IS VERY GENEROUS OF YOU, BUT I SUSPECT HE SHALL WANT THE VESSEL WITH THE GREATER ARMAMENT. WHAT HAVE YOU?

LCDR Smit, captain of Toendjoek: WE HAVE A 4 INCH AFT, 4 BY 7.7 MM AMIDSHIPS AND A 3 INCH AAA FORWARD.

CPT Swynnerton, skipper of Hatterlock: AS DO WE. WHAT OF YOUR STATEROOMS? DOES YOUR CAPTAIN'S CABIN HAVE AN ADJOINING HEAD?

LCDR Smit, captain of Toendjoek: NO, IT IS DOWN THE PASSAGEWAY. IT CAN BE A BIT BALKY AT TIMES, AS WELL!

CPT Swynnerton, skipper of Hatterlock: OH, WE DREAM OF MERELY HAVING A BALKY HEAD..................

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RE: Jonah - 9/9/2008 8:26:53 PM   
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RE: Important Safety Tip - 9/10/2008 4:13:35 AM   
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A signal quickly emerges from the reptilian part of my brain, forcing itself past roadblocks that are now unmanned because of yeast excrement.



A classic Mandrake line.

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RE: The fits hit the Shan - 9/10/2008 4:14:09 AM   
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The fits hit the Shan




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Message from God? - 9/10/2008 3:58:07 PM   
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Wait...it couldn't be him...wrong Patriarch


Here is what happened. I am not making this up.

I am at work yesterday and I have my Blackberry Curve in my butt-cheek pocket. Pretend I didn't read the instructions so I don't know how to do keyboard lock. Anyway, I pull the thing out to call my daughter because it turns out she has called me 4 times at work to see how much money she can get for washing the dogs, and instead of the usual video of the inside of my pocket or something like *#3sE^^xd18? in the text area there is this:

Pope_

That's it. Nothing else. Now, I am not the superstitious type but that is seriously improbable. I am thinking message from God perhaps, or maybe the Holy Father is mad at me for making fun of Admiral Draemel. Could it be the tax deduction I took for donating used underwear? Bill Clinton did that once it didn't seem to get him in trouble. Plus, there were no skid marks. I checked. And what is the deal with the underline at the end?

For safety reasons I think I will go to Confession. I haven't been for about 30 years so I figure they are really going to lower the boom on me. I may be away for a while.


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The Shan are real - 9/10/2008 4:02:25 PM   
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shan


The Shan are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia. The Shan live primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar, but also inhabit parts of Mandalay Division, Kachin State, and Kayin State, and in adjacent regions of China and Thailand.[1] Though no reliable census has been taken in Myanmar since 1935, the Shan are estimated to number approximately 6 million.

The capital of Shan State is Taunggyi, a small city of about 150,000 people. Other major cities include Thibaw (Hsipaw), Lashio, Kengtung and Tachileik.


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New shoes - 9/10/2008 7:30:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		*********Bridge of RNN Toendjoek, flagship of Admiral Milo "Jonah" Draemel, USN, Mouth of the Salween, off Moulemin, Burma, 11:50, February 19, 1943************


Adm. Draemel can be heard approaching the bridge with a "squish, squish, squish" sound. As he enters, all present snap to attention and a sailor barks an announcement in crisp Dutch. Adm. Draemel imagines he has said "Admiral on the bridge!' but he just as likely may have said "Look out everyone!".

LCDR Smit, captain of Toendjoek: Welcome to your new flagship, sir. I trust you found the new shoes comfortable?

Adm Milo "Jonah" Draemel, USN: Oh, they are quite comfortable, Commander. I am afraid I got them a bit wet, however. It seems the head is a bit balky. <All eyes surreptitiously head for his new shoes. They are quite passable shoes..with a nice shine..or at least they had a nice shine. Now a turbid liquid of uncertain origin seeps from the shoes whenver the Admrial ****s his balance>

Squiiiiiishh.

LCDR Smit, captain of Toendjoek: Ah, sorry to hear that sir. I will have ship's plumber get right on that.

