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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 12/31/2013 2:35:33 PM

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There is one miserable raid over Naha. They are ready for us with hotshot Tojo jockeys.

The B-24's, which would have prevailed, sit at Aparri. June 20 is another union holiday.
Turns out it's St. Adalbert of Magdeburg Day. He was the Apostle of the Slavs.
Turns out there is a Ukranian kid on the negotiating committee for the USAAF Pilots Union.

Go figure.

Afternoon Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 13

Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 7
P-40K Warhawk x 12
F6F-3 Hellcat x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 5 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 4 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 12/31/2013 2:39:53 PM

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I suppose the good news is no disaster befell our carrier or the transports.

Rook rike we have to send North Carolina back in tonight to bombard Naha. That means one-ah ress BB on station for randing.
I hope burrdozer drivers at Naha run out-ah amphetamines soon.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 12/31/2013 3:10:55 PM

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********Funauke Fortress, Ishigake, June 20, 1943(c)************

Gen. Yamashita: ...Seattle..Boeing prant. B-24's kirring us.

Man in fine linen slacks <nearly speechless..but recovers quickly> You want US to arrange to bomb the Boeing plant in Seattle?

Gen. Yamashita: Yes, that-ah about size of it.

Hirsute young man Boeing doesn't even make the..<he is kicked hard under the table>..Ouch!

Man in fine linen slacks Look, Tomoyuki-san, even if this works, it won't stop the war.

Gen. Yamashita: Hai, but make war rast ronger. American-mens get tired.

Man in fine linen slacks <suddenly sit upright, invigorated by opportunity> LONGER! Tomoyuki-san, you are a genius.
Think of the business opportunities. Hell, we could make a mint shorting Boeing stock.
<turns to hirsute man> Do we know anyone?

Hirsute young man Well, I know a guy in the training command at Pendleton, Oregon. He thinks I'm dead but they probably have 3 or 4 dozen B-18's. I think they could reach Seattle. But what about the employees at the plant?

Man in fine linen slacks We go at night!

Hirsute young man At night!? Hell, they'd be lucky to...<is kicked hard again under the table>..OUCH!

Gen. Yamashita: Sprendid!

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 12/31/2013 3:28:44 PM

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Every time I read your AAR and clean up all of my spit out coffee, I always think of Team America: World Police...

"I'm so ronery..."

"it's kinda sirry...but not rearry"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEaKX9YYHiQ

I love it.

Can't.Stop.Watching

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/1/2014 5:23:02 PM

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Happy 2014 to all (unless you are one of those luddites not on the Gregorian calendar).

Also, I sincerely hope none of you are among the idiots who bought ecotourism tickets to study the melting Antarctic sea ice and then got stuck in an ice pack in the middle of the Antarctic summer.

If you are, I sincerely hope you brought winterized Quonset huts.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/1/2014 5:23:53 PM

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Every time I read your AAR and clean up all of my spit out coffee, I always think of Team America: World Police...

"I'm so ronery..."

"it's kinda sirry...but not rearry"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEaKX9YYHiQ

I love it.

Can't.Stop.Watching

Oh....noooo....Hans Brix!

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/1/2014 5:25:18 PM

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Japan-mens break some of our toys yesterday.

Of course, we rearry brast their seaprane inventory.

Be rong time before they ovah that! Hah!

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/1/2014 5:37:50 PM

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********Pranning********

Operation Acapulco Gold: Remember how the naysayers predicted the plan wouldn't work right? Well, it was absolutely prescient!

The transports I think got into a recursive "follow task force" cruster **** and drove around in circles for half a day. They are still 40 mi SE of Batan Is.

D-Day will slip a day. Both Naha and Daito Shoto airfields are now fully operational again. I think the Japan-mens high command spiked the Kool-aide because Japan-mens engineers working
rike fricking Oriental beavers. Seems like a week ago every building on Okinawa was on fire.

North Carolina can't safely reach Naha tonight so that will be shelved for the next night.

I think perhaps the bombers at Aparri won't attack Naha because of the Tojos so we sweep the place with P-47's and Corsairs today.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/1/2014 5:46:26 PM

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Operation Sticky Green

Shemya up to level 4.3. The field should be level 5 by the time of the attack. That will allow a few days of heavy bomber raids on PJ when the operation starts.

