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RE: The Meal Continues

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November 25, 1944 New York City

Intel

31st Army is located at Manila.
21st Engineer Regiment is located at Lunga.
115th Division is located at Peking.
20th Engineer Regiment is located at Canton.
Elements of the 3rd Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Tsingtao.
5th Air Division is located at Manila.
20th Division is located at Changkufeng.
2nd Construction Battalion is located at Ichang.
51st Division is located at Wuchow.
Ryojun Fortress is located at Port Arthur.
15th Army is located at Pisanuloke.
3rd Reserve AA Regiment is located at Matsue.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.

Recon

Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Ubon vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kai Island 6 LCUs 7740/1/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Davao 15 LCUs 34480/326/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 3 LCUs 14420/45/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 7 LCUs 101740/1098/9
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Tawi Tawi vacant
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Kwajalein 8 LCUs 31740/17/0
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Tulagi 3 LCUs 2000/0/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bangkok 52 fighters, 6 bombers, 76 aux, 33 LCUs

Combat

Tavoy was raided by 38 X B-29 (5 damaged) and 13 X Thunderbolt II who caused moderate damage to the port, some secondary explosions and very light casualties.

Andaman Island was hit by 43 X B-25J (2 damaged) and 47 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 damaged). The port took light damage, there were a few secondary explosions and casualties were negligible.

Krung Thep had it's day ruined by 31 X B-24J and 109 X Liberator VI (5 damaged). The damage to the airstrip was very heavy, there were numerous secondary explosions and personnel losses were heavy.

Gili Gili was bombed by 33 X B-24J and 10 X Spitfire VIII who did light damage to the airfield and triggered a few secondary explosions.

Rabaul was hit by 34 X B-24D for light port damage, a couple of secondary explosions and very light casualties.

The IJA 56th Division, at Cotabato, was struck by 32 X TBM and 15 X P-47D. An Avenger was downed and 27 others were damaged while the Japanese had very light troop losses. At virtually the same time 7 X SBD, 70 X SB2C, 60 X TBF, 182 X TBM and 7 X F6F caused moderate damage to the airstrip, moderate damage to the port, a large number of secondary explosions and moderate casualties. Allied artillery lobbed shells into the Japanese positions causing heavy losses.

The 5th New Chinese Corps had no losses despite the 7 Peggys trying their best.

Flights to Paramushiro Jima were intercepted by Thunderbolts based out of Petropavlask.

The SS Wahoo is trying for Menado, but the flooding is severe and though an AS will be on hand to lend it's support, the question is can the sub make the last 293 miles?

Slim continues to be happily entertained by the airstrikes on the Japanese even though he knows that they are just a pin prick to the Japanese. He wonders when his next hat meal will be and if he'll ever get the crud off of his body. The Japanese artillery has had little effect since the first days of the landings, but he hates being showered with dirt.

Bill sits in the kitchen watching Sandy preparing leftovers for today's lunch. His mind drifts off to the war and he knows that in less than 2 weeks he'll be gone again. She notices that he's lost in his thoughts and walks over to give him a hug.

Gene scratches his head and marvels that the ship's plates weren't just buckled from the collision. He checks and sees that everything they need for the job is on hand and when his crew arrives he turns them loose. His thoughts run to yesterday's holiday meal and knows what's going to be on the table when he gets home tonight. The thoughts of lasagna, sausage, turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberries and so many other things brings a smile to his face. One thing about Thanksgiving, he thinks, is that the meal continues for days.

Himmler ordered the destruction of the crematories at Auschwitz.


Victory Points Allied 46477 Japanese 36106
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RE: Bombing The Japanese

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I'll use the excuse of my father's recent death as to why I haven't included any of the storyline today. Sorry.

November 26, 1944 Mindanao

Intel

Yokosuka 4th SNLF is located at Pakhoi.
17th Construction Battalion is located at Mutanchiang.
118th Division is located at Kaigan.
25th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Palembang.
28th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Kai Island.
136th IJA Base Force is located at Wotje.
76152 men are based at Mutanchiang.
Karafuto Mixed Brigade is located at Shikka.
51st Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
5th Engineer Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
31st Army is located at Manila.
27063 men are based at Hamamatsu.
86545 men are based at Camranh Bay.
54th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Clark Field.
278143 men are based at Changkufeng.

Recon


Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kendari 32 bombers, 4 aux, 7 LCUs 20200/79/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Davao 15 LCUs 62560/576/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 3 LCUs 14000/35/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 7 LCUs 101340/1101/10
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Tawi Tawi vacant
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Kwajalein 8 LCUs 26600/19/0
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Tulagi 5 LCUs 4980/0/0

Combat

Nanning was swept by 40 X P-38J who encountered 6 X Zeke, 18 X Jack, 37 X Tojo, 11 X Nick and 14 X Tony. Despite the numerical advantage better pilots in better planes prevailed as the Japanese lost 2 Zekes, 6 Jacks, 17 Tojos (2 damaged), 9 Nicks and 10 Tonys. The Allies had 3 Lightnings destroyed and another took some damage.

Tavoy had it's port lightly damaged by 25 X B-29 and 11 X Thunderbolt II who also caused a very large number of secondary explosions and extremely light casualties. Another 33 X B-29 attacked a while later and did moderate damage to the airfield, triggered some secondary explosions and there were moderate personnel losses.

Andaman Island was bombed by 44 X B-25J (2 damaged) and 44 X Mosquito FB.VI. The port was lightly hit and there was a secondary explosion.

A fighter sweep of Bangkok was made by 67 X P-47D. They dove in on 12 X Zeke, 4 X George, 12 X Jack, 2 X Tony, 7 X Frank and 2 X Randy. 9 Zekes, 2 Georges, 10 Jacks, both Tonys, 6 Franks and both of the Randys were swept from the sky at a cost of 4 Thunderbolts lost and a pair were damaged.

Krung Thep was visited by 31 X B-24J (1 damaged) and 106 X Liberator VI (1 damaged) who caused heavy damage to the airfield, a huge number of secondary explosions and heavy casualties.

Koepang was struck by 48 X B-24J (8 damaged) and 48 X B-24D (1 damaged) for heavy damage to the port and many secondary explosions were reported.

Lautem was bombed by 141 X B-25J, 12 X P-40N and 22 X Kittyhawk III. The airstrip was heavily damaged, the port took moderate damage and there were many secondary explosions seen.

Davao was hit by 16 X TBM-3d and 15 X P-47D. An Avenger was destroyed and 4 more took damage. The airfield was very lightly damaged, there was a secondary explosion and troop losses were light. Later 78 X B-24J (5 damaged), 38 X B-24D and 20 X P-51D attacked and did heavy damage to the airfield, caused many secondary explosions and casualties were heavy.

Cotabato was attacked by 26 X B-24J and 30 X P-38J for moderate airfield damage and a secondary explosion was observed. 7 X SBD, 68 X SB2C, 52 X TBF, 174 X TBM and 7 X F6F caused light airfield and port damage and some secondary explosions. Allied artillery chipped in by adding heavy Japanese casualties.

Gili Gili underwent an air attack made by 41 X B-24J, 44 X B-24D and 11 X Spitfire VIII who scored light damage to the port, moderately heavy airfield damage, some secondary explosions and extremely light personnel losses.

Rabaul was hit by 39 X B-17E and 43 X B-24D for moderate port damage, moderate damage to the airstrip, a couple of secondary explosions and moderate casualties.

The 5th New Chinese Corps, still frozen in place, was paid a visit by 10 X Peggy who did no harm.

Within 157 miles of port the order to scuttle was given on the Wahoo as the pumps failed and the water continued to rise.

Victory Points Allied 46565 Japanese 36130
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RE: Odds And Ends

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November 27, 1944 Mindanao

Intel

3rd Fleet is located at Soerabaja.
9849 men are based at Kanazawa.
33595 men are based at Paramushiro Jima.
1st Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Kitakyushu.
Yangtze SNLF is located at Ichang.
2nd RF Gun Battalion is located at Nanning.
Shobu Force is located at Singapore.
Shimbu Force is located at Kadina.
391827 men are based at Tokyo.
6th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
27052 men are based at Hamamatsu.
14644 men are based at Toyohara.
12th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Nagoya.
52nd Naval Guard Unit is planning for an attack on Eniwetok.
Hainan Base Force is located at Kiungahan.
2nd AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
13th Tank Regiment is located at Changsha.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang 1 LCU 1660/1/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Saigon 7 X AP, 6 X DE, 2 X PG, 2 X APD, 6 fighters, 14 bombers, 5 aux, 1 LCU 7340/34/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Tarakan 1 LCU
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Wasile vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Davao 15 LCUs 60980/594/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 3 LCUs 13740/31/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 7 LCUs 102600/1127/11
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Tulagi 5 LCUs 3880/0/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Buin 7 LCUs 6680/4/0

Combat


Near Roxas the SS Swordfish managed to ambush 5 DDs, hitting one of them with a torpedo, causing fires to break out. The other 4 destroyers tried and failed to pin the sub's location.

Tavoy was attacked by 45 X B-25J (4 damaged) and 26 X Thunderbolt II who managed to do heavy damage to the airfield, trigger a secondary explosion and cause very light casualties. Another strike was made by 27 X B-29 and 26 X Thunderbolt II and they inflicted light damage to the port and there were many secondary explosions.

Andaman Island was raided by 46 X Mosquito FB.VI (1 damaged) and 45 X B-25J (1 damaged). Though no facilities were damaged there were a couple of secondary explosions and very light personnel losses.

Krung Thep was swept by 32 X Spitfire VIII, but they found no opposition. Then 81 X Liberator VI (4 damaged) and 25 X B-24J did moderately heavy damage to the airstrip, they claimed a large number of secondary explosions and casualties were very light.

