US NAVY
ATLANTIC—German submarine U-87 mines the waters off
Boston; U-373 the waters off Delaware Bay (see 24 June).
Unarmed
U.S. tanker F.W. Abrams, en route to New York from Aruba, blunders into
minefield off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and fouls two mines, at 34°55'N,
75°50'W. Her 36 man crew abandons ship and reaches shore near Morehead City,
North Carolina. Salvage tug Relief attempts salvage (see 15 June).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
ELEVENTH AF—The Eleventh strikes at Kiska for the first
time. 5 B‑24’s and 5 B‑17’s from Cold Bay load bombs at Umnak and hit Kiska
harbor installations and shipping targets. Low-altitude runs score near misses
on 2 cruisers and a destroyer. AA downs a B‑24. The other B‑24’s are pursued by
4 fighters back to Umnak where US fighters drive them off. Navy airplanes
discover Japanese landing at Attu.
ZONE OF THE INTERIOR—Aircraft and crews of 97th Bomb Group,
deployed temporarily to W coast, are ordered back to New England for movement
to UK.
US ARMY
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS—U.S.
and Great Britain make simultaneous announcements of mutual-aid agreement with
Soviet Union. The agreement permits USSR to repay lend-lease debts in kind rather
than in cash.
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS—Upon discovering enemy on Kiska, Allied
aircraft begin series of long-range, small-scale attacks on the island,
striking as often as the difficult weather conditions permit, in an effort to
weaken enemy by attrition. Attu is beyond range of aircraft.
CHINA—Advance Section 3, under SOS, is activated in China.
LIBYA—Exploiting capture of Bir Hacheim, Axis forces surge
northward toward El Adem, which protects south approach to Tobruk.
US MARINE CORPS
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