US NAVY
PACIFIC—Japanese submarine I-26 shells Estevan
Point, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Submarine S-27
(SS-132) crew reach deserted village at Constantine Harbor and inhabit it
until rescue comes (see 23 June).
ATLANTIC—U.S. freighter West Ira is torpedoed and
sunk by German submarine U-128 about 120 miles southeast of
Barbados,12°04'N, 57°35'W; one man of West Ira's merchant complement of
48 is killed, there are no casualties among the 10 man Armed Guard. Survivors
are for the most part rescued between three and five days later; the last
survivor comes ashore on 1 July at Barbados.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
UNITED STATES—General Chaney, CG ETOUSA, is recalled from
UK and will be replaced by General Eisenhower.
EIGHTH AF—General Marshall’s letter of instruction to General
Eisenhower reveals plan to integrate all US air units in UK into Eighth AF.
Broad objective of AAF in ETO is to attain ‘air supremacy over Western
Continental Europe’ in preparation for future invasion of the Continent.
FIFTH AF—B‑17’s bomb runway at Lae.
SEVENTH AF—General Hale becomes CG Seventh AF, and Col
Albert Hegenberger becomes temporary CO VII Bomber Command.
ELEVENTH AF—1 LB-30, 1 B‑17 and 7 B‑24’s take off
on a search and bombing mission over Kiska. 3 aircraft abort mission due to
weather, 3 bomb through overcast with unobserved results, and 3 others search
in vain for B‑24 lost on the preceding day.
US ARMY
UNITED STATES—President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, in a closed session in Washington, decide
upon a northwest African campaign.
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA—Maj General Willis H. Hale becomes
commander of U.S. Seventh Air Force, although Navy has operational control of
the force.
LIBYA—Axis forces, with strong artillery and close air support,
open assault on Tobruk and penetrate deeply into the fortress, destroying tanks
and artillery of British garrison. General Klopper receives permission to break
out but is unable to do so since his transport is cut off in harbor area. 30
Corps sends 7th Armored Division to relief of Tobruk garrison, but it fails to
arrive in time to assist.
USSR—Germans reach N shore of Sevastopol harbor and
continue assault on last coastal fort in N fortifications.
US MARINE CORPS
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