US NAVY
GENERAL—Admiral William D. Leahy reports to President
Roosevelt as Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy.
PACIFIC—Naval Operating Base and Naval Air Facility, Dutch
Harbor, Alaska, are established.
ATLANTIC—German submarine U-66 mines the waters off
Castries, St. Lucia.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—Hal Bomb Squadron and 9th
Bomb Squadron (19 B‑24’s and 9 B‑17’s) are organized as 1st Provisional Group
under Col Harry A Halverson’s command at Lydda.
TENTH AF—3 B‑25’s bomb docks and warehouses at Chinkiang on
the Yangtze River. 4 escorting P‑40’s strafe junks on the river. This is last
CATF bombing raid of Jul.
ELEVENTH AF—General Butler moves adv HQ to Umnak. 3 B‑17’s
bomb Kiska (especially barracks) with incendiaries and demolition charges. 4 P‑38’s
try to intercept 4 fighters reported by Navy aircraft. No contact made.
US ARMY
PACIFIC—USAFIA,
largely a supply organization, is discontinued, and U.S. Army Services of
Supply, Southwest Pacific Area (USASOS SWPA) is established under command of General
Richard Marshall. GHQ SWPA moves forward in Australia from Melbourne to
Brisbane to be nearer scene of offensive. Maj General Alexander A. Vandegrift,
CG 1st Marine Division, issues tactical orders for invasion of Solomons.
CHINA BURMA INDIA—Dr. Lauchlin Currie arrives in China to discuss
U.S.-Chinese relations with Stilwell and the Chinese.
US MARINE CORPS
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