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To: kiryandil

“It’ll take nine months.”

“You have three days.”

And they did it, finishing up as the carrier was under way to its last battle.


11 posted on 01/18/2024 8:28:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv
And the Japanese high command was secure in the knowledge that they had sunk the Yorktown at the Coral Sea - or put her out of action for months...
19 posted on 01/18/2024 9:05:34 PM PST by kiryandil (Rocco is roccking again!!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Today it would take 90 days to do the paperwork.

And then they would say “It isn’t worth it. Sell it for scrap for ten dollars.”


33 posted on 01/18/2024 11:43:12 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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