AP's still haven't arrived in Seattle so still a few more days till loading starts.

B-25's and one squadron of P-47's and some P-38's ready to reinforce if we capture a base.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/1/2014 7:40:23 PM

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I send Admiral Lord SPrior an email this morning to advise him I am working on my part of the turn (so we don't both do parallel turns)

"working on turn at 08:50 GMT-8"......and he sends back this..........."drinking beer"

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/1/2014 7:51:34 PM

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ALSP is prepping for a landing at Moulmein. Looks to be 11th (East African) Div and the veteran 5th Indian Div. East Africa Div is nearing Diego Garcia but their morale is in the crapper.

They will probably need to disembark and rest.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/1/2014 8:07:09 PM

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JJ have switched the port at which they unload TK's from Borneo and Palembang.

First it was HK, then Saigon...now Cam Ranh Bay. The path to HK is too dangerous now. They switched from Saigon when we parked subs in the shallow water and they spotted them.
Last turn we sank a a big 32 pt TK near Cam Ranh Bay.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/1/2014 10:49:49 PM

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I send Admiral Lord SPrior an email this morning to advise him I am working on my part of the turn (so we don't both do parallel turns)

"working on turn at 08:50 GMT-8"......and he sends back this..........."drinking beer"

simply incorrigible

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/2/2014 4:27:28 AM

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I send Admiral Lord SPrior an email this morning to advise him I am working on my part of the turn (so we don't both do parallel turns)

"working on turn at 08:50 GMT-8"......and he sends back this..........."drinking beer"

simply incorrigible

Actually I'm thinking I should aspire to be like ALSP... Visits interesting places, meets interesting people, drinks beer instead of stressing out. = H E R O!

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/2/2014 2:53:18 PM

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Well, look at it this way. Inside of 1 week they have Christmas Eve, Christmas, Boxing Day (which I take it somehow involves Premier League matches and drinking), then New Years Eve and New Year Day.

That is a good way to get tennis elbow if you don't stay in shape.

Oh, yeah...and it rains all the time.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/2/2014 3:01:45 PM

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Horypcrappo-jima isn't up to level 7 yet...but we can dream, can't we?

How many times have I heard that Hiroshima had no "military value"? Evidentry Mistah Truman had copy of WITP/AE

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/2/2014 3:20:36 PM

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How many times have I heard that Hiroshima had no "military value"? Evidentry Mistah Truman had copy of WITP/AE

Plus you do not have the political conflict of your Secretary of War honeymooning or whatever at Kyoto ..
let the bombs fall where they may

I am pretty sure this affair is going to end before the means to spilt atoms will enter the game OOB ..

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/2/2014 7:01:10 PM

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Actually I'm thinking I should aspire to be like ALSP

A noble goal if I may say so.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/2/2014 7:03:09 PM

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Well, look at it this way. Inside of 1 week they have Christmas Eve, Christmas, Boxing Day (which I take it somehow involves Premier League matches and drinking), then New Years Eve and New Year Day.

That is a good way to get tennis elbow if you don't stay in shape.

Oh, yeah...and it rains all the time.

1. I stay in practice all year round.
2. Wear a coat.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/2/2014 9:08:46 PM

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Well, look at it this way. Inside of 1 week they have Christmas Eve, Christmas, Boxing Day (which I take it somehow involves Premier League matches and drinking), then New Years Eve and New Year Day.

That is a good way to get tennis elbow if you don't stay in shape.

Oh, yeah...and it rains all the time.

1. I stay in practice all year round.
2. Wear a coat.

Exactly, you don't see those Kenyan marathon runners siting on their butts playing video games all year. Conditioning is key.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/2/2014 10:20:17 PM

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Well, look at it this way. Inside of 1 week they have Christmas Eve, Christmas, Boxing Day (which I take it somehow involves Premier League matches and drinking), then New Years Eve and New Year Day.

That is a good way to get tennis elbow if you don't stay in shape.

Oh, yeah...and it rains all the time.

