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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/12/2012 5:30:28 AM

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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So, which one do you think is Miss Fay Dingway?

Not the 4th one from left back row, I trust.

Oi! Why is the 3rd one from left back row wielding the wolverine against those in the previous row? Are the Wrens so back-biting as to permit wolverine attacks against their own?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/12/2012 10:54:52 AM

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For everyone's edification, I attach a picture of a real member of the WRNS.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/12/2012 11:42:26 AM

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Hmmm.... things are looking up around here.

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RE: Before teleprompters - 1/12/2012 1:43:31 PM

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**********Nov. 16. 1942(c) (Cont...well, I gotta work don't i?))***********

SouPac: Tanna fell to the first attack. There was virtually no opposition. I imagine New Scotland is is similarly "defended".

Hawaii: The Oauhu to Maui outrigger canoe race was held today. A wonderul time was had by all. Admiral Kimmel's canoe beat General Short's canoe. The Jap sub that has been spotted 120 mi NNE of Pearl every day for the past three months did not harry the canoes. This is a good thing because Pearl has no ASW assets other than aircraft.

Wendover Field, Utah: Colder than Hell. The Field Air Duty Log now has 93 blank pages in a row. To keep up morale, Cpt. McCarthy ordered the wind sock be changed.

Port Hueneme, Calif.: Finals day at USN CB School. 1,287 of 1,287 students took and passed Calculus 201 (Polar Coordinates and Infinite Series) and Physical Chemistry 401. Even a guy that just has his appendix out passed. All the guys there on sports scholarships even passed. Seems a bit hard to believe but I just work here. They will be off to San Diego in 4 days.

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Psyops - 1/12/2012 2:23:32 PM

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***********Tanna Is., 07:35, Nov, 15, 1942(c)****************

A green sound truck with grey pinstriping sits in a jungle clearing. On the side it reads "M&M Enterprises, Psyops Division". The operator depresses the "Talk" button.

"Muuuuuhaaaaa! This is Ensign McGoo. I have come on Spirit Plane. we have Spam, we have steel pots, we have Pabst Blue Ribbon from USofA! Throw down your weapons and come out. We have Lucky Strikes!"

<he releases the button and begins talking to the driver>

"Tom, I'm going out for a smoke. Drama major at UCLA and this is the best ******* gig I can get? ******* mosquitos." < He climbs down out of the truck and ambles away for a smoke. He dozes off with the cigarette still in his hand, propped up against a gum tree. He is startled awake by the loudspeaker>

"This Billy TwoFeathers. I am Navajo. Don't take white man's trinkets. Don't take firewater. White man speak with forked tongue. You should hold out for casino and not just slot machines either. You want table games, blackjack, craps too...."

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/12/2012 2:26:01 PM

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ORIGINAL: CT Grognard

For everyone's edification, I attach a picture of a real member of the WRNS.

Wait a minute. Is her hair regulation?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/12/2012 3:02:04 PM

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I believe the WRNS Chief Officer in question is in regulation with WRNS, Officer, Blue No. 3S.

(S, of course, being "Seduction".)

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/12/2012 3:17:43 PM

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Single luckiest man in the entire outfit...

In real life he was Captain Robert Hugh Rump, RN, commander of HMS Phoenicia, the Royal Navy shore base on Malta.

The photo was taken in 1953.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/12/2012 3:36:06 PM

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Single luckiest man in the entire outfit...

In real life he was Captain Robert Hugh Rump, RN, commander of HMS Phoenicia, the Royal Navy shore base on Malta.

The photo was taken in 1953.

That is quite utilitarian....putting Captain Rump-Ranger in charge of a bunch of women.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/12/2012 4:37:51 PM

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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For everyone's edification, I attach a picture of a real member of the WRNS.

Wait a minute. Is her hair regulation?

Can't tell. Her leg is in the way.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/12/2012 5:25:06 PM

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Can't tell. Her leg is in the way.

Danger Will Robinson! Danger!

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/12/2012 7:18:36 PM

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In real life

And how does that have any bearing on this AAR?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/12/2012 10:58:28 PM

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And how does that have any bearing on this AAR?

Perhaps more relative bearing grease is needed!

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/12/2012 11:04:42 PM

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M&M Enterprises representative challeges the Mayor Port Hedlands in a game of billiards for control of the Wren detatchment:

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/13/2012 3:32:52 AM

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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For everyone's edification, I attach a picture of a real member of the WRNS.

Wait a minute. Is her hair regulation?

Now that you mention it, she looks a bit young to be a full Commander, too.

Hey, you don't think she could be a spy for those wily LYBs, do you? Perhaps someone should go "undercover" with her and investigate?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/13/2012 3:48:11 AM

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You do it. I am not getting in trouble with my wife......

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/13/2012 7:28:18 AM

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Being the selfless human being I am, I am willing to volunteer for this perilous task.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/14/2012 1:18:49 AM

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Being the selfless human being I am, I am willing to volunteer for this perilous task.

Good man..way to take one for the team.