Adm Milo "Jonah" Draemel, USN: Swimming! How goes the unloading? I would like to push off right after nightfall in order to make the air umbrella of the RN carriers by sunrise.......


****I misspelled "shifts" and the censor Nazi-bot took over****

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We call this place "Kra" - 9/13/2008 6:50:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		In the language of the indigenous peoples of the are, "Kra" is said to mean "skinny land with
no oil or cool stuff like that but which leads to Singapore and air bases within heavy bomber range of Palembang".

Rangoon is attacked by 5th Indian. In the event, it is garrisoned only by the skeletons of HQ and AA units and falls on the first day. 10th Air Force has really wrecked the place. It wont be much use for a while. the Royal Navy carriers make an appearance to convoy troopships into
Moulmein and to escort the empties out. Jap bombers from Andaman are slaughtered by the 50-55 Seafires flying CAP. Jap air has been withdrawn to Georgetown and Hanoi and Camranh Bay. Even so, this is hampering reinforcements.

255th Armoured has reached Bandou but is short on supplies. They will have to wait for infantry support to attack. 254th Armoured is outside of Krung Thep (or however you spell that).

2 more damaged AK's sunk en route to Chandpur. That brinngs the total maritime losses of Operation Splendid to HMS Hollyhock, one coastal minesweeper, one LCT and 4 AK's.







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Fantastic opportunity in the CBI! - 9/13/2008 7:56:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		*******Office of the CIC, SEAC, Imphal, February 23, 1943************


Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC: <knock at the door> Enter.

Secretary:Sir, it's Vice Admiral Phillips for your 10 o'clock.


Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC: Ah, yes, show him in please. <Adm. Mountbatten rises at his desk and greets Adm. Phillips warmly with a handshake> Tom, Tom, splendid to see you.

Vice Admiral Phillips: As it is to see you your Lordship.

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC: Oh, Tom, Tom, can we dispense with that rubbish? Call me Lord Louis.

Vice Admiral Phillips:I shall then, Lord Louis.

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC: Splendid!

Vice Admiral Phillips: Are we permitted to say...you know what..?

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC: Oh, Tom, not you too? the cat is out of the bag. The PM himself is saying it now.

Vice Admiral Phillips: Ah, splendid then, Lord Louis.

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC:Splendid!

Vice Admiral Phillips: Indeed! <awkward pause>

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC: Tom, I think you called the meeting, something about a fantastic opportunity in theatre. I was most intrigued and I am sure the PM will be too. He is very keen on big solutions.

Vice Admiral Phillips: Splendid! That is more than I could have EVER hoped for! I have no reason to believe it won't work in Britain too!

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC: BRITAIN??? Oh, do tell Tom, do tell!

Vice Admiral Phillips: Yes sir. May I? <gestures toward chalk board and begins, with with Mountbatten's nodded assent, to draw and ellipse at the top of the board. He adds two lines to the ellipse and begins to speak again> Your Lordship, have you ever heard of multi-level marketing.................

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RE: Fantastic opportunity in the CBI! - 9/13/2008 8:02:57 PM   
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Victory Disease, Minor - 9/16/2008 7:59:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		The Japs were annoying the Kra Peninsula troops by air from Georgetown. Time for the 10th USAAF. Heavies deployed to Moulmein do the heavy lifting. P-38's redeployed to Tavoy, sweep the air over Georgetown.

On the 24th, Jap troops retreating from Mandalay, catch the British 18th Div by itself (this is the mild victory disease part) blocking the road South. They manage a 27:1 combat ratio

The 5th Indian Div and 44th Ind Brigade are ordered up from Rangoon. Best, I think, to fall back over the Irrawaddy and regroup and let the bombers do their stuff. The Japs will either have to fight their way out on the rail line or make their escape via Lashio and thence overland to Jap territory East of Rahaeng.




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Bi-labial fricative - 9/23/2008 10:13:27 PM   
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Never, EVER, corner 300,000 Jap combat troops, cut off their air and overland supply, capture their major supply stores and then make a sustained labial fricative sound in their direction! More to follow when I get past this worker bee thingy.


BTW...I know what some of you were thinking and don't even think about saying anything or I will name names.