1. I stay in practice all year round.
2. Wear a coat.

Exactly, you don't see those Kenyan marathon runners siting on their butts playing video games all year. Conditioning is key.

I am sure they are doing their research before they go on a marathon. Read down the article below about the 16 YO girl from Nigeria who decided to go to Canada for H.S. ( Exchange student?)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-deep-freeze-as-cold-as-uninhabited-planet-1.2479967

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/2/2014 10:50:32 PM

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Someday I hope I can open that strategic bombing screen.........

ps. Capt'n I had an interesting red the other day. "The Prisoner". It's from several hundred miles around you somewhere.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/3/2014 12:05:10 AM

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ps. Capt'n I had an interesting red the other day. "The Prisoner". It's from several hundred miles around you somewhere.

Sounds a lot closer than that. It sounds like my neighbor with the $10K mailbox. His divorce is final so the imprisonment is over now.

Speaking of divorce, SG and I went down to Dana Point to see a band the Pocahantas Girl wanted us to see. We were late because SG had to work the hospital. She apologized to PG.

SG: Sorry we're late.

FAM: Hey, somebody has to work.

PG: Not me.

(She has a big house with no mortgage and gets $15K a month tax free alimony and child support. I had to admit she was correct in her claim.)

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/3/2014 12:34:33 AM

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-deep-freeze-as-cold-as-uninhabited-planet-1.2479967

That doesn't even compute to me. I looked it up...that -36F

It was 115 degrees warmer down here today.

(79F)

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/3/2014 1:27:42 AM

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/3/2014 1:32:21 AM

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-deep-freeze-as-cold-as-uninhabited-planet-1.2479967

That doesn't even compute to me. I looked it up...that -36F

It was 115 degrees warmer down here today. (79F)

And here I was in NJ b*tchin about 28 degrees and in the single digits tomorrow.

I feel I need to get out the shorts and sunscreen after reading that! Ehh?

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/3/2014 1:57:08 PM

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*************June 21, 1943(c)*************

Okinawa: We sweep with F6F's and Corsairs over Naha and effectively clean out the Tojos.
Then the Forts and 24's go in and scramble up the Vals on the ground. Good day for us. No sub attacks
on the transports or on Yorktown. We pick off a couple of AK's retreating from Anami Oshima.

Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 39,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/3/2014 2:01:17 PM

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Cam Ranh Bay: When you have aerial search by PBY's, the subs can vector in better.

Gen'yo mama!

Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73

Japanese Ships
TK Gen'yo Maru, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC Ch 33
TK Ogura Maru #1
TK Juko Maru
PB Sureboko Maru
PB Chiyo Maru #4

Allied Ships
SS Tunny

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/3/2014 2:06:53 PM

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Bangkok: We suspect JJ have moved their balsawood Nells back to Bangkok. They will threaten the Moulmein landing. They are certainly well protected.

Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 16

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 25000 feet *

Then the RAF goes in. JJ is "not dead yet".

Afternoon Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 14

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6
Liberator GR.III x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 5 damaged
Liberator GR.III: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 1/3/2014 3:32:11 PM

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-deep-freeze-as-cold-as-uninhabited-planet-1.2479967

That doesn't even compute to me. I looked it up...that -36F

It was 115 degrees warmer down here today. (79F)

You should try fighting a house fire at that temp, or believe it or not a compost heap/wildland fire. -41 F with a nice insulating layer of snow will allow the heat to build up. Gear, hoses, trucks all will freeze to you (there are some great pics of trucks iced up when someone decides a monitor is a good idea). Our SOP is to bring in a school bus to thaw your crews out so you can get the breather masks off - Ambulances fill up too fast. Single car wrecks at those temps have a higher percentage of fatalities because they are less likely to get reported (OnStar is a help with this) and even break downs can be fatal (had rancher friends whose truck broke down between Whitlash MT and Kevin, MT - he froze to death trying to walk for help, she died in the truck). If you mess up you can freeze your truck solid, split all the lines, valves, and wreck pumps. Worst is freezing hose to the street - it stays there (two months was the local record) till the thaw and everyone gets an extra speed bump and a reminder that you are an idiot.

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