Wasile was visited by 14 Hellcats, but they found no Japanese planes in the air.

Davao was raided by 14 X TBM-3d (4 damaged) and 15 X P-47D. The caused very light damage to the airfield and extremely light troop losses.

Cotabato was hit by 48 X PB4Y, 28 X B-24J Liberator x 28 and 29 X P-38J. They caused heavy damage to the airfield, triggered some secondary explosions and there were negligible casualties. Another strike consisting of 12 X PB4Y, 39 X B-24D, 82 X B-24J and 20 X P-51D added heavy damage to the airstrip, light damage to the port, some secondary explosions and negligible troop losses. The Allies still weren't done with the base as 7 X SBD, 70 X SB2C, 60 X TBF, 182 X TBM (1 damaged) and 7 X F6F added moderate airfield damage, light damage to the port and some secondary explosions. Allied artillery accounted for moderately heavy Japanese losses.

Sam watches the Sea Bees working on the island's defenses and the airfield. He amazed at how they've transformed the place. Then he wonders at how they manage to do all of this and still make the odds and ends that they sell to the troops.

Work is going smoothly and Gene is more than pleased. His crew has gotten the reputation that they can handle just about any job thrown at them. The company even gave each man a bonus along with last week's pay. One of the guys was joking about becoming the richest man in the cemetery, but that didn't go over to well as one of the men recently lost a son somewhere in France.

Bill and Sandy are both starting to feel the impending departure and she asks him once again if he's sure about waiting until after the war to get married. He insists that is the best thing as he's afraid of making her a widow, but he won't say that.

Slim was watching the Allied planes going overhead and found himself wishing there were more of them. The promised reinforcements are still nowhere to be found and there are more than enough Japanese pinning them to their precarious toehold.

The Red Army broke through the German and Hungarian lines to take Mohacs.


The German ship Rigel was sunk and over 2,570 drowned, mostly POWs.


Victory Points Allied 46577 Japanese 36149
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RE: Swell

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November 28, 1944 Cotobato

Intel

3154 men are based at Anshan.
50th Construction Battalion is located at Kyoto.
15th Tank Regiment is located at Nanning.
28th Division is located at Hailar.
24th Division is located at Chiamussu.
58th Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
14259 men are based at Saipan.
10th Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Tsitsihar.
5th AF Construction Battalion is located at Singapore.
12th Ind. Mixed Regiment is planning for an attack on Wake Island.
66th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Peking.
3rd Ind. Brigade is located at Sian.
44th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Soerabaja.
1st Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.
28th Air Flotilla is located at Amboina.
50th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Bangkok.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.

Recon

PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Balikpapan 6 LCUs 2180/15/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Davao 15 LCUs 62080/554/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 1 fighter, 1 aux, 3 LCUs 14180/39/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 7 LCUs 102800/1122/9
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Buin 7 LCUs 11320/5/0
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Lunga 3 LCUs
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pisanuloke 4 LCUs 6900/19/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Singapore many ships, 29 fighters, 73 bombers, 68 aux, 20 LCUs
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Wasile vacant

Combat

Ed's Old Gals opened the day with a naval bombardment of Cotabato, causing heavy casualties. Next up were 37 X PB4Y, 26 X B-24J and 30 X P-38J who accounted for moderate damage to the airstrip, a couple of secondary explosions and negligible troop losses. Another strike of 12 X PB4Y, 26 X B-24D, 61 X B-24J and 16 X P-51D caused moderately heavy damage to the airfield, light damage to the port and a couple of secondary explosions. The IJA 4th Division was jumped by 46 X TBM and 8 X FM-2. 2 Avengers went down and 40 were damaged as they only managed to inflict negligible losses on the unit. Next up was a strike made by 7 X SBD, 70 X SB2C, 59 X TBF, 181 X TBM and 7 X F6F who were able to lightly damage the airfield and port, trigger a few secondary explosions and inflict extremely light casualties. An Allied attack on the Japanese defenses was made and both sides suffered very heavily and no ground was gained.

Tokyo was swept by 54 X P-51D and as expected the Japanese gave battle with a very large gaggle of fighters consisting of 15 X Jack, 23 X Tony, 54 X Frank and 16 X Randy. 10 Mustangs were lost in the fight and 4 more were damaged. The Japanese lost 10 Jacks, 6 Tonys, 18 Franks and 5 Randys.

Tavoy was hit by 39 X B-25J (5 damaged), 12 X Thunderbolt II and 12 X Spitfire VIII who did light damage to the airfield, caused a couple of secondary explosions and inflicted very light personnel losses. Then came 24 X B-29 and 22 X Thunderbolt II and the port was lightly damaged and a couple of secondary explosions were seen.

Andaman Island was attacked by 46 X Mosquito FB.VI and 46 X B-25J (4 damaged). The port was moderately damaged, there were a couple of secondary explosions and negligible casualties. Later the main event of 84 X B-29 (3 damaged) appeared and they did moderate damage to the airfield, moderate damage to the port, some secondary explosions were observed, 6 X Frances were trashed and troop losses were light.

Krung Thep was paid a visit by 104 X Liberator VI (3 damaged) and 26 X B-24J. The airstrip took very heavy damage, there were many secondary explosions reported and casualties were moderate.

Davao was attacked by 12 X TBM-3d (4 damaged) and 14 X P-47D who did very light damage to the airfield and caused extremely light personnel losses.

Kwajalein was bombed by 34 X PB4Y for light airfield damage.

The 1st BAF AA Regiment, 19 miles N of Krung Thep damaged a snooping Dinah.

The 6th Chinese Air Base Force had no losses from the 11 Peggys who hit it.

Wasile was again swept by 14 X F6F despite no orders given to do that.

Japanese transports flying in and out of Cagayan were intercepted by some P-38Js.

Slim can't believe that he was wounded. He was ordered by a Navy Corpsman to the rear to be treated. The main concern was the danger of infection and once the doctor removed the shrapnel and patched him up Slim announced that he was off back to his unit. When he returned the lads were happy to see him as they hold him in high regard and don't want to lose him. Late Gunny comes by and looks Slim over and asks how he's doing. Slim said, “swell, I love fighting a war in a place nobody ever heard of and being outnumbered.” Gunny smiles and tells him that help really is on the way.

Bill and Sandy spent the day at the garage with Dave. Sandy and Bill busied themselves doing an inventory of parts laying around. Dave muttered that he didn't even know that he had that here on more than one occasion. The day went quickly and Bill announced that bringing some semblance of order to the garage would make it a more efficient operation. Sandy laughed and said that her father won't change his ways and Dave just suggested that they go to the house and see about something to eat.

The US 9th Army reached the Rohr today.

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RE: Swell

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November 29, 1944 Cotobato

Intel

31st Army is located at Manila.
39th Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
7th AF Construction Battalion is located at Soerabaja.
32nd Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Manila.
4th Air Army is located at Tokyo.
41st Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
24th Division is located at Chiamussu.
10th Construction Battalion is located at Tsitsihar.
34th Road Construction Battalion is located at Kweilin.
50995 men are based at Kadina.
15th AA Regiment is located at Nagoya.
23rd Mixed Brigade is located at Lunga.
Southern Area Army is located at Naga.
34 ships are based at Osaka/Kobe.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bandou vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Songkhia 1 LCU 0/6/145
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Wasile vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Davao 15 LCUs 61520/513/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 3 LCUs 14020/37/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 7 LCUs 103380/1123/12
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Puerto Princesa vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Buin 7 LCUs 14200/9/0
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Lunga 4 LCUs 12440/55/0

Combat


The SS Crevalle, 219 miles N of Marcus Island, attacked a lone AP hitting it with 5 rounds from the deck gun and 2 torpedoes. The ship was heavily damaged and burning. As the sub departed the target dove to the bottom, stern first.

The Old Gals conducted another naval bombardment of Cotabato causing moderate casualties. Then the base was struck by 45 X PB4Y, 29 X B-24J and 29 X P-38J for heavy damage to the airfield, a couple of secondary explosions and very light casualties. Another strike of 10 X PB4Y, 34 X B-24D, 73 X B-24J and 17 X P-51D added heavy damage to the airfield, light damage to the port and some secondary explosions. The IJA 56th Division was attacked by 43 X TBM (3 downed, 31 damaged) and 8 X FM-2 for moderate casualties. Then 8 X SBD, 73 X SB2C, 59 X TBF, 180 X TBM and 7 X F6F Added to the mayhem with moderate airfield damage, light port damage, some secondary explosions and very light troop losses. The Allied relief force crossed the river with each side taking appalling losses, but the Allies now have a very powerful force in place.

Tavoy was raided by 35 X B-25J and 12 X Spitfire VIII for moderate airfield damage, some secondary explosions and negligible personnel losses. 30 X B-29 Superfortress (2 damaged) and 13 Thunderbolt II were next up doing light port damage, triggering many secondary explosions and moderate casualties.

Andaman Island was hit by 47 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 damaged) 33 X B-25J (1 damaged) light port damage, a large number of secondary explosions and negligible troop losses. At about the same time 44 X B-29 (1 damaged) come in and added moderate damage to the port, a few secondary explosions and extremely light casualties.

Krung Thep was pounded by 114 X Liberator VI and 28 X B-24J for heavy damage to the airfield, a huge number of secondary explosions were reported and personnel losses were moderate.
B-24J Liberator x 28

The Hellcats visited Wasile again, without orders to do so.

Davao was hit by 8 X TBM-3d (2 damaged) and 13 X P-47D for extremely light airfield damage.

Cagayan saw a Tojo chase off a snooping F-5C, doing light damage to it.

Kwajalein was raided by 29 X PB4Y for moderate airfield damage and a few secondary explosions.

Lunga was bombed by 51 X B-24J for moderate damage to the airstrip and a few secondary explosions.