Hey! Wasn't there a war going on somewhere around here.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/14/2012 2:39:16 PM

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And how does that have any bearing on this AAR?

Perhaps more relative bearing grease is needed!

As the old Persian proverb says, "beware of relatives bearing grease".

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/14/2012 3:17:28 PM

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While there is value in sinking the Jap transports, the P-38 losses are unsustainable. Some of the squadrons are down to 4 planes. We will need to back-convert one or two squadrons to another airframe and consolidate. The P-38F's are out of production and we can't waste a month's supply of P-38G's in one day. Also, Burma will need some P-38's too. The SBD's at Exmouth are now a much greater threat to LYB shipping. We did rid the area of 10 more LYB carreir Zeroes.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/14/2012 3:29:57 PM

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Looks like Kaga and Soryu really did sink.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/14/2012 4:06:24 PM

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Recent remodeling of the New and Improved Hebrides and New Scotland. Do you like the new light fixtures and earth tone accent walls?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/14/2012 4:17:40 PM

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/14/2012 4:21:26 PM

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***********Pentagon, D-Ring, Nov. 16, 1942(c)**********

Adm. King: <looking at reports> Elasmobranchs? What the **** is an elasmobranch? Replace whatever ignoramus we have in charge there. The President wants to know how many Jap ships we are sinking.
Santa Maria! Do you realize what will happen if that idiot Truman finds out? ...............

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/14/2012 4:32:35 PM

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***********Forward Operating Base Mai Tai, Papaete, Tahiti, Nov. 17, 1942(c)********

Admiral of the Fleet Mandrake:...Phhht! That blowhard King has to FIND me before he can fire me. Get me another mai tai and see if there is a chapter in the Naval Treaty of 1925 on submarines. I am sooo tired of this new Pentagon emphasis on numbers. Goddman bean counters. <takes a sip and buries toes in sand> I'm gonna need an new umbrella too. This one is soggy..........

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/14/2012 4:37:56 PM

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***********Pentagon, D-Ring, Nov. 16, 1942(c)**********

Adm. King: <looking at reports> Elasmobranchs? What the **** is an elasmobranch? Replace whatever ignoramus we have in charge there. The President wants to know how many Jap ships we are sinking.
Santa Maria! Do you realize what will happen if that idiot Truman finds out? ...............

If you were swimming in the deep blue ocean after sinking you would be very concerned about any new species of Elasmobranchs .. particularly ones with sharp pointy teeth and a disposition to match .. . Ask the boys from the Indianapolis ..

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/14/2012 4:41:10 PM

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Yeah, well we want JJ to worry about elsamobranchs, so where do we put the damn subs? I am begging for help. Adm. King is going to replace my behind if I don't get some numbers.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/14/2012 5:07:24 PM

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Admiral Lord Sprior
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1st Asst. Viceroy of India
Kandy House, Ceylon

My Dearest Spri;

I hope the monsoon season finds you well. Reagrding the flow of replacement USAAF aircraft in the PTO and CBI, I propose that we continue to take replacements of P-38's and B-25/B-24/B-17G chiefly in Australia, with filling out of the Tenth Air Force squadrons after the attack on Darwn. Of course, you can take all the new, swanky P-36's you want. I think we are going to need to fill out the transport squadrons in Austrlaia as well, if we are to use them in para operations. There should be plenty of well-trained fighters pilots available.

Also, what do you think of the idea of using the B-24's and RAF Liberators to suppress the Jap airfields in Burma so we can get the transports safely into Ledo again? Let me know if you chaps need any quinine. We are running short of limes down here. If you have some it would be splendid.

Oh, yes, do you have any submarine operations books or pamphlets? I'm getting a bit of pressure from Adm. King on the denial of resources to Japan or some such thing.

Yours in perpetual servitude;

Admiral of the Fleet Mandrake
FOB Mai Tai, Papaete

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/14/2012 5:28:41 PM

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Admiral of the Fleet Mandrake,
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My Dearest Cap,

Yes, The monsoon season is in full swing over here, enclosed is a pihoto of the domestic staff popping out for comestibles.

Of course we in SEAC are all for bombing Johny Jap's aerodromes, we will send the heavies against them and move the transports back to Ledo, their bombers never did turn up. We're good for quinine and limes thank you and please don't send any more of that bloody awful "Spam". Would you like some Bully Beef sending over?

We did find a facsimile of a submarine manual, please find it attached.

We are entirely in agreement that most of your modern fighter output should be diverted to Australia as that is currently our main theatre.

Yours semi-affectionately

Admiral Lord SPri

PS. Ffion says hello and can you send some of those nylon stockings over?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/14/2012 5:48:29 PM

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***********FOB Mai Tai, Papaete, Nov. 17, 1942*********

Admiral of the Fleet Mandrake: <In hammock with reading material recommended by Admiral Lord Sprior, reading aloud> .....Question number 8... "Why are the flappers in main induction outlets fitted with dogs?" <Throws down book in anger> How the Hell should I know?! Maybe they couldn't get cats to do it. <calls out to aide> This is too hard. Get me something I can understand.........