US NAVY
PACIFIC—PBYs (VP 23) bomb Japanese bases in Tulagi-Gavutu
area.
Survivors
(47 in number, two merchant seamen having died during the 32 day ordeal in the
25-foot lifeboat) from U.S. freighter Potlatch, torpedoed and sunk by
German submarine U-153 on 27 June, reach Great Inagua Island, Bahamas
group; their search for water will take them thence to Little Inagua, and
thence to Aklins Island. Ultimately picked up by steamship Vergermere, they
reach Nassau on 1 August.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
FIFTH AF—A‑24’s, with P‑39 escort, and RAAF aircraft attack
shipping off Gona, partially frustrating Japanese attempts to land more troops
and supplies. Japanese recapture Kokoda, which they temporarily lost the
previous day.
ELEVENTH AF—4 B‑24’s and 5 B‑17’s bomb vessels and
installations in Kiska Harbor area with unobserved results due to clouds.
US ARMY
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA—General
Harmon shifts USAFISPA CP from Suva, Fiji Islands., to Noumea, New Caledonia.
NEW GUINEA—Japanese recapture Kokoda, again forcing
defenders back to Deniki. Lull ensues as Japanese consolidate and strengthen
positions. Allied planes frustrate efforts of 2 enemy transports to unload
troops and supplies on N coast. One returns to Rabaul without unloading. The
other is disabled and subsequently sinks; troops embarked reach Giruwa by small
craft.
CHINA BURMA INDIA—General Stilwell broadens plans for
offensive with “Pacific Front” proposal calling for recapture of Burma by
Allied forces from Yunnan and Manipur.
US MARINE CORPS
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