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RE: Coffee Too!?! - 10/19/2010 1:49:21 AM   
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Intel

1853 men are based at Yap.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Inch'on.
41st Naval Guard Unit is located at Port Moresby.
107th IJA Base Force is located at Taejon.
3rd Air Army is located at Singapore.
4th Mixed Brigade is located at Mandalay.
2505 men are based at Ikitsuki.
3077 men are based at Kitakyushu.
2nd Reserve AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
51st Road Construction Battalion is located at Changsha.
12th AA Regiment is located at Peking.
Nakajo-wan Fortress is located at Kadina.

Recon

F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Mandalay 160 fighters, 183 aux, 13 LCUs 48700/432/13
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Tulagi 10 LCUs 34520/329/7
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Makin 5 LCUs 12440/46/0

Combat

IJN aux craft encountered a mine field at Koepang

The Allies attacked Myitkyina with 8 X Wellington, 27 X Hudson, 60 X B-25C and 24 X P-38G. They did moderate damage to the base and suffered no loses.

The 754th USA Tank Battalion was attacked again today by Japanese planes and suffered moderate loses.

Gas rationing was in effect for the entire United States effective today. There was no problem with the gas supply, but rather this was the way it was decided to cut rubber consumption. Most of the natural rubber supplies are in Japanese hands and synthetic rubber plants are just now being constructed.

Dave is sitting at the table in the kitchen drinking a cup of coffee with his breakfast and says, “Can you believe this? Gas rationing and we have plenty of it and now they're adding coffee to the list of rationed items. Coffee! What has this world come too?” Sandy says nothing knowing that her father is a coffee lover and this is the one item he'll rant and rave about. “Coffee, what's next? I'm afraid to think of how coffee could impact the war effort.” Dave looks at Sandy sheepishly and says, “I'm getting carried away, aren't I? Sorry.”

Ed has housing assigned to him and of course an officer of lesser rank has gotten the bump by his arrival and this will ripple down the line. He spends the better part of the day in meetings concerning Operation Snowball. What he's really looking forward to is meeting with the ship captains that'll be under his command.

The Marines have been told what and where their new are and Orsini sets off in the general direction that was pointed out to him. He asks a number of Marines and they direct him until he finally arrives at his new unit's location. He reports to the company HQs and is told what platoon I his. He then sets off and finds them and he's told to “wait here.” In a few minutes a Gunnery Sargent appears and asks his name and says that their machine gun section is short of an ammo carrier and he's now it.

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RE: Reunion - 10/20/2010 1:03:15 AM   
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Intel

5th Fleet is located at Ominato.
2nd Air Division is located at Harbin.
1835 men are based at Gumma.
6659 men are based at Saigon.
Karafuto Mixed Brigade is located at Shikka.
2nd Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Tsitsihar.
7650 men are based at Bonin.
57th Construction Battalion is located at Maizuru.
3564 men are based at Nagoya.
6885 men are based at Inch'on.
28867 men are based at Harbin.
14th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
6133 men are based at Taipei.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.

Recon

SB-2 takes recon photos of Heiho 9 LCUs 46840/569/24
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Fushan 1 LCU 1680/12/0
R-12 takes recon photos of Arshaan 2 LCUs 5460/75/0
SB-2 takes recon photos of Chiamussu 20 fighters, 23 aux, 6 LCUs 22800/289/5
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Mutanchiang 52 fighters, 8 bombers, 43 aux, 10 LCUs 23580/319/154
R-12 takes recon photos of Changkufeng 9 LCUs 49560/346/9
SB-2 takes recon photos of Hailar 7 LCUs 42420/319/8
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Mandalay 171 fighters, 283 aux, 13 LCUs 51960/481/12
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Tulagi 10 LCUs 32580/363/7
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Makin 5 LCUs 13660/45/0

Combat

S-18 attacked a convoy 47 miles out of Darwin, but missed.

The daily sweep on Kunming by 33 X Tojo was again unopposed.

Admiral Edward Landy has assumed his command and at a meeting prior to departure of the TF he has a meeting with the skippers of the ships involved. The skipper of the DD O'Bannon, CDR William Smith spends some time with Ed after the meeting breaks up and the two men catch up on things. Both are raring to go to be doing what they were meant to do, command ships going into harm's way. The mission is a bombardment of Wake Island and then the ships will return to Pearl for replenishment prior to leaving for Operation Snowball. The fleet is made up of:
4 X BB
2 X CA
1 X CL
7 X DD
Ed's flag is on the West Virginia.

As they say goodbye to each other Bill says, “I see you've been bumped to a Rear Admiral, Upper Half. I suppose with a war on they're desperate for bodies to fill out the upper echelons of the Navy.” The two share the laugh and wish each other luck. They've come a long way in more than distance from their Pentagon days.

Orsini is settling in with his new squad. He spent the day getting to know them while they were going through drills. They went from one position to another during a mock advance, always covering the platoon's right flank. The other machine gun squad of their section is on the other flank. The spacing is supposed to be a minimum of 150 feet so that if enemy artillery hits both MGs won't get taken out. The squad itself is made up of the:

Gunner, who aims and fires the MG and also carries the tripod and a box of ammo when they move.

Assistant gunner who feeds and reloads the MG and also carries the MG and spare parts.

Ammo carriers who carry boxes of ammo which contain 250 rounds of .30 caliber M2 ball ammo.

The squad leader who observes and spots targets.

Orsini felt the heat of the day carrying his pack, a rifle and the 2 boxes of ammo. Each time they stopped to set up and fire he was sent to the rear to get more ammo. Such is the life of the new guy in a squad. That night he gets his first taste of the white lightning the men make in the still.

Gunny was pleased with the platoon's performance today and the new guys seem to have done their jobs well. There's still nothing other than rumors about the target or when they leave.

Today the first controlled, self-sustained nuclear chain reaction was achieved by Fermi.



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RE: Reunion - 10/20/2010 10:30:31 AM   
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ORIGINAL: tocaff

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Recon

SB-2 takes recon photos of Heiho 9 LCUs 46840/569/24
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Fushan 1 LCU 1680/12/0
R-12 takes recon photos of Arshaan 2 LCUs 5460/75/0
SB-2 takes recon photos of Chiamussu 20 fighters, 23 aux, 6 LCUs 22800/289/5
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Mutanchiang 52 fighters, 8 bombers, 43 aux, 10 LCUs 23580/319/154
R-12 takes recon photos of Changkufeng 9 LCUs 49560/346/9
SB-2 takes recon photos of Hailar 7 LCUs 42420/319/8
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Mandalay 171 fighters, 283 aux, 13 LCUs 51960/481/12
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Tulagi 10 LCUs 32580/363/7
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Makin 5 LCUs 13660/45/0




Just curious, but how did you managed to make Recon with the soviets units ??? ;
is it possible in Stock ?

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RE: Reunion - 10/20/2010 12:24:52 PM   
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Early in the game some wild Japanese troops entered Soviet territory by "accident" and made the Soviets active.  I'm glad that it happened as it added a new dimension to the game as talks between the Russians and Japanese are an ongoing thing with Russians demands being met so far.


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RE: Back at Sea - 10/20/2010 11:26:20 PM   
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Intel

8166 men are based at Toyohara.
10 ships are based at Osaka/Kobe.
5th RF Gun Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
Ryojun Fortress is located at Port Arthur.
86163 men are based at Taan.
187706 men are based at Truk.
18th Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Toyama.
48th Division is located at Port Moresby.
39th Road Construction Battalion is located at Manila.
Nagasaki Fortress is located at Nagasaki.
8th NLF is located at Port Moresby.
17th Army is located at Tulagi.
248723 men are based at Sasebo.

Recon

PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Apamama nothing detected
Catalina I takes recon photos of Wyndham 10 LCUs 25080/150/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Lunga 12 LCUs 4040/26/0

Combat

33 X Tojo visited Kunming again, but left after making lazy figure eights for 20 minutes as no Chinese planes rose to challenge them. The Chinese pilots are eager to fight, but there are not enough planes and the ones that they have are obsolete coffins.

Japanese planes attacked the 32nd USA Division near the rail junction. Loses were light and a Tony was reportedly trailing smoke as it departed. The troops involved in Operation Grinder continue to have their simmering anger grow as they are angry at being offered no air cover and just sit around being targets. They are here to fight the Japanese, but the generals seem to be timid.

