US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine Nautilus (SS-168) torpedoes and
sinks Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Musashi Maru east of Nojimazaki,
Japan, 34°38'N, 140°08'E.
ATLANTIC—Unarmed U.S. freighter Polybius is
torpedoed by German submarine U-128 at 11°00'N, 57°30'W; ten crewmen
perish. U-128's officers briefly question the survivors before the
submarine departs. The 34 survivors are rescued over the next three days: by
Dutch steamship Dracos on 28 June; an unidentified Allied ship on the
29th, and British steamship Clarona on the 30th.
U.S.
freighter Potlatch is torpedoed by German submarine U-153 at
19°20'N, 53°18'W; six crewmen perish. Of the 39 man crew, 33 survive, as do the
16 Armed Guard sailors. U-153 briefly questions the survivors and
provides them with cigarettes before departing (see 29 July).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
HALPRO—B‑24’s bomb harbor at Tobruk during 26/27 Jun in
effort to disrupt movement of supplies.
FIFTH AF—B‑26’s bomb Lae and Salamaua.
US ARMY
UNITED STATES—By
this date the 8 enemy agents that landed on Long Island and in Florida have
been arrested. They have caused no damage. All are subsequently court martialed
and six are executed.
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA—General MacArthur completes plan,
TULSA I, for offensive to secure New Britain-New Ireland- Admiralty
Islands. area.
EGYPT—10 and 13 Corps of British Eighth Army are forced to
withdraw eastward toward El ‘Alamein when enemy infiltrates between them and
partially envelops former in Matruh area.
US MARINE CORPS
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