The 5th New Chinese Corps was hit by 7 Peggys who did no damage as the LCU is almost nonexistent.

“See, I told you help was on the way and it would arrive soon,” said Gunny to Slim. Some of the lads happily give up their holes to and Army unit and they bark at the soldiers, one of whom muttered something about those crazy Marines. Before leaving the lads managed to pilfer some of the abundant supplies the Army brought with them.

Bill can't help but wonder what he'll be handed as his time with Sandy is drawing to a close. Sandy was notably quieter today as she has Bill's pending departure tearing at her. She has promised herself that she won't make a scene, but the thought of his leaving hurts.

The enlisted members of the Lucky 11 are huddled around a map and looking to see how far away Mindanao is. Hoppy emits a low whistle and they all agree that it'll take lots of gas to get them there and back. “Gil, you'll have lots of time for napping,” Hoppy says.

The Russians crossed the Danube into SW Hungary today.

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RE: Delayed

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November 30, 1944 California

Intel

87775 men are based at Pescadores.
Soya Fortress is located at Wakkanai.
4th AA Regiment is located at Toyama.
Rashin Base Force is located at Changkufeng.
China Expeditionary Army is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
3rd Air Army is located at Rabaul.
6th Air Division is located at Kendari.
71st Division is located at Changkufeng.
Kembu Force is located at Kadina.
2nd Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Tsitsihar.
44th Division is located at Osaka/Kobe.
106th IJA Base Force is located at Anshan.
Radio transmissions detected at Prince Rupert.

Recon

F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Andaman Island 2 bombers, 2 aux, 2 LCUs 7040/30/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Buin 7 LCUs 15260/7/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kendari 7 LCUs 14360/56/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Davao 15 LCUs 60600/557/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 3 LCUs 14640/33/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 7 LCUs 102960/1146/5
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Roxas 4 X CA, 3 X DE

Combat

The SS Pilotfish, 23 miles E of Jambi, attacked 4 PGs and a PC. She hit one of the PGs with a torpedo and the other Japanese vessels hunted, found and pounded her for a while.

The SS Cod, near Roxas, played hide and seek with 4 IJN DDs during the morning. After a few hours the sub managed to hunt the hunters and hit a DD with 2 fish. She was in turn subjected to a violent depth charge attack that lasted about an hour.

Davao was attacked by 6 X TBM-3d and 13 X P-47D for very light airfield damage. An Avenger was damaged by ground fire.

Kwajalein was raided by 29 X PB4Y who did light damage to the airstrip, caused a secondary explosion and inflicted very light casualties.

Gili Gili was bombed by 43 X B-17E, 44 X B-24D and 12 X Spitfire VIII. The airfield took very heavy damage, there were some secondary explosions and troop losses were moderate.

Rabaul was hit by 44 X B-24D and 39 X B-24J for light port damage, moderate damage to the airstrip, a secondary explosion was claimed and a Dave was destroyed.

Cotabato saw an Allied armored unit cross the river today with both sides taking heavy losses.

Slim's unit has been pulled off the line for the men to get some rest and a hot meal. He has no illusions as he poked Gunny in the ribs and says, “See they're fattening us up for the slaughter.” Gunny laughed and told him that the Corps never had any other intentions for them from the time they hit Boot Camp.

Another meeting has finally ended and the new timetable for the taking of Mindanao has been revised to the beginning of January. It compresses the time the Navy has for moving it's assets for the next four operations and now two of them look to be getting delayed a little longer than wanted.

Dave has a copy of yesterday's newspaper and he finds a story about the top aces in the PTO. “Capt LP Manbeck of the 23 FG has 40 kills, Lt N Jennings of the 33 FG has 39 and Lt Daley of the 23 FG has 37. They all fly Lightnings,” he says. “How come the Navy doesn't get in on the top aces?” he asks Bill. Bill finishes chewing his mouthful of flapjacks and tells him that the Japanese are afraid of Navy pilots. Then he explains that the Navy's mission is different than the Army Air Corps. Sandy scoops a stack of flapjacks onto Dave’s plate and he asks her for some more coffee.

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RE: Honor Our Commitment

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December 1, 1944 Moscow

Intel

Hunchun Garrison Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
1st Aviation Rgt is located at Georgetown.
61st Division is located at Tokyo.
China Expeditionary Army is located at Nanning.
6652 men are based at Saigon.
Kaosing Fortress is located at Takao.
Ryojun Fortress is located at Port Arthur.
Home Defense Force is located at Tokyo.
17th Army is located at Clark Field.
69th Division is located at Nanning.
69th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Osaka/Kobe.
6th Army is located at Hailar.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.

Recon

Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kompong Trach vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 9 fighters, 12 bombers, 41 aux, 7 LCUs 9460/42/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Brunei 1 X APD, 1 X AK, 1 LCU
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kendari 37 bombers, 2 aux, 7 LCUs 25080/73/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Davao 15 LCUs 61480/536/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 3 LCUs 13560/40/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 7 LCUs 102740/1149/9
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Buin 7 LCUs 14820/8/0

Combat

A PB4Y Liberator spotted an AK at Tarakan and reported a hit. Later on the Japanese ships were attacked by 28 X PB4Y and flak downed 1 of them. A DD took 10 bomb hits and was reported to be a burning hulk that was sinking. Another 6 PB4Ys roared in a short time later and hit 2 AKs with 2 bombs apiece leaving both on fire and 1 of them was heavily damaged.

The SS Gar was near Roxas when 3 PCs tried to pin her location. The sub managed to elude her would be attackers.

Koepang was bombed by 47 X B-24D and 47 X B-24J who did moderate damage to the port, caused some secondary explosions and inflicted very light casualties.

Lautem was struck by 116 X B-25J, 15 X P-40N and 20 X Kittyhawk III for heavy airfield damage and a couple of secondary explosions.

Davao was visited by 143 X B-29 and AA fire damaged 7 of them. The airfield was heavily damaged, the port moderately, a couple of fuel explosions and a large number of other secondary explosions were observed while troop losses were heavy.

Gili Gili was attacked by 42 X B-17E, 43 X B-24D and 12 X Spitfire VIII for very heavy airfield damage, a few secondary explosions and moderately light casualties.

Rabaul was bombed by 42 X B-24D and 38 X B-24J for moderate damage to the airstrip, light damage to the port, a single secondary explosions was seen and personnel losses were light.


The 5th New Chinese Corps had very light losses from 7 Peggys.

Bangkok was swept by 54 X P-38J who met 30 X Zeke, 10 X George, 20 X Jack, 4 X Tony, 14 X Frank and 5 X Randy. It was a furball and in the confusion the Allies lost 2 Lightnings and another pair were damaged. The Japanese were ravaged for 23 Zekes, 6 Georges, 14 Jacks, 4 Tonys, 14 Franks and 5 Randys destroyed.

Cotabato was hit by 10 X SBD, 63 X SB2C, 54 X TBF, 177 X TBM and 10 X F6F for moderate damage to the airstrip and port, some secondary explosions were reported and casualties were light. The IJA 56th Division was jumped by 41 X TBM Avenger and a Hellcat. The ground fire was heavy and accurate as 2 Avengers were lost and 29 more were damaged. The Japanese had moderate casualties. Allied artillery accounted for light Japanese losses

Kwajalein was raided by 32 PB4Ys who did light damage to the airfield.

Japanese flights to and from Paramushiro Jima were intercepted.

Gil and the rest of the Lucky 11 are exhausted from the long flight to and from Mindanao. After the debriefing they are informed that they will fly the same mission again tomorrow. The guys are shocked to hear that they are supposed to fly missions at such great distances on back to back days. Donny says, “There must be a real problem there that they need us again so soon.”

With less than a week to go before Bill has to report in Sandy is stressed. They go for a hike even though it's bitterly cold. As they're hiking a wind picks up and then snow starts to fall. They made a beeline back to the house and she made coffee. Dave magically appeared and smiled as he filled a mug.

Stalin paces as the meeting go on. He wants to attack the Japanese, but to do so would be folly in the winter. “Soon the whole world will learn to fear us,” he announces. “The Germans are going to fight to the bitter end and that is good so we can kill the vermin. We will honor our commitment to our American Allies and of course anything we take from the Japanese will become ours. I will not see the Rodina be cheated.” With that he stalks out of the meeting leaving his generals to do their jobs.

Princess Elizabeth launched the HMS Vanguard, the last and the biggest BB ever built in Britain.


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December 2, 1944 Cotabato

Intel

6th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Wonsan.
6th Ind. Brigade is planning for an attack on Chungking.
53rd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Mutanchiang.
23rd Division is planning for an attack on Heiho.
6th Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
14th Division is located at Hailar.
44th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Soerabaja.
6th Aviation Rgt is located at Changkufeng.
115th Division is located at Peking.
61st Air Flotilla is located at Tokyo.
5984 men are based at Pusan.
48th Road Construction Battalion is located at Mutanchiang.
62nd Division is located at Nanning.
44th Division is located at Osaka/Kobe.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang 1 LCU 1380/4/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Singapore many ships, 38 fighters, 104 bombers, 130 aux, 20 LCUs
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Brunei 1 LCU
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Amboina 13 bombers, 18 aux, 5 LCUs 11340/24/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Davao 14 LCUs 59680/536/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 3 LCUs 14800/35/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 7 LCUs 101880/1138/5
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Buin 7 LCUs 15600/7/0
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Russell Islands vacant

Combat

Tavoy was hit by 26 X B-25J and 9 X Spitfire VIII for light damage to the airfield and some secondary explosions were seen Next up were 34 X B-29 (3 damaged), 45 X Mosquito FB.VI (4 damaged) and 24 X Thunderbolt II who added moderate damage to the airfield, light port damage, many secondary explosions were reported and casualties were very light.