Ed is enjoying having a deck beneath his feet again. He is very aware that as the commander of the TF that he needs to let the skipper of the West Virginia do his job without interference. He's lost in thought, looks at his watch and realizes that two more TFs are leaving Pearl Harbor, one contains the carriers and the other is replenishment. It's a long way to Wake and he's worried about everything that can go wrong with the operation between now and when the arrive at their destination.

Aboard the O'Bannon Bill leaves the bridge and goes to his cabin. Once there a man appears with a sandwich and a mug of coffee. Bill thanks the sailor and he sits down to write a letter to Sandy. The emotions are there, but the words don't come easily. Finally Bill gives up writing because his mind is preoccupied with O'Bannon and her responsibilities as part of this TF.

Phil sits in the wardroom poking at his food. He's wondering how Benham is always drawing the same type of duties, escorting merchantmen or replenishment vessels. He wants a fighting assignment, not that of a shepherd.

Today Pete moved his meager possessions into Sylvia's parents home. They've been gracious enough to give him their deceased son's bedroom. He has been respectful enough to allow Jac to have the better part of the day so move her son's things elsewhere in the house. She does so in silence with tears on her cheeks. Sylvia helps and Milt suggests to Pete that the two of them should head off to the pub for a beer. Pete readily agrees and they tell the women where they're heading. After a while the owner of the pub has some spare time as business is slow with so many men off fighting the war. The three men talk and before Pete realizes what's happened he's been offered a job as a bartender on the weekends. He really doesn't need the money as he's still being paid by Uncle Sam, but he accepts. This will help him to pay for room and board as he doesn't want to be viewed as a freeloader. When he mentions this Milt immediately states that if he wanted to rent the room he would've. Pete will find ways to pay this family back for their kindness.

In Europe

Several German divisions were transferred from Western Europe and arrived in Army Group Don in preparation to relieve the surrounded 6th Army at Stalingrad.


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RE: Nervous - 10/22/2010 12:33:04 AM   
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Intel

22nd AA Regiment is located at Kitakyushu.
Tokyo Bay Fortress is located at Tokyo.
44th Road Construction Battalion is located at Lunga.
8th Coastal Gun Regiment is located at Maizuru.
3070 men are based at Kitakyushu.
41st AA Regiment is located at Changchun.
7th Engineer Regiment is located at Mutanchiang.
2nd Army is located at Truk.
3565 men are based at Nagoya.
2nd RF Gun Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
6th Fleet is located at Kwajalein.

Recon

Catalina I takes recon photos of Wyndham 11 LCUs 33960/206/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Mandalay 175 fighters, 178 aux 13 LCUs 50860/469/13

Combat

75 X B-24D conducted an attack on Tulagi which was unopposed. Light damage was done to the port and it's supply dumps.

The 24th USA Division was attacked by aircraft near the rail junction and had light casualties.

Japanese troops, numbering 75.8K, followed the air attack with an assault, but were beaten back by the Allied defenders, who were 55K strong. The Japanese loses were estimated to have been very heavy while the Allied troops also had heavy casualties.

Ed's bombardment TF steams on towards Wake Island and so far they haven't been detected. It's Ed's call if he feels that the mission should be scrubbed due to early detection or not. Ed secretly envies the ship's captain as that's the best job to have in the Navy, so he thinks.

Bill just left the sonar man after visiting him to see if all if well and give the sailor a pat on the back. Now he's off to do the same with the radar operator.

Joe Orsini has been busy all day and he's exhausted lying on the side of the trail while the platoon takes “5.” Gunny approaches him and asks if he's OK and Orsini just nods to the affirmative. He thinks to himself that he won't be the one not to make it through this exercise.

Pete is getting nervous as tomorrow is his first day at the new job. Sylvia laughs at him as says, “You fought against the Japanese, got shot down and floated around in a raft and now you're nervous about facing a bunch of old men who will come around to talk and have a pint or two?” She laughs and so does he realizing that the worst that can happen wouldn't be so bad.

In Europe

The Germans took Tebourba today.

The US 5th AF raided the port of Naples. It was their first raid of the war.


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RE: Home - 10/22/2010 5:58:22 PM   
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Intel

1801 men are based at Hungnam.
86163 men are based at Taan.
53rd Division is located at Osaka/Kobe.
25th AA Regiment is located at Nagato.
45th Road Construction Battalion is located at Chiamussu.
267333 men are based at Tokyo.
Funauke Fortress is located at Sakashima.
Yongfung Bay Fortress is located at Wonsan.
36th Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
118th IJN Base Force is located at Chengting.
Kitachishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
32nd NLF is located at Salamaua.
109th IJA Base Force is located at Kaigan.
144th IJA Base Force is planning for an attack on Madras.
151st IJA Base Force is located at Tokyo.
2673 men are based at Taejon.
Oshima Base Force is located at Kagoshima.

Recon

Catalina I takes recon photos of Wyndham 12 LCUs 38440/219/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Lunga 12 LCUs 3860/10/0

Combat

Two IJN MSWs located a mine field at Koepang and immediately started sweeping it.

The Japanese conducted a bombardment attack with artillery causing moderate loses among the Allies troops near the rail junction.

The USN TF slowly is closing on it's intended target and their luck is holding as there have been no sonar or radar contacts so it's still held that they haven't been detected. Ed has gone over the plan repeatedly in his head and knows that once the action starts everything can go to hell in a moment. Still he keeps thinking and wonders what he's missed. If the KB suddenly appears there will be a CV battle and if it's a surface engagement his task force is loaded with plenty of AP shells and the new fast BBs won't be far off to lend a hand. Mines should be detected and avoided as the range should be great enough to keep them outside of any minefields. Sleep is starting to become increasingly difficult the closer they get to Wake.

Bill and Frank confer in Bill's cabin about the responsibilities of the O'Bannon and meeting them. The crew is fast to ready the ship for action and there seems to be no problems among the men so with that and fully functional systems the two men agree that all is as well as can be expected.

“Come on Joe do you want into the pool or not?” The other men of the platoon have been trying to find out where Gunny is from so a guess adds another $5 to the pool. “How about the new guy pool as to guessing his name?” For another $5 you get a chance to guess Gunny's given first name and if there is no winner it goes into the larger pool.

“OK I'm in. I say he's from Topeka, Kansas. As to the name I'll go with Carl. Here's my ten spot,” says Orsini.

The men of Orsini's squad have been granted a weekend pass and they're heading off to town for some action. Some are dying for a cold beer, others a woman and Joe longs for a nice, juicy steak.

“Pete another pint here, if you please,” says an elderly gentleman. Pete dutifully complies and serves up the requested pint. Some of the men are shooting darts while others just sit around and talk. Pete is asked more than once about his war experiences and he just shrugs them off with a “nothing special to tell.” At closing time Pete's very tired and he walks slowly home. Home, he thinks, now that's a really nice thought.


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RE: Late Sleeper - 10/23/2010 6:33:52 PM   
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Intel

6648 men are based at Saigon.
1860 men are based at Naha.
3rd Mountain Gun Regiment is located at Darwin.
3560 men are based at Nagoya.
19th Division is located at Mishan.
6th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Wonsan.
17th Division is located at Homan.
60th Construction Battalion is located at Tarakan.
Kwantung Area Army is located at Changchun.
8th Division is located at Heiho.
126th IJA Base Force is located at Gili Gili.
Burma Area Army is located at Rangoon.

Recon

F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Mandalay 143 fighters, 230 aux, 12 LCUs 43480/339/17
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Lunga 12 LCUs 26540/220/5
Catalina I takes recon photos of Wyndham 13 LCUs 56560/340/0

Combat

A Japanese bombardment attack on the Allied troops near the rail junction has resulted in moderately heavy casualties. The Allied troops responded with their own artillery and inflicted moderate loses on the Japanese.

S-36 continues her journey to the nearest safe port, Cairns, running on the surface due to continued flooding problems. The crew works feverishly to make repairs and stop the flooding, but the issue is very much in doubt.

FDR has talked to Frank Knox about tomorrow's ship launchings and has been reassured that there will be lots of press coverage and much fanfare. It's important for the public to know that the sacrifices that they're making are for tangible reasons.

Sleeping so late is something Pete isn't used to doing. Sylvia woke him with a shake of the shoulder and a kiss on the cheek. “I knocked on the door, but it was quite obvious that you never heard it so I took the liberty of entering.”

“You, my pretty, young thing, may enter any time you'd like,” Pete replies. “What time is it?”

Sylvia tells him that the family is getting ready to have some lunch and Pete literally jumps out of the bed and runs to the bathroom to get ready.

