Batan down the hatches.... (Full Version)

All Forums >> [Current Games From Matrix.] >> [World War II] >> War In The Pacific - Struggle Against Japan 1941 - 1945 >> After Action Reports



Message

Cap Mandrake -> Batan down the hatches.... (10/15/2009 2:46:21 AM)

..

[image]local://upfiles/7983/267C5DE336B1486EB76C4CC61B1D36E1.jpg[/image]



BrucePowers -> RE: Batan down the hatches.... (10/17/2009 3:15:49 PM)

Whatever happenned to the German femme fatale the Dana Wynter look-a-like?



Cap Mandrake -> femme fatale (10/20/2009 4:01:34 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

Whatever happenned to the German femme fatale the Dana Wynter look-a-like?


Bet you thought I forgot. [:)]

[image]local://upfiles/7983/228316E5D361460E9F236D72975C6466.jpg[/image]



Alfred -> RE: femme fatale (10/20/2009 5:25:09 AM)

If the First Lt is credited with the years "(1926-2004)", how come the article was contributed on 31 December 2005?  Per chance by the femme fatale?

Alfred



Cap Mandrake -> RE: femme fatale (10/23/2009 12:25:40 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Alfred

If the First Lt is credited with the years "(1926-2004)", how come the article was contributed on 31 December 2005?  Per chance by the femme fatale?

Alfred


Hmmmm....



Cap Mandrake -> Paramashiro (10/23/2009 12:26:58 AM)

I almost cancelled the Paramashiro raid when the Jap cruisers seemed to disappear. It is well I didn't. There were some bigh fish to fry.

[image]local://upfiles/7983/8BAA30017A944BE0B4597C59B351FDB2.jpg[/image]



T Rav -> RE: Paramashiro (10/23/2009 7:07:40 AM)

WHOOP!  Nice shootin Tex.



Moondawggie -> RE: Paramashiro (10/25/2009 6:09:02 AM)

Awesome carrier raid on major surface ships---looks kinda like the hammering given to the Repulse and POW, only in reverse.



Cap Mandrake -> RE: Paramashiro (10/31/2009 1:43:23 AM)

..

[image]local://upfiles/7983/7DF09174A5E94625A9A7BC4858757161.jpg[/image]



BrucePowers -> RE: Paramashiro (11/2/2009 1:29:04 AM)

Yet Kiska and Attu are still in Japaenes hands.[:D]

Any sign of Admiral Tabpub[:D]



Cap Mandrake -> RE: Paramashiro (11/5/2009 3:05:57 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

Yet Kiska and Attu are still in Japaenes hands.[:D]

Any sign of Admiral Tabpub[:D]


Yes, yes! This is much worse than that business with the bathysphere a while back. There has been no contact for some time. I fear either he is building a bridge to nowhere in a Jap POW camp on Kiska or, because of his Chicago connection, he may be serving as the Global Cooling Czar in the Obama administration.



Cap Mandrake -> Lookin' for love (11/8/2009 2:50:58 AM)

..in all the wrong places..

*********11th Air Force HQ, Amchitka, Alaska, August 7, 1943*******


Junior Officer: <holding telephone> Sir, it's a Lt. Col. Schwable, from San Diego.

Gen. Amatucci, CO, 11th Air Force: San Diego? In California?

Junior Officer: Yes sir. That one. He wonders if we might need a night fighter squadron.

Gen. Amatucci, CO, 11th Air Force: Night fighters? What are they flying?

Junior Officer: <speaks into the phone> The General asks which plane you are equipped with?

Gen. Amatucci, CO, 11th Air Force: No, no, no. You can't end a sentence with a preposition. Didn't you pay attention in school?

Junior Officer: Sorry sir. Colonel, the General wishes to know with which plane are you equipped? <turns back toward the General> He says it is the PV-1n, with a lower case "n", sir.

Gen. Amatucci, CO, 11th Air Force: Never heard of it.

Junior Officer: <turns back to phone> The General wonders if you could be more specific, Colonel. <pauses..then turns back to the General> It's the Ventura, sir, equipped for the night fighting role. He says they are a beautiful midnight blue, sir.

Gen. Amatucci, CO, 11th Air Force: I don't care if they have candy stripes. I don't want any more Goddamned Venturas. Tell him to see if Panama Command needs any mail planes.