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RE: Bi-labial fricative - 9/24/2008 12:34:39 AM   
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RE: Bi-labial fricative - 9/24/2008 3:05:35 AM   
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I bet a skilled Freudian psychoanalyst could have a field day with the contents of that message!

Take your time, Cap. Eternity can't be rushed...

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Never, EVER, underestimate a Mayan! - 9/24/2008 8:29:36 PM   
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Never, EVER, underestimate a Mayan!


Here is what happened. Stalker Girl came over the other night and we made Italian sausage sandwiches with grilled red and green peppers, onions, hot mustard and some Dos Equis Amber. It was seriously good. After dinner my daughter announced she was going to take a bath in the master bath and to "stay out". Fair enough.

So Stalker Girl and I are putting away the kitchen stuff and she is apparently overcome by the phsyicality of the sausages so she makes the raising-the-eyebrow-are-you-thinking-what-i'm-thinking sign as soon as my daughter leaves the room. As I am a sensitive 21st century kind of guy, it does take long before I am thinking what she is thinking. As we are both standing there grinning, a serious logistical hurdle occurs to us both. The Whale Lube! Allow me to explain.

Whale Lube is the pet name we have given to a bottle of lubricant that Stalker Girl bought at toy store in Boise. It is realy called " <something> Silk". I forget the first part. It is most definitely NOT the soy milk thing. It is an English product of superior quality. The label says something like "helping people fit together and reducing friction in relationships" Anyway, Stalker Girl bought this huge, Costco-sized bottle. The first time I saw it I laughed out loud and told her "a blue whale could take that thing with him on week-long trip to Vegas and STILL have some left over".

But that was not the problem. The problem was the Whale Lube was upstairs in my bedroom which was now off-limits. Comically, my housekeeper...the Mayan in the story...has taken to neatly setting the Whale Lube on my dresser right next to an emergency, travel size bottle of Kentucky Jelly. Clearly she has understood the thematic link between the two even though I am pretty sure she does not read English..or Kentuckian. I think she barely even reads Spanish and I have never seen any hieroglyphs around the house either.

So there we are. The Whale Lube and Kentucky Jelly both out of action. Superior bummer. Wait...hello...we are in a kitchen...there it is...a 2 qt bottle of Mazola 100% canola oil. Hey..it's heart healthy, right? She nods her assent. The Mayan is downstairs watching Tele-Novelas, my daughter is upstairs...so we sneak outside by the oak trees and we are crunching all around on these noisy oak leaves looking for a secluded spot...and...yada, yada, yada. Afterward, I decided it might be odd to bring the canola oil back in so I put in on the fence with the cool lichens that the HA wants me to paint over. When I get back from work the next day it is gone! The mystery is solved when I go up to my room and there on the dresser is the Kentucky Jelly, the Silk and the Mazola oil in a neat, ascending array of bottle sizes.



More on safety tip #2 when I get home. I have some cool maps.





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RE: Never, EVER, underestimate a Mayan! - 9/25/2008 12:39:17 AM   
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RE: Never, EVER, underestimate a Mayan! - 9/25/2008 3:05:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		Good improvisation! Kind of like what Marlon Brando once mumbled in a movie they showed us in "Human Sexuality & Practices" class in Med School: "Get the butter!"

At any rate, Cap, after a fine weekend you've clearly had enough R&R. Get back to securing Burma STAT!


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Deep concern..not wholesale panic - 9/25/2008 10:13:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		*************60 Mi East of the Irrawaddy River along the Rangoon to Mandalay railway, 07:30, March 1, 1943**********

Brigadier Bastancherry, Indian 45th Brigade, surveys the positions of his lead batallion astride the railway. He is less than sanguine over his chances. Two full defeated Commonwealth divisions have been streaming past his position for hours. Many of those retreating have that "1000 mile stare". They will need time to reorganize and rest. That is his job, to slow the advance of the Burma Area Army, which has apparently not heard they are hopelessly cut off.