Orsini is busily trying to find out Gunny's name, but is told that he'll have to wait until they return to their base because of the pool. Where he is born is another matter entirely as Gunny promised to reveal the location when they ship out.

The tension continues to grow among the men on the ships approaching Wake Island.

Victory Points Japan 17942 Allies 6427



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RE: Home - 10/23/2010 7:28:46 PM   
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The Japanese conducted a bombardment attack with artillery causing moderate loses among the Allies troops near the rail junction.


Sounds like the classic dilemma: can't advance, won't retreat, getting pounded in place.

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RE: Pear Harbor Attack Anniversary - 10/24/2010 11:12:37 PM   
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Intel

8883 men are based at Mukden.
2nd Mountain Gun Regiment is located at Homan.
39th Road Construction Battalion is located at Manila.
3rd Mortar Battalion is located at Port Moresby.
54th Construction Battalion is located at Canton.
2nd Base Force is located at Soerabaja.
1768 men are based at Fushan.
252262 men are based at Kagoshima.
3rd FF Construction Battalion is located at Anshan.
7th AF Construction Battalion is located at Soerabaja.
44th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Koepang.
5839 men are based at Takamatsu.
3982 men are based at Osumi.
13th Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
Maizuru Fortress is located at Maizuru.
1st Guards Mixed Brigade is located at Tokyo.

Recon

PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Lunga 12 LCUs 7480/56/0
Catalina I takes recon photos of Wyndham 13 LCUs 49480/305/0

Combat

24 X P-38G and an F-5A attacked Mandalay losing 7 P-38G and the F-5A and another P-38G was damaged by the 49 x Zero and 20 X Tony that greeted them at the cost of 10 X Zero destroyed and another 1 damaged. After the debriefing Allied commanders were pleased with the sweeps results, though the loses were higher than hoped for as the P-38G has once again proved that it's a match for the Japanese planes.

Allied troops at the rail junction suffered moderate loses to an artillery barrage and another air raid. Orders issued for troops to withdraw to the junction were issued yesterday and troops are on the move. Other forces are advancing on Wyndham and it is hoped that they will be able to retake the city. If the Japanese pull troops off of the front at the rail junction then a possible advance on Darwin will commence.

The 2nd Marine Division has begun loading on transports as are many other combat and support units. The destination is unknown to all except a few. Operation Snowball is entering it's final staging process and the exact date for the attack will be issued soon. Orsini is told that Gunny's given name is Ralph Gaffney. There were no winners in the pool so now the men of the platoon are eagerly awaiting Gunny telling them where he's from.

The BB New Jersey and 11 other ships were launched today on the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. A big deal is made out of these launchings as was promised to FDR. The war is now entering it's second year for the United States.

The TF under Ed's command continues towards Wake and their luck continues to hold as there have been no enemy contacts.

Dave and Sandy sit in front of the fireplace listening to the radio. “You know it's hard to believe that this war has been going on for a year already,” says Sandy.

“Think of the British, they've been fighting for over 3 years already and there’s no end in sight,” replies Dave. “Maybe our Brazilian allies will send us some coffee before out of it completely.”

The ETO

British commandos raided Bordeaux harbor attaching limpet mines to German ships there.







BB-62 New Jersey is Launched

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RE: Thanks - 10/25/2010 12:41:19 PM   
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The AAR lags a little more than 3 months behind the war itself. 

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RE: Closer - 10/26/2010 2:10:52 AM   
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Intel

11th Army is located at 48,33.
1823 men are based at Haiphong.
58th Construction Battalion is located at Takamatsu.
67th Construction Battalion is located at Toyama.
6th AF Construction Battalion is located at Pagan.
50th Construction Battalion is located at Kyoto.
2nd AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
9th Ind. Brigade is located at Changsha.
61st Construction Battalion is located at Port Moresby.
3922 men are based at Nagato.
Palau Coastal Gun Regiment is located at Palau.
54th Division is located at Okayama.
57th Construction Battalion is located at Maizuru.

Recon

F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Mandalay 143 fighters, 230 aux, 12 LCUs 43480/339/17
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Lunga 12 LCUs 26540/220/5
Catalina I takes recon photos of Wyndham 13 LCUs 56560/342/0

Combat

The Allies conducted an air attack on Myitkyina with 48 X B-25C and 9 X P-38G, meeting no opposition, suffering no loses and inflicting light damage to the airfield and it's facilities. The pilots and aircrews are gaining valuable experience at morale is climbing as the loses are negligible because of no opposition. The commanders know that this won't last as the Japanese will fight for control of the air over their bases.

The Japanese attacked with an air raid and an artillery bombardment near the rail junction, which combined to inflict moderate casualties on Allied troops.

Pete wonders if he should make bar tending a career as he's not used to serving the drinks instead of consuming them. He does enjoy the company and he finds the job nothing like work at all. He tells Sylvia that he'll stick with it a while and see how it goes. Meanwhile the pub's owner is telling his wife that Pete as a big hit and that business was booming. “Calm down dearie,” she cautions, “Remember the last employee you had.” Indeed he does remember, how could he forget as she was a beauty but robbed him blind.

A heavy snowfall has Dave muttering to himself as he trudges to the station. If it gets much deeper, he thinks, snowshoes will be needed. This is the price one pays for living in the mountains.

Now that his platoon is assembled on deck Gunny tells them he's from Baltimore, Maryland. A moan goes up among the men and it turns out that nobody picked that city. “Why not give the money to the guy who came closest,” says one of the men. Another replies, “Why not save the money for a platoon party to celebrate our beating up on the Japanese?” That idea seems to get the general acceptance and Gunny gives it the OK. Now they'll have to decide who holds the funds. Orsini says, “Let Gunny keep it.” All agree with this.

Closer and closer the bombardment TF gets to Wake Island and still no contacts and it's assumed that they haven't been spotted. Ed is very pleased with the way the ships are being handled and they all maintain station during course changes to prevent a sub from being able to line them up for an easy attack.

Bill thinks about the Japanese on Wake that will soon get the pounding that they so so richly deserve and he's glad that the large gun tubes won't be pointing at him when they erupt. He's never seen a BB fire in anger, only drills and it's an awesome sight when a broadside is let loose by a single ship, let alone the four in this TF.

Today the Germans occupied Bizerte in Tunisia.

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RE: Thanks - 10/26/2010 2:38:23 PM   
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I'd like to say thanks to you, my readers for your support and comments.  I never anticipated the amount of work that I've put into this and at times it's tougher than others to do the next entry.

The AAR lags a little more than 3 months behind the war itself. 

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thanks to you.
And congrats for sticking to this hell of war; i never was so hard-willing than you are.

Keep up the good work.

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RE: Thanks - 10/26/2010 8:04:36 PM   
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I have no choice but to stick to the war no matter how it goes as I owe it to my opponent, Steve, and myself as the game is a huge commitment. Thanks for the support.

December 9, 1942 The Rail Junction

Intel

Iki Fortress is located at Ikitsuki.
2nd Tank Regiment is located at Rangoon.
China Expeditionary Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.
6712 men are based at Iwo Jima.
57th Construction Battalion is located at Maizuru.
13th Base Force is located at Amboina.
40th Division is planning for an attack on Sian.
2nd Mountain Gun Regiment is located at Homan.
4th AF Construction Battalion is located at Medan.
Maizuru Fortress is located at Maizuru.
42nd AA Regiment is located at Seoul.
Radio transmissions detected at Prince Rupert.

Recon

SB-2 takes recon photos of Heiho 9 LCUs 75800/891/25
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Fushan 1 LCU 1860/14/0
R-12 takes recon photos of Tabun-Nur 1 LCU 1400/13/0
SB-2 takes recon photos of Chiamussu 6 LCUs 28540/253/7
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Mutanchiang 9 LCUs 23320/321/156
R-12 takes recon photos of Changkufeng 9 LCUs 49740/342/5
R-12 takes recon photos of Hailar 7 LCUs 41840/311/7
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Mandalay 149 fighters, 244 aux, 12 LCUs 43580/356/12
Catalina I takes recon photos of Wyndham 14 LCUs 56240/333/0

Combat

26 X Tojo suddenly appear over the 3rd Australian Division at the rail junction near Wyndham, doing no damage and 1 plane was reported hit by ground fire and seen smoking.

The 32nd USA Division at the rail junction was attacked by planes and reported light casualties. All Japanese planes left the area safely.

It is hoped by Australian commanders that the splitting of forces will enable them to retake Wyndham before the Japanese have a chance to bolster the defenses there, as they appear to be doing at the present time. The blocking force at the rail junction close to Darwin should be enough to hold the Japanese at bay if attacked. Additional combat formations will be moving from Townsville as soon as they have replaced their combat loses.