Andaman Island's port was subjected to moderate damage from 35 X B-25J. The AA fire claimed a Mitchell and damaged 6 others. Later 30 X B-29 came and the ground fire damaged 3 of them. The airstrip was moderately damaged, there were some secondary explosions, a Frances was destroyed and troop losses were very light.

Bangkok stubbornly put up 30 X Zeke, 11 X George, 21 X Jack, 3 X Tony, 13 X Frank and 4 X Randy. A fighter sweep of 66 X P-38J tore through them and 21 Zekes, 8 Georges, 11 Jacks, 2 Tonys, 8 Franks and all of the Randys were shot down. 12 Lightnings were destroyed and 6 more took damage.

Krung Thep was bombed by 90 X Liberator VI (3 damaged) and 32 X B-24J (1 damaged), sustaining heavy airfield damage, a very large number of secondary explosions and heavy casualties.

Davao was raided by 134 X B-29 (4 damaged). The airstrip took heavy damage, the port was lightly damaged, there were a few secondary explosions noted and troop losses were heavy.

Lunga was struck by 36 X B-24J for moderate airfield damage, a secondary explosion and extremely light casualties.

At Cotabato the IJA 56th Division was attacked by 44 X TBM (3 downed, 28 damaged) and an F6F. The unit had moderate casualties. Then 28 X SB2C, 39 X TBF, 147 X TBM and 7 X F6F did light damage to the airstrip and port, caused a couple of secondary explosions and inflicted negligible losses. Allied artillery chipped in by adding moderate personnel losses to the Japanese.

The 5th New Chinese Corps had very light losses due to 13 Peggys.

A Japanese AK was attacked by 11 X PB4Y, 10 bomb hits were claimed, but no position was given in the report.

Kwajalein's airstrip was lightly hit by 17 X PB4Y.

Japanese flights into and out of Paramushiro Jima were intercepted.

The Lucky 11 drag themselves from Jake's Jalopy swearing that if anyone expects them to fly tomorrow they'll face charges instead. Gil can't remember ever having felt so beat. He did manage to grab some sleep, but mostly he was awake for the entire mission. He's developing a distaste for V8 juice, though he does love the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches the have on the missions.

Sandy is suffering from anxiety as Bill will be leaving soon. He's organized his things and tomorrow they'll take a trip into town so he can get a bus ticket for his departure.

Slim wonders when the next push will come and who will be the side pushing. The Allied positions are so densely packed that he figures it must be impossible for the Japanese artillery to miss. “Soon,” he mutters to himself. “Soon.”

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December 3, 1944 London

Intel

41 ships are based at Nagasaki.
4th Construction Battalion is located at Mukden.
86th Division is located at Nagaoka.
120th Division is located at Tokyo.
17th Army is located at Clark Field.
7th AA Regiment is located at Sendai.
6th Army is located at Hailar.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pisanuloke 4 LCUs 9680/25/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Malacca vacant
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Brunei 2 X AK, 5 X APD, 1 LCU
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Amboina 71 bombers, 57 aux, 5 LCUs 17920/49/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Davao 13 LCUs 42900/347/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 3 LCUs 14020/28/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 8 LCUs 118180/1351/7
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Buin 7 LCUs 15360/7/0
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Russell Islands vacant

Combat

Tokyo was swept by 56 X P-51D who swooped in on 18 X Zeke, 9 X Jack, 16 X Tony, 60 X Frank and 17 X Randy. The Japanese shot down 12 Mustangs and damaged another 2 while suffering the loss of 9 Zekes, 5 Jacks, 12 Tonys, 20 Franks (1 damaged) and 11 Randys.

Tavoy was issued another dose of bombs by 32 X B-29 (1 damaged), 48 X B-25J (3 damaged), 43 X Mosquito FB.VI and 25 X Thunderbolt II. The airfield took heavy damage, there were some secondary explosions and casualties were moderate.

Bangkok was swept by 22 Mustangs who ran into 23 Zekes, 7 Georges, 16 Jacks, 3 Tonys, 11 Franks and a Randy. 2 P-51Ds were destroyed and another was damaged as they shot down 14 Zekes, a George, 8 Jacks, 2 Tonys, 5 Franks (1 damaged) and the Randy.

Krung Thep was bombed by 67 X Liberator VI (3 damaged), The airstrip was moderately damaged, there were many secondary explosions and personnel losses were moderate. Then 87 X B-29 (5 damaged) added moderate airfield damage, many more secondary explosions and moderate casualties.

Davao was hit by 16 X SB2C (2 damaged), 9 X TBM-3d (1 damaged) and 15 X P-47D for very light damage to the airstrip and very light troop losses.

Cotabato was struck by 31 X B-24J and 38 X P-38J for moderate airfield damage, a couple of secondary explosions and very light casualties. Another attack by 40 X B-24D, 78 X B-24J and 21 X P-51D resulted in heavy airfield damage, some secondary explosions and very light troop losses. Then the USN joined in with 28 X SB2C, 57 X TBF, 221 X TBM and 7 X F6F. The airstrip and port took very light damage, a single secondary explosion was observed and losses were extremely light. Allied artillery participated by adding light Japanese casualties.

Gili Gili was raided by 44 X B-17E, 44 X B-24D and 12 X Spitfire VIII who did moderate airfield damage, light damage to the port and negligible casualties.

Bill quietly packs his things while Sandy watches with tears rolling down her cheeks. She tells him that she promised herself that she wouldn't do this, but can't help herself. He embraces her and tells her not to worry as the Navy will probably assign him to a desk somewhere safe and sound.

Slim huddles in his hole wondering if anybody will ever make a movie that shows how truly horrible war is. Between the boredom, terror and worse than horrible conditions he lives under he can't believe that people actually do this to each other. He wants to make the Corps his career, but one war is more than enough for anybody to suffer through, if they're lucky enough to survive. One of the mortar men cracked today and Slim thinks that it's beginning to happen to more and more of the lads. Then he wonders if it's happening to him.

Churchill contacted FDR once again asking for the USN to help rid the Bay of Bengal of the IJN once and for all. The request was rebuffed, respectfully. The Navy is stretched now and in the near future the demands will put a tremendous strain on the men and machines.

Britain's Home Guard was stood down today.

The US 3rd Army penetrated the Westwall near Saarlautern.

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Tokyo was swept by 56 X P-51D who swooped in on 18 X Zeke, 9 X Jack, 16 X Tony, 60 X Frank and 17 X Randy. The Japanese shot down 12 Mustangs and damaged another 2 while suffering the loss of 9 Zekes, 5 Jacks, 12 Tonys, 20 Franks (1 damaged) and 11 Randys.

Not bad! And what did Tokyo Rose have to say about that? [:D]
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Capt Rose would never say anything about Allied plains over the HIs as that would be an admission that the war was going badly for Japan.

December 4, 1944 Cotabato

Intel

Home Defense Force is located at Tokyo.
19th Army is located at Manila.
5945 men are based at Pusan.
4th AF Construction Battalion is located at Medan.
54th Division is located at Kagoshima.
Amoy Base Force is located at Amoy.
8th Aviation Rgt is located at Chiamussu.
Home Defense Force is located at Tokyo.
87753 men are based at Pescadores.
Hensui Construction Battalion is located at Sasebo.
56th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Harbin.
31st Road Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
2nd Area Army is located at Soerabaja.
23rd Army is located at Nanning.

Recon

PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Brunei 8 X AK, 1 X CA, 1 LCU
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Amboina 66 bombers, 59 aux, 5 LCUs 17720/47/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Davao 13 LCUs 41100/345/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 3 LCUs 13160/38/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 8 LCUs 117600/1310/7
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Victoria Point 7 LCUs 6200/40/0

Combat

Ed's Old Gals awakened the Japanese with naval bombardment of Cotabato that inflicted very light damage to the airfield and very heavy casualties. Then 28 X B-24J (1 damaged) and 41 X P-38J did moderate damage to the airstrip and triggered a couple of secondary explosions. Another strike of 36 X B-24D, 75 X B-24J and 23 X P-51D added to the mayhem by doing heavy damage to the airfield, a secondary explosion was seen and casualties were negligible. Then 28 X SB2C, 57 X TBF, 220 X TBM Avenger x 220 and 7 X F6F swooped in to do light damage to the airfield and port, there were many secondary explosions and the Japanese personnel losses were light. An assault on the Japanese positions was made and though both sides sustained extremely heavy casualties virtually no ground was gained.

An air attack on Davao was conducted by 2 X SB2C (1 damaged), 11 X TBM-3d (2 damaged) and 15 X P-47D that caused a secondary explosion and negligible personnel losses.

Gili Gili was the target of 34 X B-17E, 42 X B-24D and 12 X Spitfire VIII. The airfield took light damage as did the port, there were a couple of secondary explosions reported and troop losses were extremely light.

Rabaul's airstrip was hammered by 46 X B-24D and 43 X B-24J for heavy damage and there were light casualties.

Lunga was hit by 38 X B-24J for moderate airstrip damage and a couple of secondary explosions.

Tokyo was swept by 40 X P-51D and the Japanese fighters shot down 10 and damaged 4 of them. Out of the 11 X Zeke, 6 X Jack, 12 X Tony, 35 X Frank and 18 X Randy the Japanese lost 6 Zekes, 5 Jacks, 2 Tonys, 12 Franks and 9 Randys for their efforts.

