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sprior -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/27/2015 6:15:11 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Chickenboy quote: ORIGINAL: sprior At least the toerag has his head screwed on right Well, this is breaking news! That must be easier to swallow then. Marginally. That doesn't make him good enough; in fact I'm not sure what would.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/27/2015 6:35:19 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sprior At least the toerag has his head screwed on right, studying maths at uni, he's got a placement year with a UK high street bank as a risk analyst. Yes, that does seem imply at least a rudimentary understanding of responsibility and ambition which is not universally present in Millenials.

BBfanboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/27/2015 11:59:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake "knackered" [:D] Ah, the mother tongue has no shortage of funny specialty words. After a tough series..."New York Knickerbockers Nearly Knackered" After a honeymoon for Keira..."Knightly Knocked-up Nightly, Kanckered" Or, after a sustained air battle..."Noumea Night-fighters Newly Knackered" Better correct the typo before you get sued Cap. I'm pretty sure Keira doesn't have any kanker lesions since the Daily Mirror has not reported it so. And isn't the word spelled with a "c".

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/28/2015 12:53:38 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake "knackered" [:D] Ah, the mother tongue has no shortage of funny specialty words. After a tough series..."New York Knickerbockers Nearly Knackered" After a honeymoon for Keira..."Knightly Knocked-up Nightly, Kanckered" Or, after a sustained air battle..."Noumea Night-fighters Newly Knackered" Better correct the typo before you get sued Cap. I'm pretty sure Keira doesn't have any kanker lesions since the Daily Mirror has not reported it so. And isn't the word spelled with a "c". [:D] Oops. After a honeymoon, more likely than a canker would be a chancre, which is a painless ulceration associated with syphilis. Or the more prosaic friction burns. At Harbor General in Torrance (one of the LA County hospitals) there was an "Infection Control Nurse" named "Ms. Shankur". As a joke people started paging her overhead all the time "Nurse Shankur, please rerport to receiving" or "Nurse Shankur, please report to the rear loading dock". Pathetic? Perhaps, but the operator was clueless and you were stuck there for days at a time with beets served at every meal, including breakfast.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/28/2015 12:55:44 AM)
They also served something called "City Chicken" in an opaque grey MSG gravy. There was a rumor it was actually pigeon.

witpqs -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/28/2015 1:13:29 AM)
In Massachusetts there is a town called Holden. Sometimes at a crowded restaurant or really any venue with gullible enough staff, you might hear a page for "Dick Hertz from Holden". [:D]

BBfanboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/28/2015 2:00:17 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs In Massachusetts there is a town called Holden. Sometimes at a crowded restaurant or really any venue with gullible enough staff, you might hear a page for "Dick Hertz from Holden". [:D] [:D] I always thought it was something in the scrotal sac turning blue that caused pain. Never tried throttling Johnston. [8\|]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/28/2015 1:33:42 PM)
"Red Vulva, please report to Southwest baggage claim for your package" Bart once called Moe's Tavern and asked Moe to page Seymore Butts. Ah, but we digress. What of New and Improved New Caledonia? I predict carnage. Vewy, vewy dangerous.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/28/2015 1:47:44 PM)
N&INC [image]local://upfiles/7983/18B7B0D4F79742B2AD15B76F00FDA9F0.jpg[/image]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/28/2015 1:52:56 PM)
If the 125 AV of 8th Marine get ashore safely, 4th IJA will have difficulty. If not, it will be ugly. Even a badly disrupted 4th Div should have the power to overwhelm the existing defenders. We could lose 6000 troops and 50+ planes..or the 4th Div could require help.,

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/28/2015 4:29:16 PM)
**************FOB Royal Hawaiian********* FAM: <sampling cheese and olive platter> Damn! You guys have a great happy hour! 45 cents for a cheese and olive plate. You can't beat that. This is one is really good. What do you call it? Waiter: That's imported, aged Swiss, sir. FAM: Good thing we aren't fighting the Swiss, eh? Waiter: Yes sir. Good thing. Even so, it's getting hard to procure. FAM:** Well, it's worth it. Say, what do they do with the cheese that was in the holes?

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/28/2015 11:21:53 PM)
Disaster avoided at Noumea! News at 11!

