US NAVY
PACIFIC—Tug Vireo (AT-144) is damaged by grounding,
Midway.
British
armed merchant cruiser HMS Alcantara embarks survivors from damaged U.S.
freighter George Cylmer; attempts to scuttle the freighter prove futile
and Alcantara must leave on 12 June with the American ship still
stubbornly afloat.
ATLANTIC—Brazilian tanker Santa Maria rescues the
two sailors from U.S. tanker M.F. Elliott that had been held briefly as
prisoners of war when their ship had been sunk by German submarine U-502 on
3 June.
CARIBBEAN—U.S. tanker Franklin K. Lane, en route to
Aruba, N.W.I., in convoy TA 5, is torpedoed by German submarine U-502 approximately
35 miles northeast of Cape Blanco, 11°22'N, 69°38'W. Four crewmen perish in the
attack; 31 merchant seamen and the six man Armed Guard survive to be rescued by
British destroyer HMS Churchill [ex-U.S. destroyer Herndon (DD-198)]
(see 9 June).
Coast
Guard cutter Nemesis (WPC-111) rescues the 27 survivors of U.S.
freighter Suwied, sunk by German submarine U-107 on 7 June.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS US ARMY—ETO established by
presidential directive. General Chaney is designated commander of all US forces
of ETOUSA.
ELEVENTH AF—1 LB-30 flies armed patrol over Kiska
and Umnak and discovers Japanese naval units in Kiska Harbor.
US ARMY
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA—As a
result of the successful Midway action, General MacArthur proposes to General Marshall
that a limited offensive to regain positions in Bismarck Archipelago be
undertaken.
NEW GUINEA—Small party of Americans and Australians flies
from Port Moresby to reconnoiter Milne Bay area for air base site. Such a base
would strengthen defenses of Port Moresby.
LIBYA—Indecisive fighting continues in vicinity of
Knightsbridge and Bir Hacheim. Free French, stubbornly defending Bir Hacheim,
are forced to yield some ground; their supply situation is critical.
UNITED KINGDOM—European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army
(ETOUSA) is established under command of General Chaney, superseding U.S. Army
Forces in British Isles (USAFBI).
US MARINE CORPS
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