The SS Cuttlefish is proceeding to her target, Toyohara, where she will lay mines and then patrol the Aleutian area.

S-36 continues her struggle to reach Cairns. The crew has been unable to stop the flooding, just barely managing to keep up with the water. The aft torpedo room is flooded and running on the surface is causing everyone aboard to volunteer their eyes for lookout duty when their shift pumping out water is over.

A troop convoy continues to load Snowball units at Pearl Harbor while another convoy approaches Pearl. The two will combine and make for Snowball's staging area.

Admiral Landy paces the bridge of the old BB as the fleet makes it's approach for the run in to bombard Wake Island. The CVs are now just over the horizon providing air cover should the Japanese detect them and attack. The plan calls for the bombardment TF to replenish it's fuel bunkers tomorrow and then make the attack. The CVs will standoff providing air cover and lend air strikes to the attack. The fleet will then retire to Pearl, replenish, be joined by other warships and make for their staging area for Operation Snowball. The Allies need Snowball to succeed if they are to turn the tide of battle in the Pacific.

Washington continues to press Moscow for basing rights, but the Soviets are resisting. They give the simple answer of an active war with Japan while the bloodbath against the Germans rages just isn't possible for the Red Army at the present time.

Standing at the rail of the transport Orsini gazes at the other ships assembled and wonders if he'll ever be able to avoid these long, boring ocean cruises. A couple of the other guys from his squad are nearby and trying to figure out where they are going when Gunny appears.

“You guys are Marines and Marines go where they're sent. We then do our job and if we're lucky we get a rest before Uncle Sam sends us on another little trip. We'll find out soon enough what our target is and woe be to those there that oppose us.” With that Gunny moves off leaving Orsini and his pals smiling and no wiser.

Bill has his orders about refueling the O'Bannon tomorrow and he looks them over again. After the TF has finished refueling they'll be making a run in to their target, slowly, as the old BBs are slow. He puts the papers back in their envelope and proceeds to write a letter to Sandy.

Pete seems to have fallen through the cracks and there's been no word about his not boarding a ship for the US. Now he wonders if he'll still be able to draw his pay as bar tending money won't go to far.

The subs on patrol in the Aleutian Islands are having an awful time due to the weather. The crews all prefer to be submerged as the boats aren't tossed around and it's not so cold. Patrols in these waters are shorter than usual and a return to Anchorage is welcomed by all.





Winter Aleutian Sub Patrol

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RE: Snow - 10/27/2010 6:47:47 PM   
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Intel

32nd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Aomori.
51st Road Construction Battalion is located at Changsha.
43rd Construction Battalion is located at Rangoon.
36715 men are based at Chiamussu.
Maizuru Fortress is located at Maizuru.
11th AA Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
64th Construction Battalion is located at Nagasaki.
25th AA Regiment is located at Nagato.
2nd Reserve AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
3rd Ind. Brigade is located at Homan.
6th Ind. Brigade is located at Yenen.
13th Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.

Recon

PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Tarawa 10 fighters, 13 bombers, 22 aux, 4 LCUs 17960/97/0
Catalina I takes recon photos of Wyndham 14 LCUs 57900/415/6
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Russell Islands nothing detected

Combat

The 24th USA Division, at the rail junction, was attacked by Japanese planes. Loses were light and a Helen was reported as damaged. AA units are moving to the front to afford some kind of protection against the constant air raids.

The Japanese initiated a bombardment attack at the road junction 140 miles NE of Kweiyang, but it caused nothing more than torn earth and lots of noise.

The bombardment TF targeting Wake Island has refueled and now is moving into position to make it's run in. The CVs are following, just over the horizon. Ed can't remember if he has ever felt so tense. He knows that so much can go wrong once combat begins. What have I missed, he keeps asking himself.

Bill looks at the radar operator and asks, “Nothing? Not even a blip on the edge of the screen?”

The man just shakes his head and says, “No sir, not a thing.”

Bill heads back to the bridge and meets Frank, his exec, who says, “Sonar hasn't even had a false contact.” The two men find it strange to be getting so close to a Japanese base where known patrol assets are and be undetected, or at least as far as they know the Japanese are unaware of their presence.

Dave has had nothing to do of late except shovel snow off of the roof of the house and station. It's very tough to do with the bad hand as he really can't hold the shovel with it. When Sandy finally discovers what he's doing there was hell to pay. “You stupid, stubborn man. Dad how many times do I have to tell you that I can do stuff while you mend?” Dave climbs down from the rood and Sandy goes up to finish. Dave heads back to the house to make some tea. Damned war and damned rationing I want coffee, he mutters.

The convoy has a long way to it's destination, which all of the officers are now aware of. The enlisted men will find out in due time, though it doesn't matter what the place is called where you're being shot at.

Gunny looks at a map and says, “Here it is, Canton Island. Our new temporary home before the invasion is launched.”

“Canton, that's in China I heard. How long to get all the way there?” asks one of the Marines.

Gunny laughs and says, “That's a city in China that you're thinking of and this is an island base of ours in the Pacific.” The men laugh, which is good to relieve the nervous tension that's slowly starting to build among them.

Today the first transport of German Jews arrived at Auschwitz.






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RE: Snow - 10/28/2010 8:40:33 AM   
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Today the first transport of German Jews arrived at Auschwitz.



A friend of my grandfather was jew. He went to Auschwitz in the beginning of the camp.
Asked to shovel the dirt and the mud while the prisonners were gathering, he was even sent farther and farther of the guards on duty. With an incredible luck, he met a bunch of germans civilians doing the same kind of work;
at the end of the day, the soldiers sent the civilians back home, and he just went with them !! .
A german shoemaker hosted him at his own house for the rest of the war !

if ever this story is not welcome in this AAR for any reason, just ask and i will delete my post.

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RE: Snow - 10/28/2010 4:20:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		No your input is welcomed.  I enter these events happening in Europe and Africa to add flavor to the AAR.  As they were historical events I don't see how anyone can be offended by them and they are not open to political argument here. 

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RE: In Late - 10/28/2010 8:29:54 PM   
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Intel

7898 men are based at Sendai.
55th Division is located at Myitkyina.
21st NLF is located at Darwin.
16th Army is located at Rabaul.
3361 men are based at Hamamatsu.
236273 men are based at Osaka/Kobe.
11th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Osaka/Kobe.
24th AA Regiment is located at Nagasaki.
52nd Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
3rd Mortar Battalion is located at Port Moresby.
4th Aviation Rgt is located at Nanning.
124th IJA Base Force is located at Tavoy.
North China Area Army is planning for an attack on Sian.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.

Recon

F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Lashio 2 LCUs 4960/33/0

PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Tarawa 1 X SS, 2 X DD, 1 X AP, 4 LCUs 18360/65/0

6 X AK have been spotted at Wyndham and Allied commanders are concerned that the Japanese have managed to slip in additional troops and supplies days before the planned attack begins.

Combat

IJN PGs found a mine field at Fergusson Island

99 X B-17E bombers staged an attack on Gili Gili and were rudely received by 22 X Zero and 16 X Tony. In an effort to build up experience in a safer manner the raid went in 10K feet higher than usual, but they still lost 10 of the big bombers and had another 38 damaged while doing light damage to the base. The men claimed to have downed 3 X Zero, damaging 15 more and 4 X Tony were added to the gunner's claims with 9 others damaged. A damage assessment flight later counted 3 X Nell destroyed on the ground.

The Chinese have expressed their gratitude to London and Washington for the assistance being given to them. They have also assured their Allies that they expect to hold the cities of Sian and Chungking, but are concerned about recent developments in the Kweiyang region.

The Soviets continue to stall Washington's requests for permission to use Soviet bases in their fight against Japan. The Soviet Ambassador to the United States of America, Maxim Litvinoff, has spoken on many occasions lately with Harry Hopkins, Henry Stimson and Cordell Hull and still the answer to their requests remains the same, no. FDR is fuming about the Soviets, “They want to have their cake and eat it too. Well, I suppose as long as they are involved in such a titanic struggle against the Germans there's not much we can do about it. It does give one pause when you think that an allied country would be expected to be a little less secretive and a lot more co operative.” The Americans want to base their 4E bombers in range of northern Japan. The thinking is any damage done to Japan is just icing on the cake, but the real purpose is to draw Japanese assets away from other areas, thus weakening their defenses where the real Allied thrusts will come.

