Posted by Tony in Mass. on November 29, 2011 at 05:59:39 from (76.118.216.103):
In Reply to: November 28th posted by Ultradog MN on November 28, 2011 at 16:49:59:
All these stories and movies etc etc... a relative, who died in the 80's was a warrant officer for years, an aid to admiral Kalbfus. He was in the 'Asiatic fleet' from the 20's till he got the job with the one star in the late 30's. They were all suspicious of the 'sneak attack', since codes were hacked into from the early 30's, and pby's and subs, blimps, coast guard weather pickets were all over every ocean. As for the 'admiral so and so and the crew of the whatever were doing this and that'- 4 things were going on- best, at sea, on regular watches, eyes open. They know a 'potential threat' was out there. Not just to look for Japanese, but to report German or Italian sightings to Canadian and British hunters. Second, in church services, much more common then than now. 3rd, shacked up with some chick on land, with no wheels to get back to base like nowdays. 4th, hung over like a !@#$% in their bunk, or crashed somewhere on deck, as long as the OD knew you were back aboard. Want to know why the ships couldn't fight back? Drink a 12 pack, go to bed on the kitchen floor, set an alarm clock- loud, and go out and.... do anything, try to start a car, turn a wrench, shoot a weapon- ain't going to happen the way you want. Guys fueling fighters and brass studying maps?.... yeah, the weekend previous. The big brains thought if the Japanese would attack, it would have been Manilla, the last week of November. Since that came and went, lets get wasted! Sometimes you don't have to be smart to get in postitions of authority.... the battleship fleet was intending to spend the winter in Australian waters for war games with commonwealth ships, like the Prince of wales and Repluse, that both sank the same way, later that day- or the next? international date line thing is confusing! You want a movie- Russ said was exactly like the prewar navy, look for 'Sand Pebbles' with Steve McQueen. That was what he did at the same time and places that was going on. When authors- or guys- say it was like this or that- 'cause they were in the navy in the 1971, or 1951, wasn't the same animal as 1921 or even 41....
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