From Wed Dec 17 12:32:14 1997
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> > I don’t remember all the details, but here is what I do recall.
> >
> > Malaria was a problem, and the German forces had exhausted their
> > supply of quinine. They did have available unprocessed cinchona,
> > which Von Letow had brewed into a drink which his troops referred to
> > as Letow Schnapps.
> >
>That experience among others during WWI encouraged German chemists to
>develop synthetic quinine – atabrine. Like dumbkopfs (or good capitalists)
>they licensed it to US drug companies in the 1930’s. Later when the Pacific
>War started it was produced in the US by the megaton. (Quinine comes from
>Indonesia, and the Japanese were not sharing.) I think it is safe to say
>that several campaigns in the South & SW Pacific could not have been fought
>without atabrine. Should note that atabrine, like quinine, suppresses the
>disease – it does not cure it. Thousands of Pacific vets suffered bouts of
>malaria for several years after the war. Their blood, in theory, would still
>not be accepted by a blood bank.
>Eric Bergerud, 531 Kains Ave, Albany CA 94706, 510-525-0930

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From Mon Dec 29 07:25:36 1997
>From: “Francis.Timothy”
>To: mahan@microwrks.com, “‘mahan@microworks.net‘”
>Subject: RE: The Reluctant Seaman
>Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 09:23:01 -0500
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>For anyone who wants an intelligent and nuanced view of Mahan and his
>writings I heartedly suggest Jon Tetsuro Sumida’s *Inventing Grand
>Strategy and Teaching Command: The Classic Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan
>Reconsidered* (Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1997).
>You can get it for $20 at 202-287-3000, ext.218.
>
>To give you an idea of the book, the preface title is *Musical
>Performance, Zen Enlightenment, and Naval Command.*
>
>Just a teaser. Read *The Influence of Seapower upon History, 1660-1783*
>with the idea that it is NOT about the rise of the Royal Navy. It will
>open your eyes to an entirely new interpretation of the book and Mahan.
>And, the best thing you can do is to ignore Chapter one.
>
>Timothy L. Francis
>Historian
>Naval Historical Center
>email address: Francis.Timothy@nhc.navy.mil
>voice: (202) 433-6802
>
> > ———-
> > From: Tom Robison[SMTP:tcrobi@mindspring.com]
> > Reply To: mahan@microworks.net
> > Sent: Saturday, December 27, 1997 2:15 AM
> > To: mahan@microwrks.com
> > Subject: The Reluctant Seaman
> >
> > “Although a brilliant naval historian and noted theorist on the
> > importance
> > of sea power to national defense, Alfred Thayer Mahan hated the sea
> > and
> > dreaded his duties as a ship’s captain.”
> >
> > That’s the lead-in to an article on the HistoryNet Page about our
> > namesake
> > A.T. Mahan. Read the full text at:
> >
> > http://www.thehistorynet.com/AmericanHistory/articles/1997/0297_text.h
> > tm
> >
> >
> > Tom Robison
> > Ossian, Indiana
> > tcrobi@mindspring.com
> >
> >
> >
> >

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From Sat Dec 27 00:16:58 1997
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>”Although a brilliant naval historian and noted theorist on the importance
>of sea power to national defense, Alfred Thayer Mahan hated the sea and
>dreaded his duties as a ship’s captain.”
>
>That’s the lead-in to an article on the HistoryNet Page about our namesake
>A.T. Mahan. Read the full text at:
>
>http://www.thehistorynet.com/AmericanHistory/articles/1997/0297_text.htm
>
>
>Tom Robison
>Ossian, Indiana
>tcrobi@mindspring.com

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From Wed Dec 24 09:43:07 1997
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> mahan@microworks.net
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>
>James

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From Wed Dec 24 10:53:34 1997
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>From: Mark Robbins
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>Merry Christmas to every one 🙂
>
>Mark Robbins
>Visit the HobbyHQ website @ http://www.208.140.66.203
>Visit the Unofficial VA-95 Green Lizard website @ http://www.
>208.140.66.203/lizard/va95main.htm