Ed sits in his cabin aboard the West Virginia, unable to sleep. So far the fleet has gone undetected, as far as he knows. He issued orders today for the CV TFs to refuel and follow the bombardment TF closer to Wake before his BBs hit it. The replenishment TF is moving towards Midway with planes from a CV supplying air cover for the rest of today. He's concerned that the best of plans have a way of going wrong. I know that there's something that I've missed, he tortures himself with.

Troops have completed loading at Pearl Harbor and 2 convoys, one already at sea, are scheduled to join in the night for the journey to Snowball's staging area. Departure was scheduled with the USN providing plenty of ASW, surface and carrier units to insure their safe arrival.

“One of the crew said we're steaming in a huge circle,” says one of the Marines.

“The Navy just wants to be sure that they know where they're going, that's all.” says another man.

Orsini just knows one thing, he hates ocean voyages.

The Palawan commences loading supplies at Noumea. The crew over time has become well rehearsed at their jobs and the ship's master is proud of them and how they perform. Red is in a hold, cursing and sweating, manhandling cargo into the spots as directed by the 2nd mate. Cookie and Lucky, in the meantime, are off for a walk around the base area as he has already overseen the loading and stowing of the food the crew will consume on the upcoming voyage.

Friday night and Pete is busy working at the pub when a familiar sounding voice says, “Well who ever would've thought...hello Pepper!”

Pete looks up and a huge grin comes over his face. “Hi guys, what're you doing here?”

“We have some time to kill so a little to drink entered our minds.”

Pete serves the men their pints and tells them that he's got to care for the others in the pub too. Later that night Pete is cleaning up and when he finishes he locks up and leaves the pub. His pals from Darwin are waiting for him outside and they walk to a park and sit on the benches there and talk. Before Pete knows it the sun is rising and he tells the men he's got to head home. Sylvia is still asleep when he arrives as her bedroom door is still closed.




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RE: Thanks - 10/28/2010 9:19:25 PM   
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ORIGINAL: tocaff

I'd like to say thanks to you, my readers for your support and comments.  I never anticipated the amount of work that I've put into this and at times it's tougher than others to do the next entry.

The AAR lags a little more than 3 months behind the war itself. 

Thanks again.


i know of what you speak... i gave it up after deciding i was putting in many hours for having maybe 4 people read my AAR.

Keep up the good work!!!

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RE: In Late - 10/29/2010 8:52:33 PM   
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“One of the crew said we're steaming in a huge circle,” says one of the Marines.

And that's why they say, "Tell it to the Marines".

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RE: Final Approach - 10/29/2010 10:34:09 PM   
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Intel

5th Air Division is located at Rangoon.
Soya Fortress is located at Wakkanai.
15th Field Artillery Regiment is located at Homan.
2nd Mixed Regiment is located at Hangchow.
Karafuto Mixed Brigade is located at Shikka.
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Tsitsihar.
8th Division is located at Heiho.
6th Construction Battalion is located at Heiho.
105th IJA Base Force is located at Mukden.
17th Army is located at Tulagi.
1738 men are based at Taichu.
1831 men are based at Haiphong.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.

Recon

Catalina I takes recon photos of Wyndham 7 X AK, 1 X AP, 2 X DE, 1 X APD,1 X PC, 1 X CA, 15 LCUs 56720/338/0

Combat

Allied planes struck Lashio inflicting moderate damage to the airbase, supply facilities and the runway. Ground loses were thought to be light. The raid was conducted by 12 X Wellington, 27 X Hudson, 64 X B-25C and 24 X P-38G, of which a Mitchell was lost to ground fire and a Hudson was damaged.

Things aboard the S-36 are finally looking up as great inroads have been made pumping water out of the boat. The men now have no doubts that they'll arrive safe and sound in Cairns, where further repairs will be made before they are sent off to a repair yard for the major work required.

The troops assigned to the attack on Wyndham have begun their final advance, cutting off all retreat lines except by sea. This means that the Japanese will be even more fanatical than they are noted for. The assault force is made up of:

2nd Australian Division
3rd Australian Division
2nd Australian Cav Division
6th Australian Cav Brigade
Americal Division
112th USA Cav Regiment
3rd Australian Tank Regiment
5th Australian Tank Regiment
193rd USA Tank Battalion
754th USA Tank Battalion
19th USA Engineer Regiment
40th USA Field Artillery Regiment
26th USA Field Artillery Brigade
SWPAC HQs

The Sparrow Force Battalion has moved into a Position to slow and warn of a Japanese advance out of Darwin towards Wyndham.

The 1st Australian Division is moving up to reinforce the attackers and is about 250 miles from Wyndham.

Meanwhile at the rail junction the following units are blocking a large Japanese force.

6th Australian Division
24th USA Division
32nd USA Division
2nd Australian AT Regiment
101st Australian AT Regiment
1st RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment, which is here due to a bug in the game as it's a static unit.
170th Australian I Corps HQs

The Gull Force Battalion and the Darwin Defense Brigade are defending the flanks.

Other units are heading from the coast to join in this fight and it's believed that the Japanese intentions are not to advance to far from their coastal bases.

Not far from Pearl Harbor a huge convoy has assembled, it's destination is the Operation Snowball staging base, Canton Island. Another convoy will follow shortly as will USN Naval TFs charged with the safe arrival of these vital convoys.

Ed has passed the command for the final run in for the USN forces that will hit Wake Island from the sea and air. It is hoped that this may distract the Japanese from the Operation Snowball area.

Bill hears the signalman as the flags and blinkers pass the orders from ship to ship. The increase in speed is nothing for the O'Bannon but Bill wonders what it would be like with the new fast BBs or a CV TF making a good speed in heavy weather. Maybe some time in the future he'll find out.

Pete is awaken by Sylvia knocking on his door. “Where were you after closing?,” she demands. “I was worried sick about you. You know that you aren't fully mended yet.” Pete explains where he was and what he did and she hugs him tightly, “I worry about you because I love you.”

A young Marine pilot by the name of Robert Irvine has finished his advanced flight training and has been assigned to a new squadron that is just being formed. VMF-222 will be getting the new F4U-1 Corsair and the men will train on the planes before being shipped out. This process will take months to accomplish but the men already in Portland are excited to be getting the new plane instead of Wildcats. Rumors abound that it's so fast it's not to be believed.

Another snow and Sandy looks out of the window marveling at nature's beauty and then her mood changes as the reality of closed roads and shoveling off the roof sets in. She finishes writing her letter to Bill and starts making lunch.

In Europe

Manstein attacked with 13 divisions, 3 Pz, in an effort to relieve the 6th Army.

Victory Points Japanese 17992 Allied 6485





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RE: Final Approach - 10/30/2010 7:54:58 PM   
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Rumors abound that it's so fast it's not to be believed.


Rumors are pretty accurate, in this case. So we could be seeing the "Whistling Death" in action in a couple of months?

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RE: BOOM! - 10/30/2010 7:57:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Sadly I'm continuing to battle bugs in the game. Many subs that are assigned mine laying missions manage to revert to a sub patrol instead and only sometimes can I get them back to their intended purpose. Also in this entry you'll see how bombardment attack orders weren't carried out and instead a general attack took place by the troops at the rail junction.

December 13, 1942 Wake Island

Intel

217053 men are based at Ominato.
Peng Hu Fortress is located at Pescadores.
Ryojun Fortress is located at Port Arthur.
1st Army is planning for an attack on Sian.
Tsushima Fortress is located at Masan.
67th Construction Battalion is located at Toyama.
1st Fleet is located at Hiroshima/Kure.
16th Division is located at Tulagi.
5th Engineer Regiment is located at Port Moresby.
126th IJNAF Base Force is located at Iwo Jima.
Elements of the 51st Division are located at Canton.
6944 men are based at Shimuzu.

Recon

No reports

Combat

A snooping Betty is shadowing the fleet near Wake Island. The captains of the Vincennes and Hornet have no doubts that they have been spotted.

As the sun comes up the BBs open fire on Wake Island and just as suddenly a huge explosion virtually lifts the bow of the O'Bannon out of the water. Mines! The DDs screening the bombardment TF have run into a mine field with Dunlap hitting 2 of them, Lang has hit another and the O'Bannon has also hit one. The 3 stricken destroyers have been ordered to make for Midway Island as best they can. The Dunlop has suffered moderate systems damage, very heavy flooding and she is burning. Another DD will standby to take off the wounded. The Lang has moderate systems damage, moderate flooding and is burning. Wounded have already been transferred off of her and she's expected to make Midway.

