o, ok--roger that
.buy ships for Atlantic Fleet? I've got Atlantic Fleet ...are you talking about the turn based game?
..thank you..I was just wondering about that
....thanks for the link .....very interesting that they joined [ ? ] the 2 bases???..as you know, I was stationed at Marine Barracks PH [aka...
..I love the PT stories [IMG]
1. I don't think the Allies stopped at Rome....? 2. for airfields/take their airfields/etc away 3. to use the forces we had 4. many German forces...
..I still think big gun ships were necessary for bombardments/Surigao/Samar/etc and they can add AAA
..and I thought there were night battles farther up the Solomons, also ...?--but those were more often destroyer battles?
yes, good call ..I'll put this ''nicely'' = and even the ones under 30 that do know about it, would perceive it as what it is not [ opposite/etc ]...
...I would say a lot of Americans don't even know about it.....what about the Europeans? it affected them more
...like they said about Iwo = Uncommon Valor was a common virtue...... 1. his plane is on fire!!!!! 2. he gets out on the wing!!! this is like...
..more ship to ship naval battles in the beginning compared to later when air power was the main killer ...so, the Japanese would want the best...
..like the rebels in the US Revolutionary War, and the North Viets in Vietnam, the USSR did not have to win--just not lose....hitler bit off more...
..what would be the main cause of those losses? mechanical failure? pilot error? something else? ...
one more pic where you can see the Waterway, ships, and snow caps [ATTACH]
...we went through the Straits.......I think that's where we saw a destroyer...silent and still near an ''overhang''/cove'' ... ..but the best...
!! never heard of those..wth?
..most were young ''kids''.....they probably had enough trouble with the midnight regulation.......if they let them out till the next morning or 2...
....considering the US just ''declared'' war at the end of 1941, and it took a looooong time just to get into '''gear'''/''start the ball...
....I was in the USMC in the 80s......on ship, I don't recall ever being given overnight liberty, unless you had a pass.....I remember 2 times...
