GonzoAttacker Posted December 31, 2000 Share Posted December 31, 2000 Gentlemen, I would like to post my new historical scenario. Three months of work and no where to put it? This has been tested extensively against AI and has been won from either side. Here is General briefing: Banzai Hill October 30, 1944 30 turns Rain, Mud Allied Attack *** Use Default setup. Could be a good TCP/IP. “Send us food, ammunition, medical supplies, and radio batteries,” came the weak voice. Caught in an advance, 1st Bn., 141st, 36th ("Texas") Division, was surrounded. For five days doughs nursed scanty stocks they had carried until P-47s dropped provisions and supplies. There was little water; both Germans and Yanks fought for the nearest water hole. Some supplies were shot by base ejection shells. For six days and nights the “Lost Battalion” threw back successive attacks, conserving ammunition, killing Germans, five or more for every one of its own casualties. The men fought on, not knowing when relief would come. Then, one day . . . a bearded, grimy 141st sergeant stared down the hill waiting for another German attack. He saw something stir in the bushes, then come closer. He brought up his rifle, watched and waited as the helmeted figure crept closer. Then he dropped his rifle, yelled like a crazy man, jumped from his foxhole and raced down the slope, dancing and crying. There, he met Pfc. Matsui "Mutt" Sakumoto, 442nd Japanese American RCT. “Say,” Sakumoto asked, “do you need any cigarettes?” After an advance of a half-mile in a weeklong battle, Sakumoto ’s 442nd had lifted the siege. (Excerpted from the 36th Division's website) The 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT)'s indomitable esprit de corps became a legend of the U.S. Army in World War II. Made up of Nisei (Japanese-American citizens), it fought in Italy, Southern France, the Rhineland and Central Europe from September 1943 to May 1945. Some high-ranking U.S. officers, initially opposed to the use of Nisei troops, came to regard them as the best assault troops in the Army. The 442nd "Go for Broke" RCT was the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in American military history. The 100th Infantry Battalion of the 442nd suffered so many wounds and deaths at Monte Cassino that it was nicknamed "the Purple Heart Battalion." The Nisei GIs' service was all the more heroic because, while they were fighting for their country and freedom, their own liberties were from time to time in question. Many of their relatives were languishing in internment camps on the West Coast, and the soldiers themselves encountered racial prejudice while training at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, during their overseas service, and even after they returned to America with many battle streamers pinned to their colors. They fought in seven campaigns, made two beachhead assaults (one in gliders) and pulled off one of the most dramatic infantry rescue operations of the war: the relief of the surrounded 1st "Lost Battalion" of the 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th ("Texas") Division, near Biffontaine in the Vosges in October 1944. Many of the Texans, who had been trapped for a week, broke into sobs when the Nisei GIs reached them. There, the Japanese-Americans suffered 800 casualties. During the rescue of the Lost Battalion in the Vosges, K Company, 3rd Bn., dropped in number from 187 riflemen to 17--one of the heaviest casualty rates of any company in the war. As General Mark W. Clark, Fifth Army commander, said of the unit: "These are some of the best goddamn fighters in the U.S. Army. If you have more, send them over." General George C. Marshall, Army chief of staff, said: "They were superb; the men of the 100th/442nd took terrific casualties. They showed rare courage and tremendous fighting spirit...everybody wanted them." Said Maj. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, commander of the Sixth Army Group in Europe: "They volunteered for Army combat service, and they made a record second to none. In Europe, theirs was the combat team most feared by the enemy." Many decorations were heaped upon the 442nd. They included eight Presidential Unit Citations, one Medal of Honor, 52 Distinguished Service Crosses, one Distinguished Service Medal, 560 Silver Stars, 22 Legion of Merit Medals, 9,486 Purple Hearts and 4,000 Bronze Stars. It was the most highly decorated unit in U.S. Army history, but the cost had been terrible--an overall casualty rate of 300 percent by the end of World War II. In 1946, the nisei soldiers marched proudly through the rain along Pennsylvania Avenue to receive their final Presidential Unit Citation on the White House lawn from President Harry S. Truman, who told them, "You fought for the free nations of the world...you fought not only the enemy, you fought prejudice--and you won." (Taken from excerpts from World War II magazine) Scenario Design: Michael “Gonzo” Gonzalez General Briefing and Research: Chris Sabin [This message has been edited by GonzoAttacker (edited 12-31-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Posted January 1, 2001 Share Posted January 1, 2001 Try this website http://WWW.COMBATMISSIONS.CO.UK/ I am sure they would be happy to post. I bet others would too. Anyone who spends three months researching and playtesting one scenario deserves to see it posted somewhere. Looking forward to it. Harold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger of Toungoo Posted January 1, 2001 Share Posted January 1, 2001 Darn! Beat me to it! I was working on a scenario for that same action. Nice job!!! It's nice to finally see a scenario involving the 442nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx Posted January 2, 2001 Share Posted January 2, 2001 "Banzai Hill" is now available to d/l at the COMBAT MISSIONS site. Thanks Gonzo! ------------------ COMBAT MISSIONS - CM News, Supplies & Resources WWW.COMBATMISSIONS.CO.UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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