Aboard the O'Bannon Bill has received the DC reports and has noted in his log that his ship has suffered moderate systems damage, moderate flooding and is burning. By some miracle there have been no fatalities and nobody was seriously injured when the mine went off. There are 17 wounded men aboard, but they will all recover. He expects to make Midway and transfer his wounded to shore once there. He has no doubts that his crew will extinguish the fires and bring the flooding under control. He does wonder about how long they will be out of the war while repairs are made.

The old battle wagons fired on the air base and did heavy damage to it and it's facilities. Many secondary explosions were noted and it was assumed that supplies had been hit and 16 X Betty were destroyed on the ground. The port suffered light damage and ground loses were thought to have been high.

On board the West Virginia, Ed has issued his orders and his TF will make for Pearl Harbor, less the 3 stricken DDs. It had been assumed that the Japanese had mined Wake Island, but it was thought that the BBs and cruisers could shell the island from outside of the minefield. The CVs never launched a strike as the rains that shielded the bombardment force from discovery kept the planes from flying. He reads the reports of the damaged DDs and wonders if the Dunlop can be saved. He knows that O'Bannon will be fine as he has boundless confidence in Bill's command abilities. All in all he suspects that the operation has managed to get the Japanese's attention. Now for the replenishment and long sail to the Operation Snowball staging area, where his command will double in size as more of the old BBs will be awaiting his arrival. The only thing that's really bothering him at the moment is that his request that an AR be placed at Midway Island was denied due to Snowball's demands. He sighs and wonders if any commander in the history of warfare has ever had enough assets to be fully satisfied.

On the flag bridge of the Hornet Admiral M Mitscher has decided to order that the CVs attack Wake Island in the morning and then they will retire to Pearl Harbor. Of course this depends on the weather, which is predicted to be marginal at best.

Japanese aircraft attacked the 32nd USA Division at the rail junction, inflicting light loses

More planes attacked the 112th USA Cav Regiment about 37 miles from Wyndham, loses were light.

The Allied forces attacked at the rail junction, inflicting moderate loses on the Japanese, but Allied formations have suffered very heavily. In Brisbane, at Allied HQs, the question being asked is who ordered this attack? Considering that this force was meant to defend and an artillery bombardment of the Japanese was ordered the staff is mystified.

The CV Lexington is the center of a TF that slips out of Pearl Harbor in the predawn darkness. She is responsible for providing cover for the Snowball convoys. Soon the old BBs will depart, to later be joined by Ed's TF. The final pieces of Snowball are slowly falling into place and it is hoped that even a major Japanese effort to stop it will be swept aside by the massive force being assembled. When Snowball was in it's early planning stages Sec. of the Navy Frank Knox, with Sec. of War Henry Stimson's support, had demanded that for the 1st naval thrust made by the USA against the Empire of Japan be of such force that a message would be sent to the Japanese. This message is that the USA would pay whatever was needed to win the war.

It's still snowing in the mountains in northern California and Sandy is back on the roof with a shovel again. Beautiful snow, yeah right for little kids, she mutters under her breath. Dave managed to clear the front porch of snow, but it's tough being one handed.

On the Palawan Red and Cookie sit idly soaking up the sun. Lucky is nearby in a shaded spot panting in the heat. “The ship is like an oven in this heat,” remarks Red who is wearing a pair of shorts and that's it. Cookie nods and pours some water over his head and sighs.

The huge convoy is making slow progress towards Canton Island and Orsini is busy writing a letter to his father. The other members of his squad are finding various things to do to kill the time. The gunner, Slim, is with a group of men shooting craps. Nobody knows his name as he goes by Slim. The assistant gunner, Jack is playing in a non-stop poker game. He claims that if he loses all of his money or wins it doesn't matter because he's a fatalist who believes that he'll never survive the war.

Robert Irvine has boarded a train that will eventually take him to Portland and as it travels north he watches the scenery go by. He´s wondering what it'll be like to fly a new, hot plane and wonders how he'll do when he's in combat. Clicky, clack goes the train and it lulls him to sleep.

North Africa

Rommel began a retreat from El Agheila. The British 8th Army advanced into Libya.




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RE: BOOM! - 10/31/2010 8:40:37 PM   
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Intel

5th Army is located at Heiho.
3899 men are based at Nagato.
1818 men are based at Hungnam.
4th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Kagoshima.
40th Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
1st Parachute Regiment is located at Singapore.
3rd Engineer Regiment is located at Lunga.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.
53rd Construction Battalion is located at Lashio.
Maizuru Fortress is located at Maizuru.

Recon

F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Rangoon 2 X CL, 3 X AK, 109 fighters, 90 bombers, 195 aux, 19 LCUs 69340/671/198
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Makin 5 LCUs 1200/4/0

Combat

Early in the morning 22 X F4F-4 roared in to attack on Wake Island. They came in low, strafing the base but doing negligible damage. Four of the Wildcats were damaged in the attack by ground fire.

About 18 minutes later Wake Island was attacked by 98 X SBD diving on the airfield and they destroyed 15 X Betty, did moderate damage to the base and inflicted light loses on the troops there. Many secondary explosions indicated that supply stocks were heavily hit. The 18 X F4F-4 that provided escort for the attack had a front row seat to the show as no Japanese planes were in the air. The USN lost 2 X SBD and 10 others were damaged by the ground fire.

The 23th USA Division, located at the rail junction, was attacked by Japanese planes and suffered no loses. The Japanese artillery bombarded the area with the defenders suffering light casualties.

The DD Dunlop's crew continues to struggle to save their ship, but it is looking more and more like the flooding has doomed her even though the fires are almost all out now.

The DD Lang's crew has managed to hold the flooding from getting worse and the fires have almost all been extinguished.

The situation aboard the DD O'Bannon is stable and Bill knows that though there are still some fires burning and flooding that they'll bring the ship safely to Midway. He and his crew are exhausted, but they are still crippled and in dangerous waters with much work to be done. Frank reported to Bill that the wounded men are doing “OK, all things considered”, though having a doctor on board would've been better for them. Bill consults his charts and thinks that the distance from Wake to Midway never seemed so far before.

Ed is still cursing to himself as he monitors the fate of the 3 DDs knowing that if the planners had listened to him an AR would be at Midway to assist them. Midway's facilities are going to be of limited value to the DDs, if they make it there. He can only hope for the best as his TF makes for Pearl Harbor.

Aboard the CV Hornet Admiral Mitscher has read all of the reports and is generally pleased with the results of the raid. He is glad that he decided to stay in range and launch a strike in the morning against Wake. Now the 2 CV TFs make for Pearl Harbor before moving on to their assigned base for Operation Snowball.

The struggle to bring the S-36 will come to an end with the sub expected to arrive at Cairns within the next 36 hours.

The HQs for India are closely watching the buildup taking place at Rangoon. They've known for a while now about intel that the Japanese appear to be planning an attack in the area of Madras. Plans have been made and troops are being shifted, though it is doubted that a large scale attack can be repulsed. The RN is still licking it's wounds from the attack the KB made and the Admiralty keeps demanding that valuable ships be sent to fight in the ETO.

Slim and Orsini are strolling around the ship as both of them are bored. They bump into Jack who looks like hell. “What happened to you?” asks Slim.

“I was gambling all night and was way ahead and then the bottom fell out. I can't even afford a butt now,” replies the forlorn Jack.*

“Come on then, let's go grab some chow and I'll give you a smoke later,” says Orsini.

FDR continues to try and get the Soviets to grant basing rights, but to no avail. The one thing that the State Department people are noticing is that the highly placed Communist Party officials are in a much better frame of mind as the Germans are being squeezed at Stalingrad and other places seem to be seeing a change in the fortunes of the war in favor of the Red Army.

A tank battle that will last for three days south of Stalingrad commenced today.

Victory Points Japan 18024 Allied 6556

* During the Great Depression cigarettes were sold individually because that's all people could afford.






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RE: Poof - 11/2/2010 12:25:46 AM   
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Intel

6th Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
Yura Fortress is located at Takamatsu.
2nd Reserve AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
62nd Construction Battalion is located at Lunga.
22433 men are based at Okayama.
Kitachishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
2nd Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Tsitsihar.
4640 men are based at Wakkanai.
Kure Base Force is located at Hiroshima/Kure.
65th Brigade is located at Rabaul.
2498 men are based at Ikitsuki.
3915 men are based at Nagato.