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From Tue Dec 23 21:19:14 1997
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>From: Tom Robison
>Subject: Book
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>I saw a book at the book store tonight, about the naval careers of many
>well-known actors. I thought I would remember the name of the book, and the
>authors, but of course it has left me.
>
>Anyway, if you’re interested, look for a blue dust jacket with small photos
>of many actors all around the perimiter.
>
>Merry Christmas, all.
>Tom
>
>
>Tom Robison
>Ossian, Indiana
>tcrobi@mindspring.com

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From Tue Dec 23 19:08:26 1997
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> >With apologies to non-baseball fans (and off topic).
> >
> >Steve Alvin quoted:
> >
> >”I have snatched my share of joys from the grudging hand of fate
> >as I have jogged along, but never has life held for me anything
> >quite so entrancing as baseball.”–Clarence Darrow
> >
> >Let me add another VERY meaningful quote/appriasal:
> >
> >”…Baseball is the greatest game ever invented.”–Frank Layton,
> >former head coach of the National Basketball Association’s Utah
> >Jazz in an interview on KTAR, Phoenix, AZ.
> >
>All American owe baseball and football an immense debt of gratitude. Without
>these noble sports, soccer might be popular on our country. If the American
>people begin to appreciate a game that is played for 90 minutes and OFTEN
>results in a scoreless tie, it is time to close shop. At least yacht racing
>has winners.
>Eric Bergerud, 531 Kains Ave, Albany CA 94706, 510-525-0930

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From Mon Dec 22 13:53:39 1997
>Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 12:48:36 -0800
>From: Mike Potter
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>Kevin Patience’s answer to Timothy Francis’s question:
> >
> > Merry xmas Mike,
> > Amazing how time flies, another year gone.
> > I sent a note to Tim Francis and confirmed that morse code was used by
> > key and trailing aerial using a clock code with north at 12 oclock.
> > Anything else on KBG?
> > rgds Kevin

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From Mon Dec 22 10:43:48 1997
>Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 09:41:25 -0800
>From: Mike Potter
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>Subject: Re: Destroying the Königsberg, 1914-15
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>Merry Christmas Kevin,
>
>Citing your excellent =Königsberg: A German East African Raider= as my
>primary source, I recently contributed a short account of the Königsberg
>operation to Mahan.lst, an Internet discussion list about naval history
>and events. Here is one of several replies.
>
> From your book, it seems clear that the spotters used wireless
>telegraphy as Dr Francis suggests. Have you any information about the
>electronics on the aircraft?
>
> > Does anyone have any more details on exactly how the British seaplanes
> > “spotted” for the Royal Navy? The Farman and the Caudron were early
> > planes, had they been fitted with streaming aerials or something? Did
> > they use wireless, perhaps some sort of morse code? I’ve always been
> > under the impression that aerial spotting doesn’t become reliable until
> > the 1920s.
> >
> > Timothy L. Francis
> > Historian
> > Naval Historical Center
> > email address: Francis.Timothy@nhc.navy.mil
> > voice: (202) 433-6802

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From Sun Dec 21 17:09:19 1997
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>From: “Louis R. Coatney”
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>cc: “Louis R. Coatney”
>Subject: My Fair and Positive Reception on H-Holocaust
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>The past week or so, I have been given the chance on H-Holocaust to voice
> my opinion about the need for Nazi Holocaust investigators (and survivors)
> to share whatever they can to help researchers and victims of Soviet
> atrocities in their own struggle for historical truth and justice.
>
>I’m no expert on the Nazi Holocaust and some of my questions have touched
> some of the deepest sensitivities of H-Holocaust members … some of
> whom are Survivors … but however impassioned, the responses have been
> basically fair, thoughtful, and reasoned.
>
>I feel much better about the prospects for historical truth and justice
> … for the better future *everyone* is striving for … now. Maybe
> there is hope for humanity after all.
>
>For sure people can do much more working together instead of working
> against each other.
>
>Lou Coatney, mslrc@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu

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