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(Quote) I see what you see!
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(Quote) Well, she's Polynesian, not oriental, and she was not portrayed as a sexy tease in the book, but Mysterious? Yes. Magic Negro? Possibly.
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@NeilNjae said: (Quote) Thank you Neil! I didn't test them, like an idiot!
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(Quote) Is she a 'magic negro' you mean?
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It was bathtub booze. The torpedo juice was pure ethyl alcohol, and figured in a prank in the R&R chapter in Brisbane. Torpedo Juice wouldn't hurt anyone. The two in the conning tower incident couldn't get their hands on any torpedo juice and ac…
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(Quote) Maturity? I would just call it personal preference. I was curious how different people reacted to this deliberate lack of a single viewpoint character. I think since the 80s, there have been more and more movies and TV shows with a strong en…
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There was only one black person on the boat - the cook - who was only noted for being black in passing, when he was shot. Perhaps not enough opportunity for racism? The vast majority of cooks/stewards in the navy were black or Filippino in WWII. The…
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(Quote) No, but I can link to some! The Mako was a Gato class sub, a potent, fast, and rather comfortable sub, as subs go. Cutaway View This picture shows the profiles of several individual boats, showing the variety of individual modifications carr…
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Huh. The wife-beater was apparently trying to turn his life around at the end. He seemed to have learned his lessons and was functioning well as Exec. We don't know about his private life at the end, except that his wife divorced him and he was livi…
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The bible thumping Protestant Christian conservatives are a large and very vocal minority, in local areas a majority, but there is no majority American view. Americans are all over the place, religiously.
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(Quote) Very much so! The 1940s were the 1940s! You could go against that tide, but it was never easy.
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(Quote) Yes, and yes. Absolutely! PCs always want the best equipment and assurances that everything will work properly. I don't always do either.
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I know I am on the leading edge of the bell curve - there can never be too many details for me - so I needed to ask this.
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Harry Gilmore's romances were rather better written! Hinman's romance was the least believable thing in the book...
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(Quote) ;)
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(Quote) Huh! That very well may be!
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(Quote) Yes, absolutely! My parents told me about war bonds when I was a kid and I was astonished that such a thing existed! Why didn't they sell war bonds for Vietnam? Then those who supported the war could put their money where their mouth was. Wh…
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(Quote) :o
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(Quote) I was expecting the same thing, and was very surprised.
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(Quote) I always forget that I HAVE THE POWER MWAHAHAHAHA! ... I also forget how to use that power... Seniors! Can't live with 'em, can't... why CAN'T we just put them on ice floes and push them off?
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(Quote) Interesting point! I am familiar with Reeman/Kent's works, and you are correct that you can get a composite view of the war from many different viewpoints with his Reeman stories.
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Yes - there was the same distrust of the career navy for the wartime volunteers on the Trebuchet. That is a universal and eternal thing!
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(Quote) The US - not just its Navy - had a very strong rotational concept in place. Large parts of a submarine's crew and officers were transferred, especially after promotion. It was very rare for a captain to stay in command of the same boat more …
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(Quote) This reaction is really unfortunate, and something I half-expected. I am very familiar with this torpedo problem - it's a core concept in my submariners RPG thet the player characters have to deal with - and his emphasis is so angry that it …
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(Quote) I was specifically asking about the fund raising. The romance was expected and telegraphed flagrantly, and the book would work just as well without it.
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(Quote) Ah! I had forgotten about HMS Ulysses! I was a huge MacLean fan in high school, but haven't read any of his books in decades! HMS Ulysses was one of my favorites!
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@Ray Otis - I decided to put them up even though there was no category for them yet. Better to ask for forgiveness than fail to act. :D
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In my own published military games I strongly recommend this alternating action. As a GM, I also emphasize that good orders give a goal, and leave the means of accomplishing that goal to the interpretation of the lower unit level. This is how the or…
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(Quote) Agreed in full.