The Brigadier has a distinguished grey moustache though his jaw line sags a bit and he is a bit thicker around the waste now. Oh, come on, who are we kidding? His belt size is 4 inches more than he was the last time he saw battle. Ok, are you happy now? You couldn't give the man his dignity, at least?

well, anyway, he is part of the "60-60 pool", a group of retired brigadiers on retainer to His Majesty's Government. He says quietly to his aide, "We are in a bit of a spot, Major. I should have taken that gamekeeper bit in Scotland. I should like to have a chat with that chap from M&M Enterprises. Garrison duty, my arse."

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RE: Deep concern..not wholesale panic - 9/26/2008 1:34:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		You would be surprised at the programming available on Mayan CCTV. Just the other day there was some guy and his girlfriend with a large bottle of canola oil...

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RE: Deep concern..not wholesale panic - 9/26/2008 9:10:07 PM   
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You would be surprised at the programming available on Mayan CCTV. Just the other day there was some guy and his girlfriend with a large bottle of canola oil...


Wow! Is that on standard cable or is that premium package?



The Jap are a clever foe. I need some advice to defeat a somewhat gamey, but undeniably clever, tactic they are using to stall the advance of 7th Armoured down the rail line toward Mandalay. The capture of Mandalay is very important for several reasons:

1) It is the major Jap base in Northern Burma and, now that Rangoon has fallen, is likely the main source of supply for the Burma Area Army, the great bulk of which is moving South chewing up Commonwealth units in detail.

2) The capture of Mandalay would allow the ferry-hop transfer of Spitfires from Imphal to Moulmein. Currently, they have to be crated in by sea.

3) The 2 infantry divisions and 7th Armoured North of Mandalay can join the fight to destroy the Burma Area Army.

4) It is really pissing me off

5) The Allied bridghead in Southern Burma is threatened and the PM will be royally ticked if his "more energetic remedy fails"

Here is a little vignette to illustrate the problem (imagine Mandalay is in the center of the hex ):



*********Along the Burma Railway, 30 1/2 miles North of Mandalay, 09:20, February 28, 1943*************


After hours of assembly a huge column of Commonwealth vehicles begins to move South along the railway support roads. In the van are 11th Hussars/7th Armoured. A Lt. stands in the open hatch of his Humber which is first in line of the mighty column. He spots the glint of steel at the edge of a clearing up ahead. He taps the driver to stop and brings his field glasses up. He calls on his radio, "LINE ABREAST LADS...FIRE AT WILL!".

With a roar, a line of men emerge from the trees up ahead on the run, picks and shovels held aloft in a very threatening fashion...................

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RE: Deep concern..not wholesale panic - 9/26/2008 10:13:16 PM   
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Wow! Is that on standard cable or is that premium package?


Oh, how humble of you! Premium, of course. Some kind of nature channel.

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The Shan go into status - 9/27/2008 2:13:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		February 24th. After a bit of sitzkrieg, I decide to send the 5th Indian and 18th Inf Div North across th Salween to cut off possible Jap retreat routes North and East of Rahaeng. Rangoon is discovered to have only a shell defence and falls to 5th Indian on the first attack. 500 Japs don't give up. Oh well.

Mandalay is getting regular air attention and the absence of Jap acitivity leads me to believe they are severely beat up. When 50,000 troops of the Burma Area Army confront British 18th Div and achieve a 1:1 attack, losing marginally, it is clear that intelligence is in error. 80th Brig/20th Indian is flown in to Rangoon from Imphal and 5th Ind Div is ordered to join the 18th. Troops headed toward Krung Thep turn around and head North again. On the 25th however, more units of BAR show up eject the 18th, despite a full effort by 10th air force to attrit the force. 27:1 odds Utoh





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RE: The Shan are in full froth - 9/27/2008 6:11:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Feb. 26....About 60,000 troops and 400+ tanks of the Burma Area Army shock attack the disorganized 18th Inf Div, but the veteran 5th Indian Div arrives just in time and the attack is repelled narrowly. 18th Inf. and 5th Indian are ordered back across the Irrawaddy toward Rangoon in order to get the defensive benefit of the river and join with 45th Brigade. The Burma Area Army will have none of and on the 27th, attacks with 110,000 troops (4 2/3 Divisions and 450 tanks). This time both the 5th Indian and 18th Inf crumble and are forced back.

