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OK, my lovely #CoSoCommunity! Please help me decipher this lovely penmanship.
It's from Apr. 1944, and begins "Memo for CoS [Chief of Staff] on King's memo." I see King, Pearl Harbor fleet, & Manila.
What do you see?
@MelissaHDavis
Even if Navy had not suffered loss...
??
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This is my obsession for today.
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Even if navy had not suffered loses at Pearl Harbor fleet could not have...
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Even if navy had not suffered loses at Pearl Harbor fleet could not have ___ ___ horrible? due to ___ ___ never ___ ___ not ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (page 38)
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Even if Navy had not suffered loss at Pearl Harbor, fleet could not have got to Manilla _____ ______ _____ _____ _____ carry out _____ ______ ______ ______ (p32).
Still working on it....
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This is a good challenge!!
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Should we ask @Alfred for help?
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Even if navy had not suffered loses at Pearl Harbor fleet could not have gone to Manilla due to long ___ never ___ carry out ___ ___ and ___ ___ (page 38)
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due to lack of men ???
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Too much scribble for men I think
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Even if navy had not suffered loses at Pearl Harbor fleet could not have gone to Manilla due to long ___ never to carry out a ___ and ___ ___ (page 38)
@DianeH @sonnybillglover @LnzyHou @MelissaHDavis @ShaneArtBooks
Even if Navy had not suffered loss at Pearl Harbor, fleet could not have gone to Manila due to lack of men to carry out and support such an effort (p32).
Best guess.
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I failed completely. You are impressive!
@Mfieck @DianeH @MelissaHDavis
…to Manila due to…
Memo for COS and King's memo
Even if Navy had not suffered losses at Pearl Harbor
fleet could not have found....
Just a guess. Good idea to ask for assistance from us all. Collaborative efforts are often successful.
Impressive!
@MelissaHDavis please, someone decipher this before we lose World War II.
Also the ending: (p 36)??? Of course I could be seeing things that aren't there.... 😂
Even if Navy had not suffered losses its Pearl Harbor fleet could _not_ have got to Manila due to loss of means to carry out & support such an effort [p. 36]
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I thought my parochial cursive was difficult to read.