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/28/2015 11:47:16 PM)
**************************January 17, 1942(e)******************** N&INC:** Take that Tojo! 51 pairs of coke-bottle glasses damaged. Ha! ight Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160 Allied Ships CA Chester DD Rathburne DD Lawrence DD King DD Ward Japanese ground losses: 51 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Not sure how 2 cruisers do less damage. Maybe the ROE's Night Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160 Allied Ships CA Australia CA Chicago DD Preston DD Maury DD McCall DD Mugford DD Blue Japanese ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/29/2015 12:22:51 AM)
What about the carriers? The sun is up...surely..ah, there it is. 4 x 3200 ton AK's headed to Norfolk from Noumea attract quite a bit of attention. No torps. Maybe the carriers are too far from Noumea to attack? Morning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 109,163 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 30 B5N2 Kate x 30 D3A1 Val x 35 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged D3A1 Val: 1 damaged Allied Ships xAK Talune, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk xAK Koomilya, Bomb hits 11, and is sunk xAK Mangola, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk xAK Kauri, Bomb hits 11, and is sunk

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/29/2015 12:24:40 AM)
Oops. Some staff retard left the cruisers on "remain on station"? Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160 Allied Ships CA Chester DD Rathburne DD Lawrence DD King DD Ward Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Chester firing at 4th Division DD Rathburne firing at 4th Division DD Lawrence firing at 4th Division DD King firing at 4th Division DD Ward firing at 4th Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160 Allied Ships CA Australia CA Chicago DD Preston DD Maury DD McCall DD Mugford DD Blue Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/29/2015 12:30:00 AM)
Well, well...where is the afternoon attack? Whoa..there is none. Now, come on USMC..right off the landing craft and to the foxholes... Ground combat at Noumea (115,160) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 13160 troops, 117 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 378 Defending force 6974 troops, 176 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 147 Japanese adjusted assault: 101 Allied adjusted defense: 205 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 484 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 51 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Allied ground losses: 180 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Assaulting units: 4th Division Maizuru 2nd SNLF 21st Air Flotilla 24th Special Base Force 25th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 8th Marine Rgt /3 804th Aviation Engineer Battalion 198th Field Artillery Battalion 21st MAG 64th Coast AA Regiment 3rd Marine Defense Battalion Noumea Base Force

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/29/2015 12:37:29 AM)
Ahhhh...that is nice. The entire 4th Div stuck in the jungles of New and Improved New Caledonia. The Marine Def Bn at Koumac has already started down the road to La Foa to close up behind them as they have left no rear guard. Of course, they can probably beat us there if they choose to retreat..and there might already be help on the way but this will take a lot of WJD resources to fix

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/29/2015 12:39:31 AM)
Construction of an airfield has already started on Tanna and some infantry is being flown into Norfolk Is by the one working transport in theater

BBfanboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/29/2015 2:26:17 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Construction of an airfield has already started on Tanna and some infantry is being flown into Norfolk Is by the one working transport in theater LCOL Morales-Downy: Listen up men! To be totally fair, we are assigning the troop loads for Norfolk Island by lottery. The RSM and his Warrant Officers will bring handfuls of straws to all 5386 of you and each of you will take one. There are 13 short straws in the mix and those who draw these will be on the first flight to Norfolk Island. There you will dig foxholes for all 5386 of us and the next day dig latrines. The day after that you get to go hunting or fishing for food! Assuming the aircraft manages the round trip without mechanical failure, we will repeat the process again for the next group of 13. If all goes well we should all be together in ....[pretends to be calculating in his head but really did it on paper beforehand] a bit over 400 days ... perhaps longer if we have to use the aircraft to fly in food or bullets. Oh, and if you have noticed that no officers are participating in this lottery, do not be concerned. I shall personally supervise the drawing of straws in the officers' mess. Carry on, RSM!

