The A-Z of ASL and WWII

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Nakajima

 

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Off Board Observer
C1.63 OFFBOARD OBSERVER

 

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Pusan

 

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Quincy CA-39 USN

 

[Psycho]

Rumanian 39th SS Waffen Grenadier Division (1st Rumanian)

 

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SF. SWORD & FIRE

 

[Hutch]

Tameichi Hara - Japanese Destroyer Captain or in traditional Japanese Hara Tameichi.
The only IJN Destroyer Captain at the start of World War II to survive the entire war.

Actions:

• Air raid against American naval base at Davao on Mindanao (Philippines), 8 December 1941, escorting aircraft carrier Ryūjō; a complete fiasco, as no American ships were found (on Amatsukaze)
• Invasion of Davao on 20 December 1941, an easy Japanese victory, as the base was already almost completely evacuated (on Amatsukaze)
• Invasion of Ambon Island, 30 January – 3 February 1942, a Japanese victory (on Amatsukaze)
• Battle of the Java Sea, 27–28 February 1942, a great Japanese victory (on Amatsukaze)
• Invasion of Christmas Island, 31 March 1942, an easy Japanese victory as British garrison surrendered without resistance (on Amatsukaze)
• Battle of Midway, 4–7 June 1942, a decisive Japanese defeat (on Amatsukaze)
• Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24–25 August 1942, a serious Japanese defeat (on Amatsukaze)
• Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942, a costly Japanese victory (on Amatsukaze)
• Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942, a costly Japanese defeat (on Amatsukaze)
• Battle of Vella Gulf, 6–7 August 1943, a crushing Japanese defeat (on Shigure)
• Battle off Horaniu, 17 August 1943, inconclusive (on Shigure)
• Battle of Vella Lavella, 6 October 1943, the last Japanese naval victory of the war (on Shigure)
• Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, 1–2 November 1943, a heavy Japanese defeat (on Shigure)
• Operation Ten-Go, 7 April 1945, escorting the Yamato, a crushing Japanese defeat (on Yahagi)

Victories:

• British oil tanker, destroyed by Amatsukaze's guns during the successful capture of the port of Davao
• SS Op Ten Noort, a Dutch hospital ship that Amatsukaze helped to capture on 28 February 1942. She escorted Op Ten Noort to Singapore where she was converted into a prisoner of war ship.[10]
• HNLMS K X, a Dutch submarine fatally damaged by Amatsukaze and the destroyer Hatsukaze on 1 March 1942. K X was scuttled the next day in harbor due to being damaged too badly to escape the increasingly hostile port of Surabaya.[11]
• USS Perch, an already crippled US submarine finished off by Amatsukaze and the destroyer Yukikaze, 3 March 1942.[11]
• USS Barton, US destroyer sunk by two torpedo hits fired by Amatsukaze during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942.
• USS Juneau, US light cruiser crippled by a torpedo from Amatsukaze, and finished off the next day by submarine I-26 as Juneau limped back to base. Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942.
• USS Selfridge, US destroyer crippled and put out of action for six months by torpedoes fired by destroyers Shigure and Samidare under Hara's command. Battle of Vella Lavella, 6–7 October 1943.

 

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Ulithi.

 

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Vella Gulf, Battle of 6-7 August, 1943

 

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Warspite

 

[Hutch]

WAVES-Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service 1942-1948, after that WAVES no longer existed, yet the obsolete acronym continued in popular and official usage until the 1970s.

Don beat me to it.

 

[Hutch]

XO-The Muscle Man for the CO's policies.

 

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Yokosuka D4Y

 

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Zeng Sheng Chinese admiral. Commanded a guerrilla force in Hong Kong.

 

[Mr Higgs]

A happy 4th of July Yanks !

 

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Black Cats a PBY reconnaissance squadron

 

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Carlson, Evans, LtCol. USMC

 

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Depth charge

 

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Ernest E. Evans Commander USN. MOH

 

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Folgore