Recon

F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Mandalay 87 fighters, 157 aux, 12 LCUs 14080/167/0
Catalina I takes recon photos of Wyndham 3 X CA, 2 X DE, 2 X AP, 7 X AK, 15 LCUs 102340/848/36

Combat

A B5N Kate attacked the submarine Grunion near Kwajalein after she was spotted by a Val. Grunion has just completed mining the area and suffered no damage. She will retire to Pearl and undergo a refit there or a yard in the US.

A Betty has been showing the US CV TF and the Yorktown has been spotted and reported as radio transmissions assumed to be from the plane were intercepted.

The 24th USA Division was attacked by Japanese planes at the rail junction. casualties were very light. A little while later Japanese bombardment attack on the Allied troops at the rail junction resulted in moderate loses. Allied artillery replied, but to no effect.

At Wyndham a Japanese bombardment attack was made and Allied forces suffered light loses. The Allies replied with their artillery and the Japanese were thought to have lost a moderate number of troops.

Operation Grinder is in a lot of trouble as it's now believed that the Japanese could have in excess of 250K troops facing them. The force at Wyndham isn't strong enough to attack, but a bombardment will commence while the Allied commanders decide what to do. The rail junction is also facing a superior force and something must be decided quickly before the Japanese crush the forces facing them.

O'Bannon ties up at a newly built dock at Midway Island. Her crew will now finish off the few small fires remaining and plug the leaks before they make for Pearl Harbor. Bill has granted some of his crew shore leave even though they are needed for the work parties. He believes that the men need some rest as much as the ship needs work and he's going to try and balance the two. He has had about 4 hours of sleep since the hours prior to the run in on Wake Island and now that he's issued his orders he takes a shower and falls into his bunk. Arrangements have been made to fly some of O'Bannon's wounded back to Pearl where they can be properly cared for much to the pharmacist mate's relief. Bill is dismayed that facilities are almost nonexistent and the only repairs to O'Bannon will be made by her crew. He wonders if they should stay here or try to make Pearl.

The Lang is struggling to make Midway, but the fires are well in hand and her skipper feels that they'll make it.

The Dunlop is a dying ship and though she's still in range of Wake's planes nothing attacked her today. A vessel is with her to take the crew of should her captain decide to give the abandon ship order.

Ed doesn't know if he should be relieved that the IJN didn't appear to contest his raid on Wake or be disappointed. No matter as Snowball will afford an even better chance of handing Tojo's boys their heads.

Bill Donovan says that, “When you arrive in England tell the Pirates that Pete, minus an arm, is doing fine for himself in Darwin. He's got a pretty little thing madly in love with him and he's become a part time bartender.” The man smiles and leaves the office. What Bill didn't say is that he's keeping Pete on the payroll as a token of his appreciation for all that he's done.

Orsini's squad are sitting on a cargo hatch looking at the stars and one of them says, “Joe you're the only one of us with any money left.”

Before he can continue Gunny magically appears and says, “Don't worry about money because where we're going it useless.”

Gunny drifts off and then men marvel at his ability to produce those now you see me, now you don't moments. “I tell you he's not human, the way he always seems to show up and poof, then he's gone again.

Today the convoy JW-51A sailed from Locke Ewe in Scotland with 16 merchantmen for the Kola Inlet.











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RE: Poof - 11/2/2010 11:09:00 PM   
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7888 men are based at Bonin.
Yongfung Bay Fortress is located at Wonsan.
51st AA Regiment is located at Rangoon.
5th Army is located at Heiho.
7886 men are based at Bonin.
Tsushima Fortress is located at Masan.
23rd Tank Regiment is located at Chiamussu.
65th Brigade is located at Rabaul.
12th Construction Battalion is located at Batan Island.
110 aircraft are based at Mutanchiang.
Yokosuka Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Tokyo.
Ponope Base Force is located at Ponape.
8th Ind. Brigade is located at Chengting.
4th Mixed Brigade is located at Myitkyina.
60th Construction Battalion is located at Tarakan.
Radio transmissions detected at Prince Rupert.

Recon

SB-2 takes recon photos of Heiho 9 LCUs 65100/745/30
R-12 takes recon photos of Tabun-Nur 1 LCU 1300/18/0
SB-2 takes recon photos of Chiamussu 6 LCUs 24560/301/9
R-12 takes recon photos of Changkufeng 9 LCUs 49900/392/3
R-12 takes recon photos of Hailar 7 LCUs 43000/342/7
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Fushan 1 LCU 2120/7/0
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Mutanchiang 10 LCUs 22180/326/158
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Mandalay 102 fighters, 147 aux, 12 LCUs 34180/315/17
Catalina I takes recon photos of Wyndham 15 LCUs 111040/887/32

Combat

IJN DDs and MSWs encountered a mine field at Kwajalein.

At the rail junction the 6th Australian Division was on the receiving end of Japanese planes making a ground attack. Allied loses were extremely light and a Tojo was observed going down to the cheers of the Aussies.

Not to be outdone the Japanese artillery at the rail junction shelled the Allied troops who had moderate loses. The counter battery fire caused light loses among the Japanese.

The Allied big guns at the rail junction later hit the Japanese causing light casualties.

At Wyndham the Allied troops were bombarded by the Japanese and suffered light casualties. The Allied artillery shelled Japanese positions causing light loses to the Japanese.

Operation Grinder is rapidly grinding to a halt. It is being hotly debated as to what the proper course of action should be now that it's clear that the Japanese appear to be much stronger than ever thought.

The DD Lang arrived at Midway Island and promptly tied up at the pier. Both the O'Bannon and Lang have extinguished their fires, but flooding continues to be a problem. The Lang is in much worse shape than the O'Bannon. Port facilities are very limited and the ships need an AR to assist, but there isn't one there. Bill demands that his ship be allowed to try her luck and make for Pearl rather than be left to sink at a wharf here.

The DD Dunlop was scuttled today and her crew is being carried to Pearl.

S-36 reached Cairns and immediately work parties swarm aboard her claiming that she'll be “dry as a whistle” before you know it. The crew is exhausted and happy to have reached a safe port.

It's only midweek and Pete is already looking forward to the weekend and his job. Sylvia is beginning to wonder if it was such a good idea, but doesn't say anything. Pete was contacted today by American authorities concerning his status and he'll meet with them tomorrow. Sylvia is more concerned about that than anything else.

Bob Irvine spent the day being checked out in an F4F-4 Wildcat and he asked the the other pilots in his squadron what this was all about and one of the men said, “The new guy is the last one to get a new plane. Be happy that it's a dash 4 and not a dash 3.”

“Hey, I liked the 3 more than the 4” says another Marine pilot.

Elaine helps her mother doing the laundry. After scrubbing the clothes on the wash board they are handed to Elaine who rinses and then puts the items through the wringer, cranking away and then repeating the process. Once all of the laundry is done the two women go outside and hang the items on the clothes lines. It's a cold day in Pittsburgh and it'll take a long time to dry, but there are no options and at least there is a breeze and the sun is out. This is so boring, she thinks, I need someone new in my life.

The Red Army attacked towards Rostov-On-Don to cut off the Germans in the Caucasus.

The Italian 8th Army's position is precarious and threatens the relief of Stalingrad being attempted by the Germans.

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RE: Stay & Pay - 11/3/2010 10:12:29 PM   
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Intel

5th Fleet is located at Ominato.
6649 men are based at Saigon.
1850 men are based at Pagan.
Yokosuka 6th SNLF is located at Port Moresby.
5952 men are based at Arshaan.
3rd Tank Div is located at Peking.
3546 men are based at Seoul.
11th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Osaka/Kobe.
Yokosuka Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Tokyo.
1837 men are based at Gumma.

Recon

F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Andaman Island 9 aux, 5 LCUs 15300/93/9
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Lunga 12 LCUs
The air raid on Tulagi revealed 10 LCUs 45520/363/4

Combat

IJN MSWs continued sweeping the mine field at Kwajalein.

The Allied air forces attacked Myitkyina with 27 X Hudson and 63 X B-25C with all planes safely returning home. It is believed that the attack caused moderate damage to the runway, airbase facilities and supply dumps. Japanese ground loses were thought to be light. The coordination of this attack was poor as the escorts never appeared, but luckily they weren't needed as no Japanese planes were aloft.

61 X B-17E and 68 X B-24D attacked Tulagi causing light damage to the port and it's facilities. All the planes left the target area, but 3 Fortresses and 4 Liberators were damaged by the weak ground fire. Ultimately one of each type of plane will be written off as a total loss, an acceptable loss rate.