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/29/2015 3:39:50 AM)
Yes, but they have enamel ashtrays! [image]local://upfiles/7983/0C1BAEF73AF44B3287E0315BAEF89F1C.jpg[/image]

desicat -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (4/30/2015 12:41:20 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Construction of an airfield has already started on Tanna and some infantry is being flown into Norfolk Is by the one working transport in theater LCOL Morales-Downy: Listen up men! To be totally fair, we are assigning the troop loads for Norfolk Island by lottery. The RSM and his Warrant Officers will bring handfuls of straws to all 5386 of you and each of you will take one. There are 13 short straws in the mix and those who draw these will be on the first flight to Norfolk Island. There you will dig foxholes for all 5386 of us and the next day dig latrines. The day after that you get to go hunting or fishing for food! Assuming the aircraft manages the round trip without mechanical failure, we will repeat the process again for the next group of 13. If all goes well we should all be together in ....[pretends to be calculating in his head but really did it on paper beforehand] a bit over 400 days ... perhaps longer if we have to use the aircraft to fly in food or bullets. Oh, and if you have noticed that no officers are participating in this lottery, do not be concerned. I shall personally supervise the drawing of straws in the officers' mess. Carry on, RSM! I'm surprised someone from the staff hasn't suggested setting up an "air-land" bridge!?!

Simonsez -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (5/1/2015 9:48:22 PM)
Private Dawes: Raises his hand LCOL Morales-Downy: Permission to speak granted, private.....private... (looks as RSM Lewis) RSM Lewis: Dawes, sir. Dawes. LCOL Morales-Downy: Yes. Ah, private Dawes. Private Dawes: What about building a causeway from Cape Reinga? LCOL Morales-Downy: Capital idea private! Those of you waiting to be flown to Norfolk Island will immediately begin constructing a causeway starting at...where was that...ah yes, Cape Reinga. Jolly Good! Carry on RSM! RSM Lewis: Right, sir!

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (5/2/2015 3:11:49 PM)
Personally, I'd like to hear the back story on the guy with the hyphenated name. Did his daddy take a bride while he was New Zealand military liason in Montevideo? One time, might have been WWII(b), the LYB's tried to build a bridge from Horn Island to the Australian mainland. It might have worked but all their carriers got sunk on the same day.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (5/2/2015 3:15:04 PM)
By ra way, this is US 34th RCT being airlifted to Norfolk 13 men at a time.

BBfanboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (5/2/2015 5:11:42 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Personally, I'd like to hear the back story on the guy with the hyphenated name. Did his daddy take a bride while he was New Zealand military liason in Montevideo? One time, might have been WWII(b), the LYB's tried to build a bridge from Horn Island to the Australian mainland. It might have worked but all their carriers got sunk on the same day. LCOL Morales-Downy's father was from English stock, but he was a sailor, and his mother was Philippina - who love his father long time... EDIT: PS - LCOL Morales-Downy scored an exchange posting to senior officer course at Sandhurst - and ever since has used British terms for the NCOs in preference to the more prosaic American titles.

uncivil_servant -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (5/8/2015 12:08:21 PM)
Saved from page 2 - of course this is all because Herr Mandrakesama refused to detail the Vegas trip by Pocahontas and SG.

BBfanboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (5/8/2015 1:04:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: uncivil_servant Saved from page 2 - of course this is all because Herr Mandrakesama refused to detail the Vegas trip by Pocahontas and SG. Well, he wasn't there and they aren't sayin'. [sm=00000506.gif]

witpqs -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (5/8/2015 2:52:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: ORIGINAL: uncivil_servant Saved from page 2 - of course this is all because Herr Mandrakesama refused to detail the Vegas trip by Pocahontas and SG. Well, he wasn't there and they aren't sayin'. [sm=00000506.gif] What! So now truth matters? [:D] The fiction might be more entertaining! [:D]

Chickenboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (5/8/2015 4:23:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: uncivil_servant Saved from page 2 - of course this is all because Herr Mandrakesama refused to detail the Vegas trip by Pocahontas and SG. Naw. The real reason is that Lord Admiral Sprior is too busy either celebrating or lamenting the election results. I think he was rooting for the fish pointer.

desicat -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (5/9/2015 11:25:46 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Chickenboy quote: ORIGINAL: uncivil_servant Saved from page 2 - of course this is all because Herr Mandrakesama refused to detail the Vegas trip by Pocahontas and SG. Naw. The real reason is that Lord Admiral Sprior is too busy either celebrating or lamenting the election results. I think he was rooting for the fish pointer. It appears that someone from M&M Enterprises voted.

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