US NAVY
PACIFIC—Carrier Saratoga (CV-3) in TF 11 (Rear
Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch) makes rendezvous with TF 16 and transfers planes to
bring carriers Enterprise (CV-6) and Hornet (CV-8) up to
strength.
ATLANTIC—U.S. tanker Hagan, en route to Havana,
Cuba, is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-157 at
22°00'N,77°30'W. Six of the 35 man merchant complement perish in the attack,
but all nine Armed Guard sailors survive. The survivors reach the Cuban coast
by lifeboat the following day.
CARIBBEAN—Unarmed U.S. freighter American, en route
to New Orleans, Louisiana, is torpedoed by German submarine U-157 at 17°58'N,
84°28'W. Three of the 41 man crew perish in the initial explosion. Steamship Kent
rescues the 38 survivors, one of whom dies of his wounds, and transports
them to Cristobal, C.Z.
British
motor vessel Ardenvour is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-68;
among the souls on board are the13 merchant seamen and four Armed Guard
sailors who have already survived the loss of their ship, U.S. freighter
Velma Lykes on 4 June. They survive the loss of a second ship less than a
week after the first.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
EIGHTH AF—Main part of ground echelon, including ground
echelons of 97th Bomb, 1st and 31st Fighter, 60th Transport, and 5th Air Depot Groups,
and service units arrive in UK aboard Queen Elizabeth.
FIFTH AF—B‑17’s bomb aircraft and buildings at Rabaul.
ELEVENTH AF—Local patrol is flown at Umnak.
US ARMY
CHINA—Chinese
withdraw from Chuhsien, Chekiang Province, after 4 days of hard fighting.
LIBYA—General Ritchie orders evacuation of the isolated Bir
Hacheim position and Free French 1st Brigade, assisted by 7th Armored Division,
withdraws during night 10–11.
USSR—German Army Group South continues assault on
Sevastopol in the Crimea, making slow progress against Red Army strongpoints;
opens limited offensive NE of Kharkov to improve positions.
US MARINE CORPS
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