It is amazing how people can come together, put their differences aside, forget about politics, religion, social justice and work tireless hours of the day to go off and murder their fellow man.
I kind of like how Willy Dixon put it in his song:
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Originally Posted by Dread Knot
Thanks guys!
I guess my one last caveat to the issues of harbor raiding is that a ship sitting in 40 feet of water isn't always lost forever. I'm sure to a casual observer on December 7th, 1941, all the battleships of the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor looked like goners (save maybe Pennsylvania in drydock) But by war's end they were all back in the fight, save the Arizona and the Oklahoma. (Oklahoma was initially to be salvaged too, but by the time she was righted from her capsized position in 1944, it wasn't seen as worth the effort) Incredibly, the shattered destroyers Cassin and Downes that you often see in pictures of the aftermath were pieced back together, although probably more out of pride and defiance than need.
Even the Japanese destroyer that Mush Morton broke the back of, in that shallow inlet at Wewak, was eventually beached, salvaged and put back into action. Unfortunately, the game is all or nothing and doesn't credit damage.
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