US NAVY
ATLANTIC—Heavy cruiser Tuscaloosa (CA-37), escorted
by destroyers Rodman (DD-456) and Emmons (DD-457) and British
destroyer HMS Onslaught, arrives at Murmansk, Russia, and disembarks men
and unloads equipment from two RAF Bomber Command squadrons that have been
transferred to North Russia. The ships depart the following day to return to
the British fleet base at Scapa Flow, Orkneys.
PACIFIC—Japanese light cruiser Yubari, accompanied
by four destroyers and supporting ships, shells Nauru Island, Gilberts, in
preparation for landings there.
Destroyer Blue
(DD-387), damaged on 22 August, is scuttled by her crew, 09°17'S, 160°02'E.
Submarine Skipjack
damages Japanese oiler Hayatomo southwest of Ambon, N.E.I., 03°52'N,
127°54'E.
PBY (VP
23) attacks (in daylight!) Japanese heavy cruiser Furutaka, Solomons.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
SIXTH AF—German sub, U-654, is sunk off Panama, 12-00N
79-56W, by aircraft of 45th Bomb Squadron.
ZONE OF THE INTERIOR—XII AFSC is activated at MacDill
Field, under Maj John L Cheesebrough.
FIFTH AF—A lone B‑17 bombs Buka Island.
ELEVENTH AF—Fog cancels photo mission.
US ARMY
USSR—German
Army Group B presses in steadily on Stalingrad, spearhead reaching the
Volga; Army Group A gains additional ground along E coast of Black Sea
and captures Elbrus.
US MARINE CORPS
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