Due to losses Slim found himself elevated to being the platoon Sgt. The attack saw the the 2nd Marine Division get shredded once more. He's never felt so tired in his life and now he's got to deal with another death in his squad. Just as he's expecting to see Gunny stop by to check on things one of the Sgts peers down at him and says that the LT wants him at the company HQs now. When he arrived he's given the news that Gunnery Sgt Ralph Gaffney is dead. He stood there in a shocked stupor. “He died taking care of the lads in the attack,” the Captain tells him. “I need you to take over for him. You've been through more action than anyone else around here and the lads look up to you so you're it.” Slim muttered something and then he was dismissed. As he walks back to gather up his gear the LT busily talks to him and tells him not to worry about anything. Slim stopped walking, looked at the officer and laughed, saying that he had enough to worry about with the Japanese. The word about Gunny spread through the unit like wildfire and everybody is shocked and feeling the loss of the one man that they always could count on and look up to. They have lost their mother hen.

Stick finds the flying of the usual boring CAPs wearing him down both mentally and physically. He hasn't been joking around with the guys lately and he's slowly sinking into a state of morose.

Bill sits on the bus watching Sandy disappear in the distance. He sighs and closes his eyes thinking of the wonderful time he's had visiting with Sandy and Dave. She watches the bus disappear down the road through watery eyes. Not knowing if she'll ever see him again makes the pain of parting even worse for her.

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December 5, 1944 Cotabato

Intel

27th Air Flotilla is located at Toyohara.
5th Army is located at Tsitsihar.
13th Army is located at Nanning.
4th Air Division is located at Malang.
87773 men are based at Pescadores.
1st AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
49th Construction Battalion is located at Hailar.
41st Division is located at Nanning.
Ryojun Fortress is located at Port Arthur.
Shobu Force is located at Singapore.
12633 men are based at Pisanuloke.
Radio transmissions detected at Eniwetok.

Recon

Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bandou vacant
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Brunei 1 LCU
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Maumere vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Davao 13 LCUs 40280/363/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 4 LCUs 13900/38/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 8 LCUs 116900/1259/4
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Shortlands vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Vella Lavella vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Munda vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bangkok 63 fighters, 64 aux, 34 LCUs

Combat

Ruteng is occupied by the Japanese

3 PCs located and attacked the SS Dorado near Roxas, dealing her heavy blows. The sub has moderate systems damage and very severe flooding. She will make for a friendly port, but the crew is standing by ready to abandon if need be.

Ed's Old Gals unloaded on Cotabato with a naval bombardment that did extremely light damage to the airfield, and caused moderate casualties. 27 X B-24J (1 damaged) and 44 X P-38J hit the airfield for moderate damage, a secondary explosion and light troop losses. Another strike of 38 X B-24D, 76 X B-24J and 23 X P-51D added very heavy damage to the airstrip, a few more secondary explosions and extremely light casualties.

3 PCs conducted an ASW attack on the SS Porpoise, 92 miles W of Banjarmasin. She will make for Darwin as she has light systems damage, but moderate flooding.

Tavoy was hit by Allied aircraft as 37 X B-29 (1 damaged), 43 X B-25J (1 downed, 1 damaged), 45 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 damaged), 24 X Thunderbolt II and 12 X Spitfire VIII. The airfield was heavily damaged, the port lightly, there were some secondary explosions and casualties were moderate.

Krung Thep was bombed by 29 X Liberator VI (1 damaged) and 41 X B-24J (2 damaged). The airfield took heavy damage, there were a great many secondary explosions and personnel losses were heavy.

Davao was attacked by 16 X SB2C (2 damaged), 12 X TBM-3d (1 damaged) and 15 X P-47D. The airstrip was lightly damaged and casualties were moderate.

Lunga sustained moderate airfield damage, a secondary explosion and very light personnel losses due to a visit made by 44 X B-24J.

The 5th New Chinese Corps had extremely light losses due to 7 marauding Peggys.

Kwajalein was the target for 31 X PB4Y who caused moderate damage to the airstrip.

Once again Japanese flights into Paramushiro Jima were intercepted by lurking Thunderbolts.

Gene's crew has finished another job and as they prepare to call it a day one of the guys suggests that a celebratory drink is called for. The others in the crew agree and they decide to meet at the local watering hole. Gene feels the weight of management a he was left out. As he heads home he wonders about being a boss and if it's worth it.

Slim busily makes rounds trying to make sure everything is as OK as it possibly could be in this crazy world that they try to survive in. He is still in a state of shock that Gunny is gone. Now who is he going to bitch and moan too? He pushed those thoughts out of his head and after he's satisfied that everything is in order he drops back into his fighting hole and settles in for the night.

Sandy spent the day feeling sad and Dave gave her a wide berth knowing that he couldn't cheer her up. That night after the dinner dishes were cleaned he gave her a hug and told her that this war can't go on forever.

Bill sits on a bus sound asleep as it takes him towards his next assignment.

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December 6, 1944 Mare Island

Intel

34 aircraft are based at Rahaeng.
1st Mortar Regiment is located at Sasebo.
68th Construction Battalion is located at Hamamatsu.
Elements of the 4th Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Tabun-Nur.
Elements of the 18th Mixed Brigade are located at Haichow.
38th Construction Battalion is located at Toyohara.
56th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Harbin.
9th Aviation Rgt is located at Hailar.
35418 men are based at Nagoya.
15th AA Regiment is located at Nagoya.
Oshima Base Force is located at Kagoshima.
23rd Mixed Brigade is planning for an attack on Darwin.
8th Aviation Rgt is located at Chiamussu.
73rd Division is located at Nagoya.
25th Army is located at Naga.
Kitachishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Siemrem Reap vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Songkhia 1 LCU 0/4/118
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Brunei 2 X APD, 4 X AK, 1 LCU
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kai Island 6 LCUs 6040/2/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Davao 13 LCUs 42100/351/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 4 LCUs 16920/37/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 8 LCUs 115600/1268/2
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Tassafaronga 2 LCUs
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Shortlands vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Vella Lavella vacant

Combat


Sawu Island is occupied by the Japanese

About 27 miles N of Vigan the SS Kingfish attacked an AK being escorted by a PG. The target absorbed 2 torpedoes which sank the vessel.

Tavoy had heavy airfield damage, many secondary explosions and light personnel losses from an attack made by 33 X B-29 (1 damaged), 39 X B-25J (1 damaged), 47 X Mosquito FB.VI, 23 X Thunderbolt II and 12 X Spitfire VIII.

Bangkok underwent a fighter sweep made by 67 X P-38J who tore through the 30 X Zeke, 16 X George, 26 X Jack, 2 X Tony, 18 X Frank and 3 X Randy. 10 of the Lightnings were shot down and another 5 were damaged as they destroyed 21 Zekes, 13 Georges, 14 Jacks, both of the Tonys, 16 Franks and all of the Randys.

Krung Thep was raided by 36 X B-25J (1 downed, 7 damaged) and 10 X Spitfire VIII. The airstrip took light damage, there were a couple of secondary explosions and casualties were negligible. Then it was time for the main event as 20 X B-24J (2 damaged) and 88 X Liberator VI (1 downed, 3 damaged) added heavy damage to the airfield, some more secondary explosions were seen and troop losses were moderate.

Davao was hit by 16 X SB2C (1 downed, 8 damaged), 11 X TBM-3d (1 damaged), 2 X P-38J and 13 X F4U-1 for light damage to the airfield and moderate casualties. The 4th Base Force was jumped by 13 X P-38J and 21 X P-47D for light losses.

Cotabato was bombed by 24 X B-24J (1 downed) and 40 X P-38J who did moderate damage to the airfield, caused a secondary explosion and inflicted extremely light losses. The next strike was comprised of 38 X B-24D, 55 X B-24J and 22 X P-51D who added heavy airstrip damage, there were many secondary explosions and troop losses were negligible. Then 28 X SB2C, 39 X TBF, 215 X TBM (1 damaged) and 7 X F6F did very light damage to the airstrip and inflicted extremely light troop losses on the Japanese defenders. Allied artillery threw a tremendous barrage at the Japanese defenders and caused heavy losses.

Gili Gili was struck by 30 X B-17E and 10 X Spitfire VIII. The airfield was moderately damaged and personnel losses were moderate.

Rabaul was attacked by 35 X B-24D for moderate damage to the airstrip, a secondary explosion was claimed and casualties were extremely light.

Lunga was hammered by 36 X B-24J for moderate airfield damage and a couple of secondary explosions.
B-24J Liberator x 36

The 5th New Chinese Corps had no casualties from the 7 Peggys who attacked the remnants of the unit.

Slim feels that his new responsibilities are just the same as before, just more lads to look after. It keeps him busy, but not enough for him to appreciate the air and artillery attacks that pounded the Japanese today. He wonders when the next assault will take place. He misses Gunny and tries to keep it to himself.

Bill arrived at Mare Island and after reporting in at HQs he was told to return at 0850. He then heads off to grab some chow after finding his quarters. He misses Sandy and writes to her before going to sleep.

Sam spent his day watching some Sea Bees blasting away at the rock in their efforts to expand the airstrip and it's facilities. He's still amazed at what these guys can do.

The Russian offensive to encircle Budapest began yesterday.


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December 7, 1944 Mare Island

Intel


Tsugaru Fortress is located at Aomori.
18th Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Toyama.
41st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Harbin.
52nd Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
16th Army is located at Rabaul.
72504 men are based at Tori Shima.
93rd Division is located at Nagoya.
North China Area Army is located at Nanning.
22nd Engineer Regiment is located at Mishan.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang 1 LCU 1760/0/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Andaman Island 2 bombers, 2 LCUs 6680/19/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Alor Star 5 LCUs 18060/136/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Brunei 5 X AK, 1 LCU
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Davao 13 LCUs 41680/321/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 4 LCUs 17080/35/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 8 LCUs 119040/1256/4
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Truk 15 LCUs 26520/33/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Green Island vacant
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Woodlark Island vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Tassafaronga 2 LCUs 220/0/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Buka vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Lautem 1 LCU

Combat

The SS Seawolf, 191 miles SE of Banjarmasin, was tracking a CA and 3 DDs when she was attacked by the escorts. No damage was done, but the impending attack was disrupted and the crew could be heard muttering curses. Later the Seawolf was attacked by 4 X DD, but never was in any real danger.

