Try Bassett’s later novel “Commander Prince, USN”. It’s about the commander of a four-piper destroyer in the U.S. Asiatic Fleet from the very beginning of the war through the Battle of the Java Sea and subsequent ABDA actions around the Dutch East Indies. An interesting book about a mostly forgotten theater and a forgotten fleet.

The wrecks of the warships sunk in those battles were war graves. Sadly and infuriatingly, they have been “salvaged” for their metal and the remains of the sailors reportedly dumped in a shallow mass grave on Java:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/22/bodies-of-second-world-war-sailors-in-java-sea-dumped-in-mass-grave

WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE VIOLENT ENOUGH TO GET THE RULING CLASS WELL AND GOOD FEARFUL FOR THEIR SAFETY.

Until such time, nothing will happen but more of the same.

THAT’S what history teaches us.

MacArthur was offered and accepted the position of chairman of the board of Remington Rand. His annual director’s fees amounted to 3x his Army pension. He and his wife lived in style on the Upper East Side.

Like Pearl Harbor, I knew my life would change, and maybe for the better. And it did.
I look on the period from 1945 to 1950 as being a very happy time. What a monumental event it was.

Here’s a short video of Honolulu celebrating.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+of+VJ+Day+cel%2cebrations+in+Honolulu&view=detail&mid=64A2C9541812FFC905D064A2C9541812FFC905D0&FORM=VIRE

2 thumbs up for your comments on Maricopa and the FBI… that’s exactly what will happen. No wonder we are all so cynical.

At what point does the level of corruption and dishonesty cause a true reckoning? Maybe a long way off. I keep thinking that if I didn’t follow the news in general, and the reporting from conservative sites, none of this would have much effect in my daily life. Most likely only as people are being shipped off to camps will it dawn on the population what has happened; and it will be too late by then.

Now look at what the top present day US generals wear; they look like Latin American tin pot military dictators with dozens of colorful pins affixed to the front of their uniforms. One would think they had single-handily defeated the Taliban in Afghanistan !!
Oops, I forgot; they executed the most disorganized, pathetic, negligent, incompetent, worst withdrawal of probably any “organized’ army in the history of the USA.
Regardless, they probably have pinned to their colorful uniforms some sort of service pin – suitably color coded – demonstrating their Afghan service.

Not sure what changed, but IMHO, it was not for the better.

Changing topics.

RE: Maricopa County, Kari Lake trial.
Here is my cynical prediction.
The judge (or is it a jury?) will rule that despite all sorts of voting irregularities, it did not change the outcome of the election. Therefore, the election results will stand.
Just one more “win” for cheating demokrats and one more sitting around with their thumbs up their ass for the republican “leadership.”

Re: the FBI and Twitter

When it’s all said and done -even if the next president and senate and house all are republican dominated – no one will be punished or held to account.
A few folks may be forced to retire (with handsome pensions, paid for by you and me) , but they will just move on to highly paid positions with the media, some university or think tank.

Everyone was allowed to take pictures at the Arizona, but all were required to maintain absolute silence for those entombed below us. No problem with any pictures on the Missouri…what an amazing vessel it is. Again, I wish Neo would allow images to be posted here.