Junior Officer: <turns back to phone> Colonel, the General suggest you try Panama, the Glen-equipped submarine threat is quite high there. Ys, thank you, Colonel <hangs up>.

Gen. Amatucci, CO, 11th Air Force: Did you get rid of him?

Junior Officer: Yes sir.

Gen. Amatucci, CO, 11th Air Force: Good, Goddamned pieces of crap aren't worth the fuel to keep them flying....oh, Johnson?

Junior Officer: Yes, sir?

Gen. Amatucci, CO, 11th Air Force: Isn't Amchitka an island?

Junior Officer: Yes, sir. I believe you are right.

Gen. Amatucci, CO, 11th Air Force: Then how the Hell did we get a phone call from San Diego?..............




Cap Mandrake -> RE: Lookin' for love (11/8/2009 2:58:09 AM)

..

[image]local://upfiles/7983/C8030A860ACE4883BD0AAA8B29DFE213.jpg[/image]



Cap Mandrake -> The Kuriles (11/8/2009 6:20:38 AM)

That makes the confirmed Jap shipping losses from the Allied carrier raid:

Musashi
Kumano
Kinugasa
Atago
Oyodo
and one DD



Cap Mandrake -> The art of the deal.. (11/8/2009 3:48:40 PM)

******16:25, August 7, 1943, outside a rustic radio shack near Laoag, Northern Luzon*******

A young man in fine linen slacks and a silk shirt reclines on a veranda and is fanned by two beautiful Fillipinas. He is smoking what is probaly the only Cuban cigar on the entire island. He sips a fine French cognac that, quite possibly, once belonged to his client, Gen. Yamashita.

Radio Operator: Mr. M, it's a Lt. Col. Schwable, USMC, calling from San Diego.

Young man in fine linen slacks and a silk shirt reclining on a veranda and being fanned by two beautiful Fillipinas: San Diego? The one in California?

Radio Operator: Yes, sir! The very same. He says he got your name from some chap in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He says he has 16 PV-1n Ventura night fighters he'd like to move.

Young man in fine linen slacks and a silk shirt reclining on a veranda and being fanned by two beautiful Fillipinas: Did he really say "move'?

Radio Operator: Yes, sir!

Young man in fine linen slacks and a silk shirt reclining on a veranda and being fanned by two beautiful Fillipinas: I like the man already. What color?...........




Cap Mandrake -> Lt. Col. Schwable... (11/8/2009 3:54:36 PM)

..went on to achieve some fame, though perhaps not in the way he intended. I can't believe they did this to the guy.


ARMED FORCES: The Dreadful Dilemma
Monday, Mar. 22, 1954
Time

n 23 years as a Marine aviator, Colonel Frank Schwable (rhymes with able) had demonstrated time and again that he was a brave, cool and efficient fighting man. As he took the stand before a court of inquiry at Arlington, Va. last week, the ribbons on his tunic bore testimony to an honorable career as a regular—as a pilot in Nicaragua, as combat commander of a nightfighter squadron in World War II, as chief of staff of the First Marine Aircraft Wing during the Korean war. But all this simply complicated the dreadful dilemma of the high-ranking officers who sat in judgment on him.

Colonel Schwable's sin was committed after he was shot down over enemy territory in Korea on July 8, 1952 and taken prisoner. Helpless, cold, sick, subject to continuous brainwashing, he "confessed" (as did 35 other lower-ranking U.S. prisoners of war) in great detail to an enormous lie—to wit, that the U.S. had used germ warfare against the Chinese Reds. On March 12, 1953 Russia's Andrei Vishinsky laid his statement before the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Subtle Torture. When Annapolisman Schwable returned to the U.S. after he was released. Marine Corps Commandant General Lemuel C. Shepherd, a first-class fighting man himself, pointedly refused to see or speak with him. But few of the colonel's fellow citizens allowed themselves so simple a reaction.

The Army's most famed prisoner-of-war, Major General William F. Dean, appeared as a witness for Colonel Schwable, told of writing two letters which the Reds might have used as propaganda. General Dean said he would never go to war again without a suicide pill as insurance against captivity. Dr. Joost K. M. Merloo, a Dutch psychiatrist who worked in the anti-Nazi underground during World War II, testified that any man—including the members of the court—would eventually confess if subjected to Communist mental torture.

