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Armistead · 10-10-10, 08:07 PM

Cool story.

I read a book on the Aaron Ward, an amazing ship. She shot down many planes protecting the US landing force, which is also in the game. She even spotted the damaged JP BB near Savo at dawn and was hit by it. Jap planes were eventually her undoing, but an amazing story. She had about 100 men killed in battle during these engagements.

There were several small and large engagments there from Oct. to Dec 42. Not sure how Lurker programmed these, but he got close enough.The main battle went on for 3 days, Nov12-14, with the IGN coming everynight with the big stuff. I did do battles all 3 nights. I let the last one go, damaged, and face it 235K tons is silly. I wish I would've hung around for the US BB's and watched them that night.

The 2 BB's only came in this night, so that's where the Aaron was. I can't imagine what he went through. Course my Grandfather was a gunner on the Yorktown at Midway. He was put in the dead pile, but found later. He had a terrible thick scar from his groin to his throat from surgery.
Sure miss him.

Just load RSRD and learn your history...much funner than the patrol zone. If you want great sound, load EAX mod, gives these battle some great depth. With surround sound, you would think you're in one.

10-10-10, 08:07 PM	#4
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Cool story. I read a book on the Aaron Ward, an amazing ship. She shot down many planes protecting the US landing force, which is also in the game. She even spotted the damaged JP BB near Savo at dawn and was hit by it. Jap planes were eventually her undoing, but an amazing story. She had about 100 men killed in battle during these engagements. There were several small and large engagments there from Oct. to Dec 42. Not sure how Lurker programmed these, but he got close enough.The main battle went on for 3 days, Nov12-14, with the IGN coming everynight with the big stuff. I did do battles all 3 nights. I let the last one go, damaged, and face it 235K tons is silly. I wish I would've hung around for the US BB's and watched them that night. The 2 BB's only came in this night, so that's where the Aaron was. I can't imagine what he went through. Course my Grandfather was a gunner on the Yorktown at Midway. He was put in the dead pile, but found later. He had a terrible thick scar from his groin to his throat from surgery. Sure miss him. Just load RSRD and learn your history...much funner than the patrol zone. If you want great sound, load EAX mod, gives these battle some great depth. With surround sound, you would think you're in one. Last edited by Armistead; 10-10-10 at 09:21 PM.