The SS Porpoise, 158 miles SE of Banjarmasin, was attacked by 3 X DD. She dove under the depth charges.

Tavoy was bombed by 32 X B-29 (2 damaged), 41 X B-25J (3 damaged), 47 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 damaged), 26 X Thunderbolt II and 13 X Spitfire VIII. The airfield was heavily damaged, the port took light damage, there were a couple of secondary explosions and casualties were thought to have been light.

Krung Thep was attacked by 107 X Liberator VI (1 damaged) and 25 X B-24J (1 damaged). Damage to the airstrip was heavy, there were a large number of secondary explosions and personnel losses were moderately heavy.

Davao was raided by 11 X SB2C (4 damaged), 11 X TBM-3d (2 damaged) and 14 X F4U-1. The airstrip took very light damage, the port was lightly hit and casualties were light.

Bangkok was swept by 64 X P-38J and the Japanese opposed them with 27 X Zeke, 8 X George, 12 X Jack, a Tony, 5 X Frank and 3 X Randy. 18 Zekes, 7 Georges, 9 Jacks, the Tony, all of the Franks and all of the Randys will never take to the air again while the Allies lost 2 fighters and had another pair take damage.

Cotabato was raided by 28 X SB2C, 57 X TBF, 218 X TBM and 7 X F6F who accounted for light airstrip and port damage, some secondary explosions and light troop losses. Allied artillery dished out heavy casualties to the Japanese defenders.

Elaine reads a letter from her brother and wonders how such a wise guy is doing OK in the Army. He actually seems to like being in the Army and working on planes. Her thoughts turn to Gil and she wishes that she knew where he was and how he's doing.

Jim Di Gregorio has just finished his training and he'll be shipping out to join a Construction Battalion. Once he arrives at Pearl Harbor he'll know where he's destined to be and with what unit. He's all of 18 and wants to do his part to win the war.

The Palawan rests at anchor off of Morotai awaiting orders. Cookie took Lucky ashore and as usual the dog is a big hit with everyone they run into. Red didn't come along as he's busily working on a radio that is balky.

Bill checks in at HQs and he's given his orders. Before he can read them the orderly shows him into the Admiral's office. Bill wonders what's up , but the Admiral waves him to a seat and looks up from the pile of papers on his desk. “You are one lucky SOB Captain. Somebody with lot's of juice must like you.” Bill has a confused look on his face and the Admiral continues with, “I see that you haven't looked at your orders yet. I'd like to be the first to congratulate you and wish you luck. Come here,” he says motioning to the window. “See that brand new BB? She's yours.” Bill is stunned and overjoyed to avoid a desk. “Her name is Missouri.” With that Bill is dismissed as the Admiral goes back to his paper pile. After 3 years of war he's gone from a desk in the bowels of the Pentagon to command of the DD O'Bannon, to command of the CL Helena and now this!

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December 8, 1944 Cotabato

Intel

2843 men are based at Matsue.
205010 men are based at Bangkok.
1st Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Kitakyushu.
42nd AA Regiment is located at Harbin.
Sasebo 1st SNLF is located at Manila.
10th Division is located at Tsitsihar.
4650 men are based at Wakkanai.
Iki Fortress is located at Ikitsuki.
27th Division is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
2nd Tank Div is located at Bangkok.
16th Army is located at Rabaul.
27574 men are based at Arshaan.
1491 men are based at Kratie.
11th Division is located at Mishan.
14th Army is located at Victoria Point.
9845 men are based at Kanazawa.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pisanuloke 4 LCUs 8300/16/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Taiping vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Koepang 3 LCUs 12100/38/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Dili vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Davao 13 LCUs 41420/363/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 71 fighters, 73 aux, 4 LCUs 15440/44/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 8 LCUs 118840/1257/6
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Kwajalein 8 LCUs 9000/9/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Admiralty Islands vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Emirau Island vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Goodenough Island vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lunga 4 LCUs
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Tulagi 3 LCUs
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Brunei 2 X AK

Combat


The SS Lagarto, 33 miles SE of Wengchow, was attacked by 2 PGs and a PC, but wasn’t damaged. About 2 hours later the sub attacked the AK that her earlier attackers were escorting. A torpedo hit causing heavy damage and fires.

The SS Cod was patrolling near Roxas when 3 PCs appeared. The sub made good her escape without being harmed.

Cotabato was pounded by Ed´s Old Gals and the Japanese defenders suffered very heavy casualties. Japanese coastal guns fired on Allied ships landing reinforcements with many ships taking hits. The Japanese had moderate losses in this action and the Allied troops had extremely heavy casualties. The IJA 56th Division was attacked by 24 X B-24J and 11 X P-51D with the unit having moderate losses. Japanese artillery inflicted negligible casualties on the American front lines while the big guns of the Allies accounted for heavy Japanese losses.

Allied troops unloaded over beach at Russell Island, taking moderate losses.

At Vella Lavella Allied landings had moderate casualties.

Bangkok was raided by 129 X B-29 and they were attacked by 25 X Zeke, 9 X George, 15 X Jack, 3 X Oscar, a Tony, 10 X Frank and 4 X Randy. The bomber's escorts never showed up and they were forced to turn away short of their target by the fierce fighter attacks. 22 bombers were destroyed and 50 more suffered damage while 3 Zekes (12 damaged), a George (7 damaged) and 4 Franks (2 damaged) were shot down. 8 Jacks, an Oscar, the Tony and 2 Randys were also damaged.

The 6th Chinese Air Base Force was hit by 16 X Peggy, but had no losses.

“Tomorrow the target will be the airfield at Cagayan, on the island of Mindanao,” says the briefing officer. A groan goes up among the men who will fly the raid. When the Lucky 11 gather later to discuss the mission the shared concern is that it will be at extended range and there will be no fighter escorts though massive fighter sweeps are scheduled. The Japanese have slipped in a very large number of aircraft and that threatens the air superiority over the contested island. Gil later writes a letter to Elaine and then another to his parents and sisters.

Bill still can't believe that he's in command of a new battleship. In another day he will be aboard his new ship. He's still in a state of shock that he's been given such a responsibility.

“With the quick grabs in the Solomon Islands underway the main force earmarked for Guadalcanal and Tulagi commenced loading today. The 3rd Marine Division also loaded and will sail for Tarawa where 2 Army RCTs wait. Once the USN can afford escorts Kwajalein will be assaulted.” FDR thanks the officer and then he asks about Mindanao and the Army, Marine and Navy all have the same answer of Cotabato is an extremely tough nut to crack as the ships landing troops there are pounded as are the men and overland the river crossing also causes bloodbaths. “In a couple more days we'll have substantial forces in place and then we expect to dislodge the Japanese.” Once more Franklin thanks the officers in attendance and he's wheeled out of the meeting that continues on with Admiral King and General Marshall delving into more detail in a less formal surrounding.

The Germans evacuated Julich.

Soviet forces continue advancing on Budapest.


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December 9, 1944 Bangkok

Intel


5th Air Division is located at Manila.
52nd Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
86518 men are based at Camranh Bay.
2nd AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
46th Road Construction Battalion is located at Changkufeng.
60th Construction Battalion is located at Tarakan.
115th Division is located at Peking.
27665 men are based at Changchun.
19070 men are based at Shikka.
41st AA Regiment is located at Changchun.
118th IJA Base Force is located at Wuhan.
41st AA Regiment is located at Changchun.
Radio transmissions detected at Ulithi.

Recon


F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 10 fighters, 8 bombers, 24 aux, 7 LCUs 19920/111/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Georgetown 16 fighters, 49 bombers, 63 aux, 5 LCUs 14040/12/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Paramushiro Jima 5 LCUs 2380/13/0
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Kwajalein 8 LCUs 3760/0/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Goodenough Island vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lunga 4 LCUs
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Brunei 2 X APD, 1 LCU
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kendari 7 LCUs 11240/29/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 4 LCUs 17960/30/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 8 LCUs 117900/1249/7
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Tulagi 3 LCUs

Combat

Allied troops continued unloading over beach at Cotabato taking moderate casualties. The Old Gals did very light damage to the airfield and port while causing moderate troop losses. Then a raid by 27 X SB2C, 57 X TBF, 211 X TBM, 43 X F6F, 21 X FM-2 and 5 X F4F-4 struck the airstrip for extremely light damage, the port was moderately hit, there were some secondary explosions and casualties were very light. Japanese artillery accounted for very light Allied losses while the Allied gunners caused heavy Japanese casualties.

Bangkok was being defended by 36 X Zeke, 13 X George, 17 X Jack, 5 X Oscar, 2 X Tony, 9 X Frank and 4 X Randy when the Allied air assault commenced with 47 X B-25J and 101 P-38J. The fighters tangled and all but a Zeke, 3 Jacks, an Oscar and a Frank were blasted from the sky. The cost was 8 Lightnings lost and another was damaged and 2 Mitchells were claimed by the AA fire and 21 more were damaged. The airfield was very lightly damaged and casualties were moderate. The next strike made up of 127 X Liberator VI (2 destroyed, 19 damaged), 45 X Mosquito FB.VI (2 damaged), 43 X B-25J (9 damaged), 61 X P-47D, 24 X P-51D and 39 X Thunderbolt II arrived to find 2 Zekes and a Frank aloft. The Allied fighters dispatched them to their ancestors. The damage to the airfield was extremely heavy, there were lots of secondary explosions observed, 4 Zekes, 3 Franks, 10 Jacks, 3 Irvings, 2 Georges, 3 Oscars, 2 Randys and 2 Dinah were smoking debris and personnel losses were extremely heavy.