Colonel Schwable, 45, is now a thin, gaunt, nervous man. He stared from deep-set eyes as he took the stand to explain what had happened to him and how his mind had reacted during his miserable and degrading 14 months at the hands of the Reds. "Perhaps I would have been more fortunate if I had [undergone actual physical torture], because people nowadays seem to understand that better," he said. "This was a torture of a more subtle form."

As the autumn of 1952 wore into winter, Schwable was kept in a series of tiny, dank caves, watched around the clock by guards who made a practice of shining flashlights in his eyes to wake him up hourly at night. Water spilling from his tea froze on touching the ground. Said he: "I never stopped shivering."

He was not allowed to relieve himself at a latrine for long periods of time, and once did so in his drinking cup. The sickening contents froze, and for two days he chipped away to make the cup usable again. Finally he was allowed some hot water, which melted the rest. He drank the contents. "It didn't taste so good," he said, staring at the court, "but I was thirsty."

(cont)

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,819565,00.html



Grotius -> RE: Lt. Col. Schwable... (11/9/2009 1:48:45 AM)

Great stuff as always, Cap. :)



Moondawggie -> RE: Lt. Col. Schwable... (11/14/2009 7:07:11 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

..went on to achieve some fame, though perhaps not in the way he intended. I can't believe they did this to the guy.



Damn, Cap. What the Marine Brass did to Schwable reminds me of the way our current Army is responding to the Ft. Hood debacle: More concerned about protecting their damn careers within a weak bureaucracy than standing up for the troopers bearing the burden in the field.

Keep the reports coming, amigp! [&o]



Cap Mandrake -> Honolulu County (11/14/2009 7:50:06 PM)

*****Honolulu County Planning Commission, Aug. 9, 1943*****

A young man in fine linen slacks and a silk shirt: ....this new course will generate at least 150 new jobs for locals and greatly improve the vistas in the Makaha Valley. Any questions?

County Commissioner: Mr. Minderbinder, I can't help wondering if Oahu really needs another golf course.

A young man in fine linen slacks and a silk shirt: Mr. Commissioner, I think you need to ask yourself if you would find the alternative more desireable.

County Commissioner: Do you mean that natural state of the Makaha Valley?

A young man in fine linen slacks and a silk shirt: No sir, i mean 100,000 idle SeaBees.

[image]local://upfiles/7983/9A007AC2BEF7407FB418D6587C9B311A.jpg[/image]



Cap Mandrake -> D Ring (11/14/2009 8:19:54 PM)

********D Ring, Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia (on land previously owned by a holding company incorporated by Mr. Roosevelt), Aug. 9, 1943******

Gen. Marshall: What have you for me in regard to garrison troops in the Hawaiian Islands?

Aide: Yes, sir, I have that. <looks at notes> On Midway, we have 24th Infantry Regt. and 250th Coastal Artillery.

Gen. Marshall:Good, and Maui?

Aide: A coy of Marines and a coy of naval shore engineers, sir.

Gen. Marshall: That seems a bit thin, Colonel. How about Oahu?

Aide: 640th Tank Destroyer Bn. and a coy of the King Kameamea Royal Constabulary.

Gen. Marshall: Do you mean to tell me the greatest military asset the United States has in the Pacific is being guarded by a couple of dozen M10's?

Aide: Yes sir <looks an clipboard> and 8 Stuarts and 33 M3's.

Gen. Marshall: That is absurd. What about Schofield? Have we no infantry?

Aide: No sir. It seems Schofield is leased out with an option to buy. The barracks are full thousands of SeaBees doing some kind of "bunker construction" activites.

Gen. Marshall: Leased? Who authorized that? Short? Get me that idiot on short wave.

Aide: I anticipated you might say that sir. It seems Genral Short is on some kind of golf junket..........



Moondawggie -> RE: Honolulu County (11/15/2009 1:55:37 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

*****Honolulu County Planning Commission, Aug. 9, 1943*****

A young man in fine linen slacks and a silk shirt: No sir, i mean 100,000 idle SeaBees.

[image]local://upfiles/7983/9A007AC2BEF7407FB418D6587C9B311A.jpg[/image]



I gotta love it! My old batallion from Okinawa 1981 is there: NMCB-3



BrucePowers -> RE: Honolulu County (11/15/2009 2:10:47 AM)

Well things seem to be going well.



