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  1. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Thanks Mike. I read that book several years ago and had forgotten that factoid until you gave the court martial hint.

    Prior to and during the Battle of Midway, there were only 4 US Flag Officers at sea in the Pacific. Name them.
     
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    VADM Fletcher
    RADM Spruance
    RADM Ingram
    RADM Kinkaid
    ????
     
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  3. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    You got three of the four.
     
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    crap I mis-read and added a Atlantic VADM. I will replace Ingram with RADM Smith so...
    VADM Fletcher
    RADM Spruance
    RADM Smith
    RADM Kinkaid
    All four where at Midway
     
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  5. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    That'll ride.

    Give us a good Q.
     
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    After the attack on Pearl Harbor who voted against declaring war on Japan?
     
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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin of Montana. She also voted against the DoW in 1917.
     
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    Damn Jeff, It took me two hours to find that question.
    Yer up again
     
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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    On the night of 12 July, 1943 a US force of cruisers and destroyers under Adm "Pug" Ainsworth fought a smaller Japanese force of a single cruiser and 5 destroyers commanded by Adm Shungi Isaki in the Battle of Kolombangara. The US lost 1 destroyer sunk and 3 cruisers badly damaged, while the Japanese lost one cruiser.

    What does Kolombangara translate into?
     
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    From my previous knowledge, Kolombangara translates into "Water lord" I think I am going to bed now, if i got it right ill try to get a good question tomorrow
     
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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    That didn't last very long (although I thought that it would)

    My source said "King of Water". Water Lord sounds good enough to me.

    Your go.
     
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    Well i dont particularly have a good question right now so it is fair game to anyone who wants the next question. Maybe if i answer another question later i'll have a better question.
     
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    Alright i have found a question Seeing as no one else wants to take it.

    Where were Worthington Force meant to be when took heavy casualties on 9/8/44? and where did they end up?
     
    Sgt.pepper, Apr 24, 2008
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    Hill 195, between Caen and Falaise.

    6000 meters east of of Hill 195
     
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    For sure Slipdigit. They were supposed to keep on its axis of advance aided by tracer fire from antiaircraft guns firing on fixed lines and by the use of radio. These techniques were devleoped by the 8th Army in Libya, it worked in the trackless wasteland in the desert but did not help in northern france. They eventually went off track and ended up a fair ways away from their actual objective.
    ANYWAYS. Your go Slip
     
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    Sorry for the delay, guys.

    What US admiral took his own life in Aug 1944?
     
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    Rear Admiral Patrick Bellinger, air defense coordinator at Pearl Harbor.
     
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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    He lived until 1962.
     
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    Here's some hints. He was not in the Pacific. He commanded a task group and killed himself ten days before an important operation.
     
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    Rear Admiral Timothy D. Moon, just before the invasion of Southern France.
    Probably lamenting over the "mix-ups" involved with Operation Tiger, (escorts got in a fender bender and Di-Di ed) which led to the bushwhack & severe losses?
     
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