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Old 02-23-10, 12:16 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by Thomas Kenobi View Post
I think the absurd thing here is not the tonnage required for success, but the fact that there is a quota in the first place. Imho, in a true simulator there can be only one absolute objective: Get home alive.
That was certainly the objective of many of the US Captains during the early part of the war.

Of course, the downside was that they didn't remain in command very long.

They were quickly replaced by younger, more aggressive commander who understood that the objective of the patrol was (in the immortal words of Adm. Lockwood) "Sink enemy shipping".

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