Krung Thep was bombed by 38 X B-29 (3 damaged) and 24 X B-24J (5 damaged) for heavy damage to the airstrip, a large number of secondary explosions were reported and casualties were moderately heavy.

Cagayan was under the protection of 9 X George, 43 X Jack and 29 X Frank when 119 X B-29 arrived. The Japanese downed 21 Superforts and damaged 51 others between their fighters and the flak. A George (7 damaged), 6 Jacks (31 damaged) and 4 Franks (18 damaged) were shot down by the bombers. The airfield was lightly damaged, there were a few secondary explosions and personnel losses were light. A half hour later 2 X George, 11 X Jack and 8 X Frank had the misfortune of being up when a late arriving fighter sweep of 51 X P-38J arrived. 3 of the Jacks managed to escape while 4 P-38Js were destroyed and 2 others took damage.

Gili Gili was pasted by 41 X B-17E, 44 X B-24D, 41 X B-24J and 12 X Spitfire VIII. The airstrip was moderately damaged, as was the port, a couple of secondary explosions were claimed and casualties were moderate.

Rabaul was hit by 31 X B-24D who managed to do light damage to the airfield, trigger a couple of secondary explosions and cause very light troop losses.

The 5th New Chinese Corps had very light casualties care of 14 X Peggy.

The 1st BAF AA Regiment, 20 miles N of Krung Thep, was being observed by a Dinah when 7 Thunderbolt IIs arrived and killed it.

Allied forces captured the Russell Islands base.

Vella Lavella now is under Allied control.

The SS Dorado continues her struggle against the sea as she plods along towards a friendly base.

On Guam the B-29 crews are livid. The men of the Lucky 11 are no different as they demand to know, “Where the hell were our fighters that were supposed to sweep the Japanese out of the air?” Jake nursed Jake's Jalopy home on 2 engines and it'll be awhile before the plane takes to the air again, which is just fine with the crew. The men are exhausted as are their machines. Gil heads to grab chow with the other guys and secretly he's happy that he doesn't go to the officer's mess as he might explode on the brass if he saw them.

Slim happily watches the new troops moving into the lines. “Soon, very soon,” he mutters to himself thinking of the impending assault on the Japanese positions. He tells the lads that they need to stay focused and not relax just because more doggies have arrived.

Sam sits down at his favorite spot overlooking the airstrip, which is a beehive of activity. Some PBMs come and go and the Mustangs roar in and out on their patrols. The Sea Bees continue to blast away trying to expand the base. He sighs and pulls a newspaper out of his pocket. It the local rag from home that a friend of his arranged for him to get. He opens it up and begins to devour all of the news. Frankie lies down nearby chewing on something or other for a change.

The Red Army reached the Danube N of Budapest today.

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RE: Sneaky Friends

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December 10, 1944 Cotabato

Intel

106101 men are based at Tsitsihar.
5809 men are based at Aomori.
Yokosuka Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Tokyo.
5th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Harbin.
14th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
44645 men are based at Harbin.
62nd Division is located at Nanning.
41st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Harbin.
47th Division is located at Naha.
Kure 1st SNLF is planning for an attack on Morotai.
Radio transmissions detected at Luganville.
Radio transmissions detected at Dadjangas.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang 1 LCU 1680/4/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Khota Bharu vacant
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Brunei 3 X APD, 1 X CA, 7 X AK, 1 LCU
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kendari 115 bombers, 89 aux, 7 LCUs 21620/61/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 75 fighters, 64 aux, 4 LCUs 17780/37/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 8 LCUs 114400/1244/6
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Paramushiro Jima 7 LCUs 6000/55/0
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Kwajalein 8 LCUs 8960/4/0
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Jaluit vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lunga 4 LCUs 7080/33/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Tulagi 4 LCUs 1020/0/0

Combat

The SS Swordfish was attacked by 6 DDs 31 miles NW of San Jose. She has moderate systems damage and moderate flooding so she'll make for the barn.

Krung Thep was raided by 17 X B-24J who did light damage to the airstrip, triggered a secondary explosion and caused light casualties.

Davao was hit by 16 X SB2C (6 damaged), 12 X TBM-3d (3 damaged)and 15 X P-47D for very light damage to the airfield and moderate personnel losses.

Cagayan was swept by 17 X F4U-1, but nobody was home. Later another sweep was made by 45 X P-38J and again there were no Japanese planes in the air.

Gili Gili was bombed by 35 X B-24D, 43 X B-24J and 12 X Spitfire VIII for moderate damage to the port and many secondary explosions.

Rabaul was struck by 26 X B-17E for light airstrip damage and very light casualties.

Lunga was bombed by 57 X B-24J and there was moderate damage done to the airfield and some secondary explosions were seen .

The Old Gals pounded the Japanese once again at Cotabato. Damage to the airfield was extremely light, there was a secondary explosion observed and casualties were very heavy. The IJA 56th Division was jumped by 23 X B-24J for light troop losses. At almost the same time 28 X SB2C, 57 X TBF, 218 X TBM (1 damaged), 45 X F6F, 44 X FM-2 and 6 X F4F-4 hit the airstrip for very light damage, there were some secondary explosions claimed and casualties were negligible. Artillery roared throughout the day on both sides with the Japanese failing to do any harm and the Allies inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese.

The 5th New Chinese Corps escaped harm as 6 Peggys dropped their bombs off target. Nearby the 6th Chinese Air Base Force also escaped damage as the 10 Peggys missed the mark.

The Allied ships 24 miles W of Rangoon were targeted by 3 X Betty and 17 X Frank. All but 3 Franks were shot down by the CAP of 6 X Hellcat II, 12 X Corsair IV, 2 X Spitfire VIII and 3 X Thunderbolt II. The Japanese never got close to the shipping. The 2 Spits took damage in the fight. Later 2 more Bettys appeared and they managed to slip through the CAP, though their fish missed the target. On the way out 15 Hellcat IIs and 6 Corsair IVs managed to splash 1 of the intruders. A Hellcat II was damaged in the running battle.

P-47Ds flying over Paramushiro Jima intercepted Japanese flights into and out of the island.

Slim tells the lads to get a good night's sleep, “Unless it's your turn to watch for our sneaky friends,” in preparation for tomorrow's general assault on the Japanese defenses. He wonders if the weather will hold so the planes can continue their attacks. He wishes Gunny were still with them as he always felt reassured knowing that little, if anything could ruffle Gunny's feathers. He wonders how the lads will react to him when the going gets tough, as he knows it will.

Ed reads the reports and says to Phil, “I'm not concerned about the facilities so much as killing as many of the Japanese as possible. We'll try to keep as much pressure on them as possible by continuing to run 2 TFs at them so that 1 will usually be on station. If we could resupply at sea like we can refuel it would simplify things a bit.” Phil nods. He likes working with Ed and now knows why Bill felt that way too. Bill is a lucky SOB as Ed told him about the new command he got. Maybe before all of this is over he'll be able to get back aboard a ship.

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RE: Dig Deep, Rest Later

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December 11, 1944 Cotabato

Intel

5868 men are based at Palau.
32nd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Aomori.
49th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Kadina.
17th Army is located at Clark Field.
2498 men are based at Ikitsuki.
87010 men are based at Hailar.
34th Construction Battalion is located at Tsitsihar.
91st Division is located at Sapporo.
35th Army is located at Manila.
82280 men are based at Mishan.
1488 men are based at Kratie.
31st AA Regiment is located at Sapporo.
22nd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Changsha.
31st Road Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
2838 men are based at Matsue.

Recon

PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Brunei 2 X APD, 8 X AK, 7 fighters, 12 bombers, 6 aux, 1 LCU
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kendari 137 bombers, 97 aux, 7 LCUs 23160/83/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 69 fighters, 63 aux, 4 LCUs 17280/38/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 9 LCUs 121320/1289/4
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Paramushiro Jima 8 LCUs 12580/104/0
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Maloelap vacant
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Majuro vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Kiriwina Island vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lunga 4 LCUs 9720/22/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Tulagi 4 LCUs 920/0/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tavoy 9 LCUs 95340/1037/26
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Ubon vacant

Combat

Shortlands was occupied by the Allies

The SS Kete, 159 miles SW of Nagasaki, tracked, attacked and hit a lone AK with a torpedo. The ship was heavily damaged and on fire as the sub left the scene before any Japanese in the area could find her.

Cotabato underwent a naval bombardment by the Old Gals that caused heavy casualties. More of the Old Gals joined in and did light damage to the airstrip, triggered some secondary explosions and inflicted very heavy personnel losses. 5 Zekes drove of a Kingfisher that was spotting for the Old Gals. The same Japanese fighters played a cat and mouse game with some PBMs, but nobody was damaged. The IJA 56th Division was attacked by 9 X B-24J and 3 X P-38J. The 5 Zekes tried and failed to stop the strike at a cost of 2 planes shot down and another damaged. The unit took very light losses. The USN chipped in with an attack made by 28 X SB2C, 57 X TBF, 219 X TBM, 46 X F6F, 34 X FM-2 and 6 X F4F-4 which did light damage to the port and airstrip, caused some secondary explosions and very light casualties. Japanese artillery made some noise, but did no harm. The Allied troops then assaulted the Japanese positions. They made some progress against the defenses and both sides had extremely heavy losses with the Japanese getting the short end of the stick.

Allied troops landed at Munda, taking moderate casualties.

Davao was attacked by 13 X SB2C (1 downed, 1 damaged), 9 X TBM-3d (4 damaged) and 2 X P-47D. The Jugs chased off 3 Franks who were in the area. The airstrip was very lightly damaged, there were a few secondary explosions seen and troop losses were very light.

Cagayan was swept by 30 X F4U-1 who were opposed by 37 X Zeke, 2 X George, 9 X Jack. The Corsairs roared into the gaggle of Japanese planes and downed 29 Zekes (2 damaged) and 3 Jacks. The Allies lost 4 Corsairs in the fight.

