US NAVY
PACIFIC—PBY (VP 24) recovers two man crew from Enterprise
(CV-6) TBD (VT 6) 360 miles north of Midway. Their plane had to land in the
water on 4 June; these are the last survivors of the Battle of Midway to be
recovered.
Submarine S-44
(SS-155) sinks Japanese gunboat Keijo Maru 12 miles west of Gavutu,
Solomons, 09°00'S, 160°00'E.
Japanese
submarine I-25 shells Fort Stevens, Oregon.
NORTH RUSSIA—U.S. freighter Alcoa Cadet is mined in
Kola Inlet, Murmansk, USSR, and breaks in two. Ships in the vicinity rescue the
survivors (33 merchant seamen and 10 passengers).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
INTERNATIONAL—Arnold-Portal-Towers agreement is signed. It
deals with US air commitments and provides for strong air force for BOLERO.
HALPRO—9 B‑24’s bomb Bengasi harbor after RAF Wellingtons
light the target with flares and incendiaries.
ELEVENTH AF—WD authorizes XI AF Service Command—hitherto Provisional Service
Command— which is activated at Elmendorf. It is charged with maintaining and
supplying all of the Eleventh’s bases. Weather cancels all missions except an
armed weather sortie over Kiska. Fighters fly local patrols.
US ARMY
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS—Arnold-Portal-
Towers agreement, stemming from London conference of 26 May and subsequent
discussions in Washington, is signed. This agreement, which concerns U.S. air
commitments and provides strong air force for BOLERO, is approved by U.S. Joint
Chiefs of Staff on 25 June and by Combined Chiefs of Staff on a July.
LIBYA—Tobruk falls to enemy. General Ritchie decides to
withdraw to Matruh, Egypt, and orders 13 Corps to delay enemy while 30 Corps
begins organization of the Matruh position.
US MARINE CORPS
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