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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 6/30/2013 3:30:25 PM   
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I know they have the same service rating but I swear the PB4Y is harder to maintain than the B-24-D/D1.

I suspect you know who is behind it.

You mean that same union rep who fixed the Army/Navy game?


The guy that got Stan Musial's draft number moved up..or was it the other way around?

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 6/30/2013 3:31:35 PM   
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Meanwhile back in Calcutta



Can you get "Bottle Fatigue" from the "Bottle of Britain"?

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 6/30/2013 3:39:10 PM   
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We are completely out of SBD-3's. In 7 d, the SBD-5 and SB2C-1C arrive. Assuming the war isn't over by then, which should we use (we will probably need both to fill out depleted squadrons to tell you the truth)?



Go for the one with the biggest bombs!

Edit - Sorry, wrong joke.

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 6/30/2013 4:13:58 PM   
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Specialist 1st Class Granatelli: <grunting sounds, up on a platform working on No. 3 engine, big ratchet wrench in hands> SNAP!..Son of a bitch! Chief, these ******* bolts are reverse threaded.

CPO: Yep. I warned you guys.

Specialist 1st Class Granatelli: Why on earth are they reverse threaded?

CPO: So they fit in the parts that accept them.

Specialist 1st Class Granatelli: Yeah, but why are the parts reverse threaded?

CPO: So the bolts fit, Andy.

Specialist 1st Class Granatelli: But Chief, that's just going around in circles. It doesn't make any sense. If I put this supercharger plenum on with reverse threads then I will have to replace the plenum cover and the exhaust brackets. It's crazy.

CPO: Look, Granatelli, it's a catch, catch 22N.

Specialist 1st Class Granatelli: That's some catch.

CPO: The best.



Specialist 1st Class Granatelli: <discards packing box on ground. It reads "PB4Y-1/3&4/supercharger plenum & connectors/#1....M&M Enterprises, Aviation Division"

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 6/30/2013 4:47:53 PM   
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We are completely out of SBD-3's. In 7 d, the SBD-5 and SB2C-1C arrive. Assuming the war isn't over by then, which should we use (we will probably need both to fill out depleted squadrons to tell you the truth)?

Many of the USN float plane squadrons that arrive after game start can upgrade to the SBD-5, and only then to other DB types. The SBD2C-1C has a service rating of 3 and so can be a problem for sustained carriers ops. One tactic is to keep enough SBD-5 to upgrade the float planes through to SB2C-1C, but otherwise use the SDB-5 for the carrier based DB squadrons.

OTOH some people like the extra bombs the SB2C-1C carries and figure that carrier battles are one day only anyhow.

Either way if you get some of the float plane squadrons upgraded to DB then those squadrons can rotate to the carriers or stock the PI land bases.

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/1/2013 10:14:26 PM   
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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/1/2013 11:36:38 PM   
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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 1:21:05 AM   
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Otherwise, given what happens now or then in this AAR, I think M&M should produce the book "Staff work for flunkies". Should be a hit.

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 1:36:20 AM   
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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 2:55:23 PM   
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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 3:02:12 PM   
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Mandrake, lad, you have a marvelous sense of humor and a most wicked eye for the absurd.  Screen writing, ever thought of it as a profession?



I went home early from work sick yesterday....so I watched a bunch of crap on Netflix. It would be hard to do any worse.

Maybe when Obamacare kicks in. Thanks.

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 5:05:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		OK, I watched it. Amazing amount of engineering/design time went into just the transfer mecahnisms. Custom cradles, mating devices. Also cool when they were lifting off the flatbed, the thing is still attached to a pivot point on the truck and the driver backs up to keep it in the right position.

The funniest thing about this nuclear weapon video are the shots of the crane operator on the dock. If he screws up he will cause $50M damage, slice someone's hand off or perhaps blow up everything within 500 yds but his serene smile would be the envy of the Dalai Lama. I am pretty sure he was high on Qualudes.


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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 5:22:52 PM   
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How, exactly did the USN get a CVE named Prince William? Was it a lend/lease ship and the check bounced?

Anyway, she has 37% flotation damage. She will try to make Iba. The other carriers will retire westard. 158th IR and some engineers will try to make Batan Is. St. Louis and some DD's will try to cover. CA bombardments of San Fernando and Aparri.

Not enough fighters to cover all the Luzon bases, Altimonan, Batangas, Lucena, Iba, Lingayen, Vigan and Batan Is. Manira and San Fernando still have bombers.

Recon of Formosa today. That should put a burr under their saddle.

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 5:33:55 PM   
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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 7:49:58 PM   
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PI and the Philippine Sea: 280 mi SSW Okinawa. WJD transports headed to Aparri? With more troops? Really? Seems like it's time to stop reinforcing Luzon.


Sub attack near Naha at 94,72

Japanese Ships
xAK Matsukawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Suminoe Maru
xAK Amahi Maru
E Shimushu

Allied Ships
SS Sawfish

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

I am a lineman for the COUNTYYYYYYY


Night Naval bombardment of San Fernando at 80,74

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 damaged
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Wichita
DD Cony

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 16
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Chicago, Chicago, it's my kinda town....

Pretty effective.

Night Naval bombardment of Aparri at 82,73

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 25 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 8 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Chicago
DD Gridley

Japanese ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 34
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 1

Yeah...improbably they really are headed to Aparri. They are intercepted again on a westard track.

