US NAVY
PACIFIC—Amphibious Force, South Pacific Area (Rear Admiral
Richmond K. Turner) is established.
NORTH RUSSIA—British minesweeper and escort vessel rescue
22 survivors from U.S. freighter Honomu, sunk on 5 July (see 22 July).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
INTERNATIONAL—Hopkins, General Marshall, Admiral King,
Churchill, and British COS begin conference in London on proposed invasion of N
Africa (TORCH) .
TENTH AF—3 B‑25’s from Kweilin bomb Tien Ho airfield.
ELEVENTH AF—A B‑17 flying weather and photo reconnaissance
over Kiska crashes on Umnak Island.
US ARMY
USSR—Continuing southward on broad front, Germans take
Voroshilovgrad, coal and coke center of Donets basin, and to SE reach the Don
at Tsimlyansk.
US MARINE CORPS
Amphibious Force, South Pacific Area, is established under
command of Rear Admiral Turner.
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