Kwajalein was struck by 33 X PB4Y for moderate damage to the airstrip and a couple of secondary explosions.

Gili Gili was raided by 34 X B-24D and 10 X Spitfire VIII who administered moderate airfield damage, a couple of secondary explosions and very light casualties.

Lunga's airstrip was lightly hit by 40 X B-24J and a couple of secondary explosions were claimed.

The 44th Indian Division, 20 miles N of Krung Thep, was attacked by 17 X Peggy and 3 X Jack. The Japanese were intercepted by 5 X Thunderbolt II who destroyed a Peggy and damaged 2 others. The unit had moderate casualties. Nearby the 44th Indian Division was jumped by 11 Peggys who were in turn jumped by 5 Thunderbolt IIs. 2 Peggys were damaged and the Indian unit had light losses.

Bangkok was swept by 68 X P-38J who found 12 X Zeke, 4 X George, 5 X Jack, 3 X Oscar, 1 X Tony, 6 X Frank and 1 X Randy in the air. The fight was a lopsided contest as a single Lightning was destroyed and the Japanese suffered the loss of all of their planes except for 2 Jacks and a Frank.

Slim tells the lads to dig deep and that they can rest later. They don't need to be told twice, though they do grumble. The platoon had 4 killed and 12 wounded in the fighting today and it's being chopped down in numbers making Slim wonder how long they will be considered combat effective.

Ed watched the bombardment through his binoculars and muttered that even though they hit the requested areas there was no way of telling what the effect was. The Japanese have dug deep and even the Old Gals big guns have limited effectiveness.

Gil slept like a log and when the guys tried to wake him up for chow he just swung at them and rolled over for more sleep. The men flying the B-29s are exhausted as are the machines and the mechanics are cursing the brass for back to back missions on consecutive days at extended range. One of them muttered that he can't work miracles on machines that are mistreated on a regular basis.

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December 12, 1944 New York

Intel


24th Air Flotilla is located at Truk.
33280 men are based at Sunwu.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Pisanuloke.
13 men are based at Okayama.
84420 men are based at Naha.
68th Construction Battalion is located at Hamamatsu.
3rd FF Construction Battalion is located at Anshan.
10th Mortar Battalion is located at Chiamussu.
7th Aviation Rgt is located at Medan.
56th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Tarakan.
North China Area Army is located at Nanning.
58th Construction Battalion is located at Takamatsu.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Kratie 1 LCU 620/0/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bandou vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kendari 133 bombers, 98 aux, 7 LCUs 25000/73/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 58 fighters, 58 aux, 4 LCUs 18160/27/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 8 LCUs 120040/1241/7
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Wotje 3 LCUs
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Majuro vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lunga 4 LCUs 3800/13/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Tulagi 5 LCUs

Combat

The USN opened the day with a naval bombardment of Cotabato that did light damage to the port, very light damage to the airstrip and caused moderate casualties. The IJA 18th Division was hit by 10 X B-24J and 3 X P-38J for moderate losses. The IJA 56th Division was jumped by 13 X B-24J and 32 X P-38J who inflicted moderate casualties on the Japanese. The 56th Division was visited by another attack made up of 25 X B-24D and 42 X B-24J and these planes caused moderately heavy troop losses. Later on 28 X SB2C, 56 X TBF, 218 X TBM, 44 X F6F and 1 X FM-2 added extremely light damage to the airstrip, moderate damage to the port and light casualties. Allied artillery accounted for heavy Japanese losses.

Bangkok was swept by 64 X P-38J who tangled with 19 X Zeke, 5 X George, 11 X Jack, 3 X Oscar, 3 X Frank and 1 X Randy. The Japanese lost 17 Zekes, 3 Georges, 10 Jacks and all of the other remaining types. 4 Lightnings were shot down and 2 were damaged.

Davao was raided by 8 X SB2C (8 damaged), 8 X TBM-3d (1 downed, 3 damaged) and 13 X P-47D Thunderbolt who did negligible damage to the airstrip.

Cagayan was swept by 17 X P-51D who were engaged by 19 X Zeke, 3 X George, 22 X Jack and 6 X Frank. The fight was extremely lopsided as 5 Zekes, a George, 7 Jacks and 5 Franks were blasted from the sky without a single Mustang being touched.

Gili Gili was bombed by 45 X B-24D and 5 X Spitfire VIII. The airfield was moderately damaged and there were light personnel losses.

Rabaul had it's airstrip moderately damaged, the port lightly hit, a couple of secondary explosions and moderate casualties care of 33 X B-17E, and 41 X B-24J.

Ground combat at Munda saw the Allies take the base.

Elaine got a few letters from Gil today and she curled up in her bedroom to read them. It's so cold outside that she turned her sister down about going to the movies.

Gil talks with the guys and they voice their opinions about bombing missions at extreme range and even worse with no little friends. The discussion continues through a walk to the mess and then to an outdoor movie being shown tonight. Gil doesn't even care what the movie is, he's just looking forward to some distraction to break up the boredom.

Bill sits at his desk working his way through all of his endless paperwork. He's getting to know as many of the crew as possible by taking walks through the ship, always visiting different areas and chatting with his crew. The men of the Missouri's crew know lots about him, but aren't sure what's true and what isn't. They know for sure that he's a fighter that takes care of his command.

Gene looks at the hull of the damaged ship and wonders when he'll actually have seen it all. Two ships collided on the westbound convoy, a thing that happens to frequently and now his crew has another in an endless parade of jobs. As he discusses the approach they'll use in making the repairs one of his crew remarks, “I suppose anybody can drive one of these things nowadays.”

Sam wrote 3 letters today and played with Frankie until the dog was to tired to continue. Then he had his squad attend to their weapons, much to their chagrin. The boredom is killing them on Tori Shima.

An underground V weapon factory was taken by the US 3rd Army.

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RE: Nowadays

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December 13, 1944 Cotabato

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3365 men are based at Akita.
35th Division is located at Nanning.
5th Engineer Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
24th Division is located at Chiamussu.
31st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Aomori.
22nd AA Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
1st Mortar Regiment is located at Sasebo.
35th Division is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
15th Army is located at Pisanuloke.
27671 men are based at Changchun.
52nd Road Construction Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
4855 men are based at Wonsan.
27566 men are based at Arshaan.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang 1 LCU 1660/2/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Siemrem Reap vacant
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Brunei vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kendari 148 bombers, 113 aux, 7 LCUs 24240/85/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Cagayan 62 fighters, 63 aux, 4 LCUs 17640/34/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Cotabato 9 LCUs 120700/1288/3
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Wotje 4 LCUs
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Majuro vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lunga 4 LCUs 4620/9/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Tulagi 5 LCUs 860/0/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Davao 12 LCUs 37800/266/0

Combat

61 P-38Js swept Nanning and found 8 Zekes, 13 Jacks, 40 Tojos, 25 Nicks and 12 Tonys in their way. The furball resulted in the loss of 10 Lightnings and another 6 damaged while the Japanese had 4 Zekes, 3 Jacks, 24 Tojos, 22 Nicks and 10 Tonys destroyed.

Tavoy had it's airfield targeted by Allied aircraft who inflicted very heavy damage, a very large number of secondary explosions and very heavy casualties. The strike was comprised of 47 X B-29, 113 X Liberator VI (1 downed, 1 damaged), 59 X B-25J, 42 X Mosquito FB.VI, 21 X Thunderbolt II and 11 X Spitfire VIII.

Davao was raided by 5 X SB2C (2 damaged), 7 X TBM-3d (2 damaged) and 15 X P-47D who did very light personnel losses.

Gili Gili was hit by 77 X B-24D and 12 X Spitfire VIII for moderate damage to the airstrip, some secondary explosions were claimed and casualties were very light.

The 5th New Chinese Corps, still frozen in place, was ineffectually bombed by 13 Peggys.

Bangkok was swept by 56 X P-38J who attacked 12 X Zeke, 5 X George, 6 X Jack, 1 X Oscar, 1 X Tony, 4 X Frank and 2 X Randy. A Zeke, a Jack and a Randy were all that survived the battle. 2 Lightnings were lost and another was damaged.

Cotabato was struck by 28 X SB2C, 57 X TBF, 214 X TBM, 44 X F6F, 2 X FM-2 and 1 X F4F-4 for light airfield damage, light port damage, a couple of secondary explosions were observed and troop losses were extremely light. Allied artillery accounted for heavy Japanese losses.

The SS Dorado arrived at Palau and will now undergo emergency repairs to allow her to continue to a yard for extensive repairs to be done. To the crew's credit they saved a sinking boat and actually improved her condition during their trying voyage to safety.

The convoys for the attack of Guadalcanal and Tulagi are entering their final stages.

A convoy bearing troops for the attack on Kwajalein nears it's staging point.

Another assault is scheduled for tomorrow at Cotobato. Many of the formations will not participate due to fatigue.

Slim sees to the lads and then drops into his hole for the night. Knowing that tomorrow another attempt to breach the Japanese defenses will be made isn't even enough to prevent him from falling asleep as soon as he tells the lad sharing the hole to wake him when it's his turn to keep watch.

Ed is reading over the reports and sees that some of the ships are nearing the point where they need to be given yard time. He knows that most of the Old Gals are overdue for upgrades and that they can't be spared right now.

Sandy reads the letter from Bill and though she'd rather have him with a desk job she knows he's happy at sea. She and Dave talk about it and Dave says, “Some guys are just naturals for command and Bill appears to be one of them. I know that the two of you have plans to wed after the war, but know that he's already married to the Navy. You'll travel to many different places where he'll be based, but he's a Sea Dog through and through.”

Victory Points Allied 47700 Japanese 36523
Todd

I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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