Recent content by vl100butch

GOOD GRIEF!!!!!! First, Ronald Reagan did serve, he was a Reserve officer who was diverted back to Hollywood by the Army (not his choice)....this is documented. The following is Overcome by events due to operator headspace: I thought the word was "wait" rather than "wail": NO USO tours...

This a very interesting premise. The RNN with decent submarines and doctrine to use them with torpedoes that worked.

What would the Japanese fuel situation look like after a couple of days operations around Wake?

For all the talk about the UK/NL/US problems, what about the Japanese? Everything that Gort and company has accomplished so far will make Malaya a much tougher nut to crack. Will the wheels fall off the Japanese offensives in various places because don't have the logistical capability to be...

What effect does the British war alert have on the USN? I'm going to ignore Mac because of Sutherland and Willoughby being in rectal defilade. If Hart takes the British alert seriously and implements some alert measures for the USN, can that throw a spoke in the wheel of the Japanese...

Will there be a flying squirrel recon force attached to Bullwinkle Force?

S-Boats with the Mark X aren't the newest, but can still make things difficult for the Japanese...Brereton actually getting prepared for war could make a BIG difference!

Would Walker have put up with Willoughby and Sutherland? Get rid of those two when Mac died and potentially have a chance of accurate intel.

Fester, sad to see this end, but glad to have been along for the ride. BRAVO ZULU my friend!

If I could alter history of this time period and region I'd call Mac back CONUS on 1 November 1940, taking Willoughby, Sutherland, and Brerton with him. Then "temporarily" put Wainwright in charge with specific orders to fortify Battan...among other things, get all the ammo moved out of Manila...

I like Edwin as well, he was certainly a lot more fun than a lot of Louisiana governors....the suggestion that he stay in the House and work his way up the leadership ladder is a good one...as POTUS, he'd be a disaster.

Well, Ed-wanh served in the House before being elected Governor. I could see him running for the Senate after the retirement of Russell Long. I don't think he'd translate well nationally though.

Fester, Did the Donohue's get a VA loan under the provisions of the GI Bill? He was certainly entitled.

A detonation of Little Boy would be in department of Act of God or direct intervention of an Alien Space Bat because the bomb wasn't armed until well into the flight. Fat Man would have required a similar scenario...plutonium bombs really need a specific sequence of events to detonate.

Dill is buried in Arlington National Cemetery...showing the regard and respect he was held by George Marshall.