11 X Wellington conducted an attack on the 4th Mixed Brigade located at Myitkyina, suffering no loses and reportedly inflicting light loses on the Japanese. Due to a lack of coordination another 8 X Wellington appeared 9 minutes later and also inflicted light casualties on the 4th at no cost to themselves. Allied commanders had hoped that all of these attacks would roll in on the Japanese at once, but the men are gaining the experience needed to become the killing machine that is called for.

An air attack on 32nd USA Division at the rail junction caused light casualties

The IJN conducted a bombardment of the Allied troops surrounding Wyndham causing moderate loses. Japanese artillery then opened up causing more moderate loses.

An Allied assault on Wyndham confirmed the Allied commanders worst fears. The Japanese have poured engineering units into Australia and they are firmly entrenched behind extensive defensive positions. The Japanese line held off the attack though their loses were placed at being moderate. The Allied troops lost heavily while the combat engineers managed to do some damage to the defensive positions themselves.

At Midway the DDs Lang and O'Bannon are continuing to be patched up and the prognosis for the flooding on both ships is good. Bill enters into his log that an AR is badly needed at the base and an MLE would work well in tandem with the AS already in place here. Bill manged to get some letters onto a plane bound for Pearl Harbor so at least Sandy will know that he's OK.

The DD Benham's charges approach Wallis Island, where they will add another empty AK to the convoy on the meandering route back to Pearl Harbor. Phil is tiring of the role of shepherd and hopes that the Benham's next assignment will be that of the wolf.

The submarine Tarpon continues her lonely, fruitless patrol in the Coral Sea waiting for Japanese ships that never appear. Her crew grumbles about the brass being stupid enough to believe that the Japanese would try to run a convoy into Port Moresby. Tarpon's skipper knows that assumptions of what can and can't be done in a war can lead to disaster. He remembers back to a class at Annapolis where the instructor had told them that those who dare can accomplish the unthinkable.

Sylvia went with Pete to his meeting and then sat outside of the office for over an hour. When Pete finally emerged he smiled at her and she threw her arms around him and kissed him. “I'm a lucky guy to have you,” he said, “Yep, really lucky because somebody in Washington likes me and is going to continue my pay even though I'm staying here and doing nothing.”

Sandy sits at the kitchen table and moans inwardly at the thought of going up on the roof of the house again to shovel it off. “Good morning,” she says as Dave joins her. “I left the shovel up there and it's a good thing because it's snowing again, heavily.” She wonders if she'll ever get any letters from Bill and shudders at the thought that something might have happened to him.

Today the British Parliament vowed to avenge Nazi crimes against the Jews. The United States also declared the same.

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RE: Grinder In Trouble - 11/4/2010 10:17:29 PM   
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Intel

6th Aviation Rgt is located at Changkufeng.
146th IJA Base Force is planning for an attack on Madras.
3265 men are based at Anshan.
15th AA Regiment is located at Nagoya.
4th AA Regiment is located at Toyama.
1st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Tokyo.
Maloelop Base Force is located at Maloelap.
Southern Area Army is located at Singapore.
2nd Army is located at Truk.
1725 men are based at Fushan.
34th Division is located at Changsha.
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Tsitsihar.
27th Engineer Regiment is located at Mutanchiang.
8th Ind. Brigade is located at Chengting.

Recon

PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Lunga 33 fighters, 10 bombers, 51 aux, 12 LCUs 10260/61/0

Combat

SS Pollack attacks 3 X MSW near Darwin, but either the fish missed or were duds as entered in Pollack's log and the MSWs tried, but failed to nail the sub with depth charges. The Pollack having sown a mine field, heads back to port.

Three naval bombardments of the Allied troops ringing Wyndham caused light casualties.

Japanese artillery caused moderate loses among the Allied troops at Wyndham.

An air attack on the 24th USA Division, at the rail junction inflicted very light loses but as soon as the planes disappeared Japanese troops poured forward and attacked. Japanese loses were thought to be moderately heavy while the Allies casualties were heavy and they were forced to retreat.

Operation Grinder has fallen apart and Allied units are falling back in what their commanders are trying to keep as an orderly retreat.

The DD Lang leaves Midway in a desperate attempt to reach Pearl Harbor as her hull can't be patched at Midway and an AR that's on it's way is to far off to be of help.

Pete arrives at the pub a little earlier than his scheduled time as the owner has asked of him. They sit down and have a pint a talk about many things before the owner mentions that he'd like to sell the pub and wondered if Pete would be interested in buying it. “I would have to think this over and talk to Sylvia about it,” Pete replies, “Could I have some time to think about it?” He's told to take whatever time he feels he needs and the two of them start getting ready for the anticipated Friday night crowd.

No snow today and Sandy is pleased because she has muscles aching that she never even knew that she had. Besides she could never admit to her father that she couldn't do something. Dave's hand is healing well and the doctor expects that normalcy will return soon. That will be a huge relief as there's lots more winter to go in the mountains.

Bill Donovan is in a meeting at the White House and is being questioned about some of the people he working for him. He answers, “Sir, by keeping them on a string I have assets where I'll be needing them in the not so distant future. The world is a big place and I don't have that many reliable people so that when I do get somebody who's worth having I don't let him or her go.”
















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RE: Damned Commanders - 11/5/2010 7:07:40 PM   
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Intel

22402 men are based at Okayama.
53rd Division is located at Osaka/Kobe.
34th Division is located at Changsha.
111th IJN Base Force is located at Shikka.
131st IJN Base Force is located at Jaluit.
21st Reserve Engineer Regiment is located at Shimuzu.
138th IJA Base Force is located at Truk.
Elements of the 17th Mixed Brigade are located at Shanghai.
53rd Division is located at Osaka/Kobe.
8th Area Army is located at Port Moresby.
43rd Construction Battalion is located at Rangoon.
53rd Construction Battalion is located at Lashio.
209033 men are based at Port Arthur.
15th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Sian.

Recon

Catalina I takes recon photos of Wyndham 15 LCUs 109/020/916/25

Combat

An IJN DD entered the mine field at Darwin and the resulting detonation when she hit one of them caused fires and heavy damage to the ship. Australians who witnessed the event and expressed their glee were beaten by Japanese troops sent to disperse the crowds.

A Japanese artillery bombardment attack at the rail junction caused moderate loses to the troops still there.

The O'Bannon had departed Midway and has been ordered to assist the Lang in her effort to reach Pearl Harbor. O'Bannon will also take the crew off of Lang if the situation becomes hopeless. Bill silently prays that there are no lurking Japanese subs as O'Bannon's sonar system is not operating and the slow speed of the Lang makes the 2 ships sitting ducks.

At a meeting in the White House FDR is cursing the Allied field commanders in Australia. “How the hell could they have been so stupid as to divide their force in the face of unknown enemy strength? Are there adequate troops left to hang on in Australia? Without weakening our defenses are there any troops available to send there? Do we even have the resources available to get some troops there with Snowball taking so much?”

General Marshall says, “Mr. President I'm afraid that the units that are still pretty much intact are either cut off or are retreating towards Derby. I seriously doubt if the plans we had for Papau New Guinea and the Dutch colonial territories will ever come to fruition now. We'll have to throw everything into Snowball. Is there any way that we can get the Soviets into the fight against Japan, either active or by allowing use of their bases? If we lose Australia and the Soviets lose Stalingrad our chances of winning this war will begin to evaporate.”

These are bleak days for the Allies. The was to Brisbane lies open to the Japanese at the moment. It is thought that Derby can be defended given enough time for the formations to rebuild their strength there. Units will retreat to Darwin where it is hoped that they will rebuild quickly enough to be able to mount a defense and Charter Towers, if the Japanese advance.

Pete sits in the pub reading the newspaper and is stunned by the course of events. He escaped the clutches of the Japanese and now all that he cares about could crumble. He decides that Sylvia and her parents should start making plans to stay with relatives in Sydney if the Japanese continue their advance and he'll talk to them about it tomorrow. He has also decided that he'll have to fight again for what he cares for. One arm is better than none.

German tanks are now only 30 miles from Stalingrad.




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RE: Grinder In Trouble - 11/5/2010 8:14:51 PM   
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An air attack on the 24th USA Division, at the rail junction inflicted very light loses but as soon as the planes disappeared Japanese troops poured forward and attacked. Japanese loses were thought to be moderately heavy while the Allies casualties were heavy and they were forced to retreat.

Operation Grinder has fallen apart and Allied units are falling back in what their commanders are trying to keep as an orderly retreat.


On the other hand, the situation isn't stalemated any more!

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