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9. "RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships"
In response to message #8
 
   >Let's be fair.
>
>Tanking TWO nuclear bombs and sinking only due to incomplete
>pre-bombing maintenance is a pretty metal way to go.

True! And very satisfying to those of us who can't help but think, years later, that the whole business was kind of pathetically petty.

(Although those who survived Able were probably helped out somewhat by the fact that the drop was, to use the technical parlance, a wild-ass miss.)

--G.
You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!
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 Memo to the Bureau of Ships [View All] Gryphonadmin Jan-12-17 TOP
   RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Berk Jan-12-17 1
      RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships jhosmer1 Jan-12-17 2
          RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Berk Jan-12-17 4
              RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships jhosmer1 Jan-12-17 6
                  RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Gryphonadmin Jan-12-17 7
                      RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Berk Jan-12-17 8
                         RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Gryphonadmin Jan-12-17 9
                              RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Berk Jan-12-17 12
                                  RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships VoidRandom Jan-12-17 16
                              RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships jhosmer1 Jan-13-17 26
   RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships SpottedKitty Jan-12-17 3
      RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Berk Jan-12-17 5
      RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Gryphonadmin Jan-12-17 10
          RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Berk Jan-12-17 13
      RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships ebony14 Jan-16-17 28
          RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Gryphonadmin Jan-16-17 29
              RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Peter Eng Jan-17-17 30
              RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships BobSchroeck Jan-19-17 34
   RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Gryphonadmin Jan-12-17 11
      RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Peter Eng Jan-12-17 14
   RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Peter Eng Jan-12-17 15
      RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Verbena Jan-12-17 19
   RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships BeardedFerret Jan-12-17 17
      RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Berk Jan-12-17 18
          RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Gryphonadmin Jan-12-17 20
              RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Berk Jan-12-17 21
                  RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Gryphonadmin Jan-12-17 22
                      RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Berk Jan-12-17 23
                          RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Gryphonadmin Jan-12-17 24
                              RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Berk Jan-12-17 25
                                  RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Gryphonadmin Jan-15-17 27
                                      RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Berk Jan-17-17 31
                                          RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships Gryphonadmin Jan-17-17 32
                                              RE: Memo to the Bureau of Ships jhosmer1 Jan-17-17 33


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