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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/28/2020 9:28:59 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		The reason two of the Marine divisions are by regiment is they were committed for emergency operations like the seizure of Koepang and reinforcement of Davao and even an AF on Borneo.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/28/2020 11:18:04 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

The reason two of the Marine divisions are by regiment is they were committed for emergency operations like the seizure of Koepang and reinforcement of Davao and even an AF on Borneo.


Im sure the good COLs are enjoying their autonomy without the MGEN or the Div HQ staff breathing down their necks.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/30/2020 12:16:25 AM   
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ORIGINAL: jdsrae


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

The reason two of the Marine divisions are by regiment is they were committed for emergency operations like the seizure of Koepang and reinforcement of Davao and even an AF on Borneo.


Im sure the good COLs are enjoying their autonomy without the MGEN or the Div HQ staff breathing down their necks.


There is still (and always) the Staff...

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/30/2020 10:45:28 AM   
Cap Mandrake


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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/30/2020 11:02:33 AM   
Cap Mandrake


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I identified units to be ready for a newly designated landing site in 25 days without buybacks:

1) US Army:

......32nd ID
......145th IR
......112th Cav
......3rd Amphib Tank
......34,15,31 CE
......XI Corps HQ

2) USMC:

......5th Regt
......3rd Pioneer

3) Australia:

......15 Brigade
......16 Brigade
......25 Brigade
......2x Bn of Valentines

4) USN:

......3x Boat and Shore Engineer

That's only 68K 16 kt+ amphibious lift (APA,AP,AMC,LSI) needed for 1st wave

9th Aus Div, 2nd Marine Div and 5 other Rgt/Brig ready in 50 days

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/30/2020 11:08:42 AM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/30/2020 2:20:19 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Young Man in Fine Linen Slacks: What would you say to a along range bomber for the US Navy? You know, it's important to think about the after war environment. This war is good for the Navy but it won't last forever. They aren't going to let you keep all those carriers. There won't be any crews to man them. You don't want to be walking around the Pentagon with nothing to do while the Army Air Corps gets all the shiny new toys.

Sec. Frank "Foxxy" Knox: We'd LOVE to have the B-17.

Young Man in Fine Linen Slacks: Yes, but I'm afraid Marshall must have something on the Boeing boys...but I have good news. I just took the Consolidated board down to Montserrat and let's just say they had a REALLY good time and I have pictures......


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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/30/2020 2:35:23 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		The Man in Fine Linen Slacks reminds me of my brother. He had a similar job.

He was architect on a big real estate development in Florida. It was a bit on the speculative side so they needed lenders. There wasn't full time architecture stuff so he was the party-schmoozer guy. He would find doctors and dentists and professional soccer players etc. in New York and fly the down to Florida on his leased G-5 where they would hunt birds, fish, drink and accidentally meet really attractive women who just happened to be there. Then they would have a big bonfire and hit them up for the checks while they were literally and figuratively "lit up". He had a full time African American bodyguard who was 6 3 and a blackbelt. The guy never smiled.

Then 2008 happened and that was the end of the party

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/30/2020 2:41:36 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Funny story. Might have told it before. He's gets pulled over for speeding in FLA. The officers routinely ask "do you have any weapons in the vehicle?"

MIFLS: Yes. I have an over and under in the trunk a 9 mm under the driver's seat and a Ruger in the glove compartment.

Officer: That's quite an armory. Are you in a dangerous profession?

MIFLS: Yes officer, architecture.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/30/2020 2:56:22 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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It turns out I'm a natural. I already learned the first two cords of Angie

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/31/2020 4:09:51 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I got a new app for my I-phone. Garage Band. Guitars, keyboard, drums, vocal with some kind of auto-tune thing.

It turns out I'm a natural. I already learned the first two cords of Angie


But have you learned the first two WORDS of Angie yet?

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/31/2020 5:00:28 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: rtrapasso


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I got a new app for my I-phone. Garage Band. Guitars, keyboard, drums, vocal with some kind of auto-tune thing.

It turns out I'm a natural. I already learned the first two cords of Angie


But have you learned the first two WORDS of Angie yet?


Yes! It goes....

"Angie.....Aaaaa-uuuuuh-aaaaannnn-gie"

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/31/2020 5:03:59 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Patron saint for the LGBTQ??

First right answer gets first refusal right* on a prime 18 hole fairway lot at the Panay Royale Country Club





*restrictions apply. For questions contact M&M Real Estate Div, Rabaul

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/31/2020 6:44:18 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

For any Catholics or fans of sainthood.

Patron saint for the LGBTQ??