Panther Bait -> RE: Honolulu County (11/15/2009 3:06:03 PM)

I stayed at the Makaha Valley Golf Resort! Tell those SeaBees they did a great job. [:D]

Mike



HMS Resolution -> RE: The Kuriles (11/17/2009 5:21:59 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

That makes the confirmed Jap shipping losses from the Allied carrier raid:

Musashi
Kumano
Kinugasa
Atago
Oyodo
and one DD


Holy crap! Three 8" cruisers and a modern battleship! Those're some serious losses for the IJN.

What major surface ships of the IJN remain afloat?



Cap Mandrake -> Hot and Sour (11/17/2009 5:25:58 PM)

Not going to tell you where it is for yet. [:)]

[image]local://upfiles/7983/1952E82BBD8043DCAE555158BBDCCFF6.jpg[/image]



Cap Mandrake -> RE: The Kuriles (11/17/2009 5:45:57 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: HMS Resolution


Holy crap! Three 8" cruisers and a modern battleship! Those're some serious losses for the IJN.

What major surface ships of the IJN remain afloat?



Confirmed major IJN losses:



[image]local://upfiles/7983/0EB3B2B1C10F4E74B458360EDB75A6F7.jpg[/image]



Cap Mandrake -> Toyota Lean (11/18/2009 1:02:29 AM)

So I take this managment class and most of it is about empowering employees and that sort of rubbish. My first thought was what is the point of being the boss and then giving all the power back to the employees? Holy heck. That is bass ackwards if you ask me.

Anyway, most of it is rubbish but I really liked the time/motion analysis idea to improve efficiency especially with this new AE monster that keeps growling for my attention. And even more especially with Stalker Girl demanding carnal attention all the time. She has also begun to needle me about "saving the world" when I retreat to the office and fire up WITP. So I figure I need to manufacture some time somewhere so I do this time/motion anlysis for my morning routine on work days. After some thought, I now have a programmed coffee-grinder, I take some English muffins and coffee in the car while I'm driving, I stopped taking the newspaper as it just slowed me down and most of it makes me angry now anyway AND I discovered that I could save about 20-30 seconds by taking a leak while I am in the shower washing me hair. I discovered I could go "hands free" and hit the drain 97% of the time by assuming a "wide stance" and even if I miss a little the water is running so it's not too bad.

On day two of my newly implemented Toyota Lean strategy everying is going great and I am scoring a perfect hit on the drain and then....Stalker Girl walks in and it's a glass enclosed shower so I decide I need to put the brakes on real fast like. I am here to tell you that is not easy. My schedule was wrecked! I have been late for work for 4 days straight.

Toyota Lean my ass.



FeurerKrieg -> RE: Toyota Lean (11/18/2009 3:05:14 AM)

Reminds me of the Brazilian PSA that was on not too long ago - urging people to pee in the shower since it saved one toilet flush per person per day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ_DNc1zbxI



Cap Mandrake -> RE: Toyota Lean (11/18/2009 7:50:38 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg

Reminds me of the Brazilian PSA that was on not too long ago - urging people to pee in the shower since it saved one toilet flush per person per day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ_DNc1zbxI



Holy cow! The entire country of Brazil went to the same management class I did



Cap Mandrake -> Stars and Bars? (11/22/2009 4:25:34 PM)

******Aboard the LCT, USS Sedgwick County, Near Suva Harbor, August 8, 1943******


The ship's Captain surveys the huge, gathering convoy now making its way SSE at 8 kts. His eyes are drawn to the flag atop the mast of the vessel 300 yds off his port bow. She is an AK of some sort, not a Liberty ship as her superstructure is wrong. The flag is wrong as well. He lifts his binoculars to identify the unidentified flag.

Ship's Captain: Well, I'll be damned. That is NOT regulation. <His mild pique turns to alarm as the vessel of his attention begins to make full speed and turns hard in his direction>
SIGNALMAN! SIGNAL THAT VESSEL OFF OUR PORT BOW! TELL HER TO MAKE HER COURSE 150! <He lifts his glasses again to make out the name of the vessel..."June" something perhaps no.."J-U-B-A-L-space-A-space-E-A-R-L". In a flash it is clear to him>

SWEET JESUS SHE MEANS TO RAM US! SOUND GENERAL QUARTERS! BELAY THAT
SIGNAL! SIGNAL WE ARE FALLING OUT OF LINE TO STARBOARD! HARD A'STARBOARD!






Page: <<   < prev  114 115 [116] 117 118   next >   >>

Valid CSS!




Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET Advanced Edition 2.4.5 ANSI
1.316406