Sub attack near Ishigaki at 91,72

Japanese Ships
xAK Matsukawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Sawfish

SS Sawfish launches 6 torpedoes

Chicago trying to get back to Batangas to rearm. D'oh!

Sub attack near Clark Field at 78,76

Japanese Ships
SS I-3, hits 9, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Chicago, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Gridley

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 8:01:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		Another staff flunkie send an AP into the wolfpack near Bataan. It was supposed to port at Lingayen but the same flunkie forgot to change the home port.

Submarine attack near Bataan at 77,77

Japanese Ships
SS I-174

Allied Ships
xAP Hong Kheng, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

xAP Hong Kheng is sighted by SS I-174
SS I-174 attacking on the surface

Several WJD fighter sweep over Batan Is. 7 P-38's on our side win the day.

Gound attack at Vigan. Pretty good for a scratch force without much arty. We might be over to go overland to Aparri.

Ground combat at Vigan (80,73)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2632 troops, 67 guns, 124 vehicles, Assault Value = 175

Defending force 416 troops, 0 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 69

Allied adjusted assault: 87

Japanese adjusted defense: 23

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
203 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 43 (13 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
30th NZ Bn /4
766th Tank Battalion
34th Infantry Rgt /1
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
259th Cst Art Bn /1
77th RAAF Wing
821st Engineer Aviation Battalion
Cagayan USAAF Base Force /2

Defending units:
11th Tank Regiment
2nd Indpt SNLF Coy

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 8:04:51 PM   
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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 8:17:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		WJD subs are kicking behind the last two days. 3 AP's, Chicago and Prince William in the last two days.

Chicago and Prince William will survive and we may have sunk one of the subs today...but still. Most importantly the CVE will survive. Yorktown and 2nd Br Div arrive off Aparri in about 7 days.

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 8:20:08 PM   
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WJD subs are kicking behind the last two days. 3 AP's, Chicago and Prince William in the last two days.

Chicago and Prince William will survive and we may have sunk one of the subs today...but still. Most importantly the CVE will survive. Yorktown and 2nd Br Div arrive off Aparri in about 7 days.

Even more important than that, you seem to have used up the torpedoes from all 3 subs. Good show! Now they have to go get more.

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 8:46:46 PM   
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Ground combat at Prome (55,50)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 7519 troops, 114 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 332

Defending force 22581 troops, 316 guns, 1517 vehicles, Assault Value = 930

Allied adjusted assault: 0

Japanese adjusted defense: 625

Allied assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), supply(-)

Allied ground losses:
2024 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 303 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Assaulting units:
9th Australian Division

Defending units:
19th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Division
1st Tank Division
2nd RTA/B Division
15th Army
55th Mountain Gun Regiment

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 8:47:32 PM   
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That wasn't supposed to happen:

Ground combat at Prome (55,50)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 7519 troops, 114 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 332

Defending force 22581 troops, 316 guns, 1517 vehicles, Assault Value = 930

Allied adjusted assault: 0

Japanese adjusted defense: 625

Allied assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), supply(-)

Allied ground losses:
2024 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 303 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Assaulting units:
9th Australian Division

Defending units:
19th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Division
1st Tank Division
2nd RTA/B Division
15th Army
55th Mountain Gun Regiment



Staff flunkie left them in move mode, eh?

The good news is we have rearry good interrigence on Jap forces at Prome now...AND we have a retreat hexside!

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 8:55:13 PM   
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How, exactly did the USN get a CVE named Prince William? Was it a lend/lease ship and the check bounced?



Apparently some Cook toke a stab at naming stuff and got overwritten. USS Sandwich wasnt fancy enough. Pffftt!


Kind regards,

Rasmus

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 9:30:20 PM   
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WJD subs are kicking behind the last two days. 3 AP's, Chicago and Prince William in the last two days.

Chicago and Prince William will survive and we may have sunk one of the subs today...but still. Most importantly the CVE will survive. Yorktown and 2nd Br Div arrive off Aparri in about 7 days.

Even more important than that, you seem to have used up the torpedoes from all 3 subs. Good show! Now they have to go get more.



Yes, yes. A deliberate strategy on our part. We trade a 6000 ton AP with troops aboard for 4 of the Emperor's torpedoes. It's a war of attrition! Crevah rittah baaahstards won't know what hit them!

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 9:37:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ah...USS Prince William is named after Prince William Sound. I got this photo from thst NSA guy via The Guardian.

I wouldnt keep a copy if I were you. Ugly little thing.


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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 9:39:55 PM   
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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 9:45:27 PM   
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Btw Cap. First i had to teach u fantasy football and now this...
Standard and Poor-euro'Jerks has just down rated the: Ignorant American index to BB-

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 9:48:22 PM   
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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 9:51:44 PM   
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Well apparently SHE made him into a man. Does that help him?


Btw Cap. First i had to teach u fantasy football and now this...
Standard and Poor-euro'Jerks has just down rated the: Ignorant American index to BB-

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SAVE THE TURTLES!

How did she get those bruises on her leg? Do you know something about that Mr. Fricken' Walking Encyclopedia?

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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/2/2013 9:52:29 PM   
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RE: Wound my heart with a monotonous languor - 7/3/2013 3:33:24 AM   
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How did she get those bruises on her leg? Do you know something about that Mr. Fricken' Walking Encyclopedia?


The tops of her feet also look chafed - like she was doing roundhouse kicks on the punching bag in the gym. Be vewwy vewwy caweful and polite when you talk to herw.

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