First right answer gets first refusal right* on a prime 18 hole fairway lot at the Panay Royale Country Club

*restrictions apply. For questions contact M&M Real Estate Div, Rabaul

Boy George? I hear the leadership really like Boys ...




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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/31/2020 7:37:46 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/31/2020 7:53:04 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I'm so sorry. That is incorrect. Boy George has not even been beatified yet.

BB's was worth a good chuckle.



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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 7/31/2020 9:25:33 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Why, of course it's a joke. Insensitive too.

I'm going to flip over all the cards as the panel has been unable to come up with the answer. He was......St Francis the Sissy

I actually thought that was his real name when I heard it as a kid. Sister Prune Face told us he was an Italian Friar. I assumed he worked at a pizza parlor or something.

Here is the real deal:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 8/1/2020 11:52:17 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Why, of course it's a joke. Insensitive too.

I'm going to flip over all the cards as the panel has been unable to come up with the answer. He was......St Francis the Sissy

I actually thought that was his real name when I heard it as a kid. Sister Prune Face told us he was an Italian Friar. I assumed he worked at a pizza parlor or something.

Here is the real deal:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi


St Francis the sissy made my life miserable. He wrote that people who worked with their mind were superior to those who worked with their hand. All I wanted to be was an auto mechanic. So where does a brain surgeon fit in?

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 8/1/2020 3:39:01 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Disco Duck


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Why, of course it's a joke. Insensitive too.

I'm going to flip over all the cards as the panel has been unable to come up with the answer. He was......St Francis the Sissy

I actually thought that was his real name when I heard it as a kid. Sister Prune Face told us he was an Italian Friar. I assumed he worked at a pizza parlor or something.

Here is the real deal:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi


St Francis the sissy made my life miserable. He wrote that people who worked with their mind were superior to those who worked with their hand. All I wanted to be was an auto mechanic. So where does a brain surgeon fit in?

He brings you his car because it is too complicated for him to fix ...

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 8/1/2020 3:53:58 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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He would fit right in on the New York Time editorial board

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 8/1/2020 3:55:05 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		I wanted to be a neurosurgeon but one night as a kid I had three febrile seizures.

I had to settle for pediatrics.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 8/1/2020 3:56:01 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 8/1/2020 4:01:24 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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New Guinea and points North: B-24 recon variant takes photos of Woleai in the Carolines. 3000 LYB's, level 2 field, 6 float planes. I purposely only reconned Guam once and am concentrating on the Carolines and Marshalls.

JJ bombards Biak.

quote:

Night Naval bombardment of Biak at 87,110

Japanese Ships
DD Kuri
DD Kisaragi

DD Kuri firing at Biak
DD Kisaragi firing at 7th Marine Regiment


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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 8/1/2020 4:03:50 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Recon showed a PB at Biak last night conducting some kind of amphibious operation. Either they were unloading supply or all the troops got off. Can a PB even do Fast Transport? In any even, further festivities are cancelled.

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Biak at 87,110, Range 21,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Nishi Maru, Shell hits 28, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Perth
CL Honolulu
DD Jenkins
DD Nicholas
DD O'Bannon

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 8/1/2020 4:05:23 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Nells all the way from Kendari? If so the Zekes have to be flying from somewhere closer. Nice coordination.

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Raid detected at 61 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 25
G3M3 Nell x 62

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 8/1/2020 4:06:26 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Morning Air attack on 7th Marine Regiment, at 87,110 (Biak)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 54 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 8/1/2020 4:08:35 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Ground combat at Biak (87,110)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1624 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Defending force 1703 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88

Japanese adjusted assault: 22

Allied adjusted defense: 77

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 0)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
212 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Regiment
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF

Defending units:
44th British/B Div /6
7th Marine Rgt /3

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 8/1/2020 4:10:33 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		We need to get the lads some supply and AAA. Maybe a couple of shore bombardments too. AKE's coming up to Hollandia to rearm.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 8/1/2020 4:29:43 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Editorial Correction:

The board wishes readers to understand that "reconned" is not a word and "attrit" is neither a verb nor a word. We wish to also explain that "to learn" means to receive or acquire new knowledge and should not be used in place of "to teach". In certain parts of Appalachia and the Ozarks this usage is common but standard English (Engarish) does not permit it.


Respectfully

Senior Editor*





*The phrase Editrix in Chief has been removed as it is offensive to native Americans and women

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 8/1/2020 4:32:54 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Vietnam: We need some night fighters at Vinh. Get the Vengeance out. Staff was supposed to do that yesterday.

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Night Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 5

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 4 damaged
Beaufighter VIc: 7 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

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