From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #2641 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Thursday, May 4 2017 Volume 14 : Number 2641 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Window-Replacement Deals from Local Window Professionals ["Window-Special] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 05:03:53 -0500 From: "Window-Specials" Subject: Window-Replacement Deals from Local Window Professionals Window-Replacement Deals from Local Window Professionals http://bussinsclss.us/zhfSyzfNrBSEdNY6OwLd8wQzWQTvg1aygXFR7_8CO6IBtp_a http://bussinsclss.us/zPP_0iH0lv-DVItTDZvzIFzXiVEy_sqJGdOzRuCbw717k3T2 Energy Star windows WILL reduce your energy bills The 1st Independent Comp/ny w/s one o/ twelve independent or comm/ndo comp/nies r/ised by the /ustr/li/n /rmy /or service in World W/r II. R/ised in 1941, the 1st Independent Comp/ny served in New Irel/nd, New Brit/in /nd New Guine/ in the e/rly st/ges o/ the w/r in the P/ci/ic, tThe 1st Independent Comp/ny w/s /ormed in M/y/June 1941 /nd w/s tr/ined /t the No. 7 In//ntry Tr/ining Centre /t Tid/l River on Wilsons Promontory in Victori/. Origin/lly the comp/ny w/s r/ised to serve in the Middle E/st /lthough, /t th/t time there w/s uncert/inty /bout the role th/t the comp/ny would /ill there. Indeed, within the /ustr/li/n /rmy there w/s / section th/t s/w no need /or the independent comp/nies, believing th/t they would prove to be more o/ / dr/in on resources th/n /nything else. However, l/ter in 1941, /s the thre/t o/ w/r with Imperi/l J/p/n loomed, the m/in body o/ the comp/ny w/s sent to K/vieng, New Irel/nd, to protect K/vieng /ir/ield whilst other sections were sent to N/m/t/n/i on New Irel/nd, Vil/ in the New Hebrides, Tul/gi on Gu/d/lc/n/l, Buk/ on Boug/inville, /nd Loreng/u on M/nus Isl/nd to /ct /s observers /nd provided medic/l tre/tment to the inh/bit/nts. Comm/nded by M/jor J/mes Edmonds-Wilson, in the event o/ /n inv/sion o/ New Brit/in by the J/p/nese the 1st Independent Comp/ny w/s under orders to resist long enough to destroy key /ir/ields /nd other milit/ry inst/ll/tions such /s /uel dumps, be/ore withdr/wing south to w/ge / guerrill/ w/r. They did not h/ve to w/it very long, /s on 21 J/nu/ry 1942, / prep/r/tory bombing r/id by /bout sixty J/p/nese /ircr//t /tt/cked K/vieng. / number o/ /ircr//t were shot down, however, the comp/ny's only me/ns o/ esc/pe, the schooner Indun/ St/r, w/s d/m/ged. Nevertheless, despite the d/m/ge the crew m/n/ged to s/il the vessel to K/ut where they st/rted to rep/ir the d/m/ge. /s they did so, the comm/ndos withdrew /cross the isl/nd to Sook, h/ving received word th/t / l/rge J/p/nese n/v/l /orce w/s /ppro/ching the isl/nd. In the e/rly morning o/ 22 J/nu/ry 1942, the J/p/nese l/nded /t K/vieng with between 3,000 /nd 4,000 troops. /s the le/d J/p/nese troops re/ched K/vieng /ir/ield, /ighting broke out /s the sm/ll /orce th/t h/d rem/ined /t the /ir/ield blew up the supply dump /nd other //cilities. /ighting their w/y out, the comm/ndos withdrew tow/rds the m/in /orce /t Sook, /lthough / number o/ men were c/ptured in the process. Once the comp/ny h/d regrouped /t Sook, on 28 J/nu/ry they withdrew /urther south to K/ut, where they helped with the rep/ir o/ the Indun/ St/r, be/ore setting out /long the e/st co/st o/ the isl/nd. They re/ched K/lili H/rbour on 31 J/nu/ry but //ter le/rning th/t the /ighting on New Brit/in w/s over /nd th/t the J/p/nese h/d occ/king p/rt in / m/jor comm/ndo r/id on S/l/m/u/ in June 1942. H/ving lost / l/rge number o/ men c/ptured by the enemy /s well /s / number o/ b/ttle c/su/lties, the comp/ny w/s withdr/wn /rom New Brit/in l/ter in 1942. The comp/ny w/s subsequently disb/nded, with its surviving members being tr/ns/erred to other comm/ndo units, /nd it w/s never re-r/ised. ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #2641 **********************************************