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thesmilingassassin

The Chosen One

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Saturday, July 12th 2008, 1:20am

Hmm looks like a good subject for a new thread mefinks.

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ShinRa_Inc

Mad Scientist at Work

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Saturday, July 12th 2008, 5:02am

RE: The HEBCO guy.

Just to point out a quick factual error;

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Originally posted by howard
The unnecessaryn deaths of a lot of good men with Callaghan and Scott.

Halsey did not assume command of the campaign until October 18th Admiral Scott and the action at Cape Esperance had already happened on the 11th.

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howard

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Saturday, July 12th 2008, 6:17am

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Halsey did not assume command of the campaign until October 18th Admiral Scott and the action at Cape Esperance had already happened on the 11th.

What errors? Mine? I think not. Attend.

Ghormley was out of it due to physical illness and nervous exhaustion. Halsey was sent to relieve him. One of Nimitz's few mistakes in the Pacific War. He should have promoted Fletcher or sent in Aubrey Fitch. Either one of them was a damn sight better than Halsey.

Norm Scott WON at Cape Esperance and SURVIVED it.

Halsey expedited change of command by October 18th 1942. Callaghan and Scott fought First Guadalcanal on NOVEMBER 13 in what has been described as the most savage close quarters naval fighting since the days of fighting sail.

Because that IDIOT Halsey refused to allow the US fleet to patrol west of Savo Island as Scott suggested to allow open sea room to maneuver and clear radar line of sight , and because Halsey put the inexperienced senior Callaghan in charge instead of the junior now experienced Scott, the American surface task group was denied its radar advantage amidst the clutter of the Slot, the advantage of a battle experienced commander, and the Japanese were able to blindside the Americans uising the mass of Savo Island as a radar and optical hide from which to launch one of their patented torpedo attacks. once they detected the US ships with their night optics.

Those were Halsey's direct blunders and stupid mistakes that KILLED Admiral's Callaghan and Scott that November 13th as well as some 1000 American sailors.

H.

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Brockpaine

The Shadow

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Saturday, July 12th 2008, 7:02am

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Originally posted by howardNorm Scott WON at Cape Esperance and SURVIVED it.

As I have been given to understand, Cape Esperance is called "the most tragic victory in the history of the USN." The American tactics and Scott's adherence to them were reinforced, quite wrongly, by the American victory in the battle. Bad lessons were learned and continued.

In any case, this should go to it's own thread.

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howard

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Saturday, July 12th 2008, 1:25pm

Quoted

Originally posted by Brockpaine

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Originally posted by howardNorm Scott WON at Cape Esperance and SURVIVED it.

As I have been given to understand, Cape Esperance is called "the most tragic victory in the history of the USN." The American tactics and Scott's adherence to them were reinforced, quite wrongly, by the American victory in the battle. Bad lessons were learned and continued.

In any case, this should go to it's own thread.

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howard

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Saturday, July 12th 2008, 1:26pm

Opening new thread entitled "Halsey".

My reply will be there.

H.

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Tiornu

Beginner

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Thursday, November 13th 2008, 8:39pm

RE: Saved thread - Player infos

Greetings. I'm not as interesting as Halsey...in fact, I'm hopelessly boring. My name is Richard Worth. I'm a writer, and if you dare, you can check out some of my work:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det…=glance&s=books
http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Red-Banner…26610142&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Battleship-…26610174&sr=1-1
Some people will tell you my writing is all fiction, but there is one book that actually is fiction:
http://www.amazon.com/Return-Kalevala-Ri…26610102&sr=1-1
By the way, books make great gifts. Buy a crate-ful today.

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perdedor99

Sage

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Thursday, November 13th 2008, 9:35pm

RE: Saved thread - Player infos

Already got your Fleets of WW2. Great read.

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Originally posted by Tiornu
Greetings. I'm not as interesting as Halsey...in fact, I'm hopelessly boring. My name is Richard Worth. I'm a writer, and if you dare, you can check out some of my work:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det…=glance&s=books
http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Red-Banner…26610142&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Battleship-…26610174&sr=1-1
Some people will tell you my writing is all fiction, but there is one book that actually is fiction:
http://www.amazon.com/Return-Kalevala-Ri…26610102&sr=1-1
By the way, books make great gifts. Buy a crate-ful today.

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Tiornu

Beginner

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Friday, November 14th 2008, 1:47am

RE: Saved thread - Player infos

Glad you liked it. It's out of print now, and I was thinking of publishing a trade paperback edition. Maybe next year.

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Brockpaine

The Shadow

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Friday, November 14th 2008, 2:01am

Looks like my Christmas list needs to be updated.

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thesmilingassassin

The Chosen One

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Friday, November 14th 2008, 2:23am

RE: Saved thread - Player infos

Welcome to the board Richard!

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Originally posted by perdedor99
Already got your Fleets of WW2. Great read.

Quoted

Originally posted by Tiornu
Greetings. I'm not as interesting as Halsey...in fact, I'm hopelessly boring. My name is Richard Worth. I'm a writer, and if you dare, you can check out some of my work:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det…=glance&s=books
http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Red-Banner…26610142&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Battleship-…26610174&sr=1-1
Some people will tell you my writing is all fiction, but there is one book that actually is fiction:
http://www.amazon.com/Return-Kalevala-Ri…26610102&sr=1-1
By the way, books make great gifts. Buy a crate-ful today.

Indeed, as do I! It has some very usefull tables in it too.

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Originally posted by Brockpaine
Looks like my Christmas list needs to be updated.

Me too!

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Hood

Ugly Aircraft, Inc

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Friday, November 14th 2008, 9:06am

Welcome aboard!

Its nice to see we are attracting authors to WW as well as enthusiasts.

Those look like very interesting books, I've fancied reading 'Raising the Red Banner' myself and Fleets of WWII looks useful too.

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thesmilingassassin

The Chosen One

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Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 1:07am

Bump!

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Red Admiral

Italian Stallion

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Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 6:27pm

Quite out of date by now. I'm rather older than when I first started. Currently an aerospace engineer doing cool stuff for the MoD.

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Marek Gutkowski

Professional

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Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 11:39pm

Well this is out of date...
I'm now 25

Still no website

And my spelling have improved somewhat.

Spell check(TM) thank you.

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thesmilingassassin

The Chosen One

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Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 11:45pm

I think I was 29 when this sim first started, now I'm 36! Other than that things for me are fairly unchanged. Same job, just higher on the payroll and seniority list.

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Brockpaine

The Shadow

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Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 11:48pm

I work on wastewater treatment facilities now instead of doing desktop publishing. [SIZE=1]Yup, that's right, I take care of your $#!(...[/SIZE]

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Rooijen10

Mr. Valentines Day

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Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 11:51pm

28 back then when I posted my bit. 35 right now. location and job unchanged.

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Desertfox

Ambitious Packrat

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Wednesday, December 16th 2009, 12:28am

Been 3 years I see.

Am 20.9... years old. No longer in the middle of nowhere (Chinle AZ), but still in Arizona (Prescott). Now in my 3rd year of college, dual majoring in Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering.

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BruceDuncan

Ex chaos ordo

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Monday, June 7th 2010, 11:28pm

Biography

I suppose it would be proper for me to post something here.

I live in New Jersey, USA. Recently retired from working for the US Department of Defense as a management analyst after 30+ years. Took my baccalaureate in Economics with a minor in Japanese.

I've been a student of history for most of my life, with military history being a major slice of that. I've been playing with alternate history scenarios in my mind for some forty years now, and I am enjoying the opportunity to lay them out for review.

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WesWorld