US NAVY
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US ARMY AIR FORCE
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—Halverson Det is redesignated
Hal Bomb Squadron. B‑24’s bomb Bengasi harbor. B‑17’s hit Tobruk.
FIFTH AF—B‑17’s bomb harbor at Rabaul.
ELEVENTH AF—3 B‑17’s and 7 B‑24’s fly weather, bombing and
photo missions. Shipping is bombed- North and South Heads of Kiska are
photographed. Fighters down 1 B‑17.
US ARMY
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA—Movement
order for Operation PROVIDENCE, occupation of Buna area, New Guinea, is issued.
Serial One is to leave Port Moresby on 31 July. D Day is to be 10–12 August.
UNITED KINGDOM—General Marshall, Admiral King, and Harry Hopkins
arrive in England to urge that SLEDGEHAMMER be undertaken in 1942.
US MARINE CORPS
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