Meanwhile, Admiral Tabpub makes references to Sun Tzu, gently suggesting I had better not lose the war and get the entire 12th Army trapped in Southern Burma and Siam (not necessarily in that order).

The support troops are ordered out of Rangoon, which is a trap. Two experienced Chinese divisions are landing at Moulmein and a tank brigade and and 26th Indian Div are ordered back from the Kra Peninsula. The offensive has turned over to a worrisome defense. Also, the RN carriers are in harm's way guarding convoys headed into and out of Moulmein because Andaman is still a threat. I have two divisions coming from Karachi and two brigades coming from Oz...but that is a long run. The air forces will do their job if the weather is good but I just don't know if the Burma Area Army is going to run out of juice before they attack Moulmein or Rahaeng, which now seems inevitable.






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RE: The Shan are in full froth - 9/27/2008 7:07:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		***********Along the Burma Railway, 30 1/2 miles North of Mandalay, 07:45, March 1, 1943*********

11th Hussars are once again fully fueled and have been freshly suppled with ammunition and Earl Grey. Lt. Sisyphus surveys the same terrain he was tasked to cross on the 25th and the 26th and the 27th and the 28th. Their orders are the same today as they have been for the last 4 days, "Take Mandalay!". The Lt. is about to order the column ahead when he hears the unmistakable sound of metal treads. "Tanks lads! Bring up the 6-Lbr!", he calls. Just then a Kubota bulldozer emerges from the cover, charging forward at 1 1/2 mph. The blade is half raised to protect the operator. A long bamboo pole projects forward, a satchel of some sort suspended at the end. The Lt. corrects his warning, "It's 32nd Imperial Japanese Army Airfield Engineers again lads...KAMIKAZES!"

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Geography 101 - 9/27/2008 11:20:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		**********12th Army HQ, Tavoy, March 1, 1943***********


Col. R. McNally, 12th Army Geographic and Cultural Liason Officer: <stands in front of a large pull down map of SE Asia (or as number 2 would call it, South and East Asia) Men, I've been given the mission of improving the pronunciation of local place names among the officers and men of 12th Army. This has two key purposes. One is to improve the cooperation with indigents who are likely to be more responsive if we show some cultural awareness AND, more importantly to prevent confusion in regard to orders..<a loud snoring can be heard at the back of the room..the Col. stops and points his riding crop> You there..yes you..wake that officer up. Shameful!..Where was I? Oh yes. I want this to be interesting. I don't want to think you are all here purely because you were threatened with duty up North of the Salween. You are threatened with that, of course, but I want you to put it out of your mind for now. I want this to be FUN! <smiles broadly, but loses his smile quickly when he sees the level of interest in the room> Hmmm...Suppose I just point to things on the map and have members of the audience respond. Alright..here is an important one. <points at city in the Irrawaddy Delta?


Class: RANGOON

Col. R. McNally, 12th Army Geographic and Cultural Liason Officer: Close..try Yan BOHN

Class:RANGOON

Col. R. McNally, 12th Army Geographic and Cultural Liason Officer:Better...Yan BOHN

Class: RANGOON

Col. R. McNally, 12th Army Geographic and Cultural Liason Officer:Excellent. I can see we have a good group. Let's see <begins to point to Myitkyina> Ohh..perhaps not. How about this?

Pvt. in back: TAVOY, sir.

Col. R. McNally, 12th Army Geographic and Cultural Liason Officer:EXCELLENT! And this?

Pvt. in back: Phu-nohm-pen-hu

Col. R. McNally, 12th Army Geographic and Cultural Liason Officer:Very close, but more accurately, Puh-nom-pen. The "h" is silent. How about this <points to small town in SE Siam, Pisanuloke>

Pvt. in back: That's Piss-on-yu-bloke, sir.

Col. R. McNally, 12th Army Geographic and Cultural Liason Officer: That is something I haven't heard before. From where do you get the "b" sound?

Pvt. in back: That's easy sir. The "b" ISN'T silent.

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RE: Geography 101 - 9/27/2008 11:36:45 PM   
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