Mixed feelings

GoldenRivet · 01-02-15, 01:50 AM

I'm proud to report that my last patrol resulted in a considerable amount of tonnage.

Unfortunately, according to SH3 Commander, the majority of the cargo being sunk to the bottom of the sea was Tobacco, Coffee and Wine/Spirits

Damn!

Aktungbby · 01-02-15, 02:56 AM

Actually those were war commodities of the highest order! My father, flying B-29's off Tinian, after transferring out of a chemical weapons unit (his chemical engineering degree) where his duty was on a one-way hike up the beach with a flame thrower-prime targets for Jap snipers. None of his classmates survived. He then went to work making and developing instant coffee and tea for c-rations (an army travels on its stomach); such that, when called back to duty as a LT for Korea in B-29's-now cannon fodder for MIG's- his importance to the war effort was deemed so vital in 1950, that his services were retained by his employer as vital to the war effort under section blah blah blah US DEPT of Commerce (I've got the docs): get your cojones in gear and create Subsim's 2015 thread-of- the-year winner which was accomplished-1951!

And of course, good American cigarettes were the economy backbone of any POW camp and the wartime black market: http://bkmarcus.com/cache/pow/ (req reading to any student of WWII: I wrote a paper on this in economics). So don't believe it! You are destroying vital commodities and prevented the wicked BILGE from winning the Best of Subsim Thread award by your devoted service to the Fatherland....er my fatherland too!!

http://www.stripes.com/news/former-paratrooper-recalls-wwii-incident-that-led-to-beer-fame-1.254178

Foggy · 01-02-15, 02:56 AM

You should have seized that cargo for the Fatherland!

Aktungbby · 01-02-15, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Foggy

You should have seized that cargo for the Fatherland!

Indeed: vital to moral on both sides; they're smoking American cigarettes-Battle of the Bulge

GoldenRivet · 01-02-15, 03:15 AM

Several crates of cigars, wine, champagne, liquors and a mound of coffee beans would have looked good in the stern torpedo room

Jimbuna · 01-02-15, 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

Several crates of cigars, wine, champagne, liquors and a mound of coffee beans would have looked good in the stern torpedo room

Even more so in my garage

RConch · 01-02-15, 09:13 AM

Great one-liner!

Sailor Steve · 01-02-15, 09:48 AM

Look at the bright side. Denying those items to the enemy can't be good for his morale.

01-02-15, 01:50 AM	#1
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Mixed feelings I'm proud to report that my last patrol resulted in a considerable amount of tonnage. Unfortunately, according to SH3 Commander, the majority of the cargo being sunk to the bottom of the sea was Tobacco, Coffee and Wine/Spirits Damn! __________________

01-02-15, 02:56 AM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,017 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	a broadening of perspective here Actually those were war commodities of the highest order! My father, flying B-29's off Tinian, after transferring out of a chemical weapons unit (his chemical engineering degree) where his duty was on a one-way hike up the beach with a flame thrower-prime targets for Jap snipers. None of his classmates survived. He then went to work making and developing instant coffee and tea for c-rations (an army travels on its stomach); such that, when called back to duty as a LT for Korea in B-29's-now cannon fodder for MIG's- his importance to the war effort was deemed so vital in 1950, that his services were retained by his employer as vital to the war effort under section blah blah blah US DEPT of Commerce (I've got the docs): get your cojones in gear and create Subsim's 2015 thread-of- the-year winner which was accomplished-1951! And of course, good American cigarettes were the economy *backbone* of any POW camp and the wartime black market: http://bkmarcus.com/cache/pow/ (req reading to any student of WWII: I wrote a paper on this in economics). So don't believe it! You are destroying vital commodities and prevented the wicked BILGE from winning the Best of Subsim Thread award by your devoted service to the Fatherland....er my fatherland too!!http://www.stripes.com/news/former-paratrooper-recalls-wwii-incident-that-led-to-beer-fame-1.254178 __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

01-02-15, 03:15 AM	#5
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Several crates of cigars, wine, champagne, liquors and a mound of coffee beans would have looked good in the stern torpedo room __________________

01-02-15, 09:13 AM	#7
RConch Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 619 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	Great one-liner! __________________ "Noch und Noch" Prowling the Nord Atlantik with GWX 3.0.

01-02-15, 09:48 AM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Look at the bright side. Denying those items to the enemy can't be good for his morale. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-02-15, 02:56 AM	#3
Foggy Loader Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Central CA Posts: 88 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	You should have seized that cargo for the Fatherland!