US NAVY
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US ARMY AIR FORCE
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—B‑24’s attack shipping and
harbor at Suda Bay.
FIFTH AF—P‑400’s bomb and strafe Efogi area where
Australian forces are hard pressed by the Japanese. B‑17’s and RAAF Hudsons
attack cruisers and a destroyer N of the D’Entrecasteaux Islands.
ELEVENTH AF—1 B‑24 and 1 B‑26 fly photo reconnaissance over
Agattu, Attu, and Kiska.
US ARMY
GUADALCANAL—Provisional
Battalion composed of depleted 1st Raider and 1st Parachute Battalions moves E
from Lunga Pt by sea to destroy enemy force at Tasimboko, near Taivu Pt.
Debarking E of Tasimboko, the Battalion moves W, clashing with outposts of
strong enemy force that has landed recently near Taivu Pt. Japanese holding force
is driven from Tasimboko. Raiders sustain 8 casualties and kill 27 Japanese.
Henderson-based aircraft support raiders. Japanese in Taivu Pt area constitute
main body of new assault force, smaller group of which is in vicinity of
Kokumbona.
NEW GUINEA—General Horii, with 5 reinforced Battalions in assault,
attacks 21st Brigade of Australian 7th Division on Efogi Spur, forcing 2/27th Battalion
off trail and encircling 2/14th and 2/16th Battalions.
US MARINE CORPS
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