US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine Grayling (SS‑209) is damaged by
Japanese aerial bombs off Truk, 06°44'N, 151°25'E.
Submarine Haddock
(SS‑231) damages Japanese army cargo ship France Maru, 33°46'N,
127°28'E.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—B‑24’s hit harbors of Tobruk
and Bengasi, scoring hits on 2 vessels. Heavy rains delay British pursuit of
retreating enemy in Matruh area.
FIFTH AF—A single B‑25 attacks destroyer off S tip of New
Ireland. No hits are scored. General MacArthur arrives in Port Moresby, where
AD VON of GHQ opens to direct operation.
ELEVENTH AF—Weather airplane is forced back near Kiska.
US ARMY
GUADALCANAL—7th
Marines establishes bridgehead on E bank of Nalimbiu. 164th Infantry (-)
continues toward Koli Pt, 3d Battalion reaching it after nightfall. Aola Force
transports complete unloading operations and withdraw.
NEW GUINEA—General MacArthur arrives at Port Moresby, where
advance echelon of GHQ opens, to direct operations.
EGYPT—10 Corps, British Eighth Army, continues close
pursuit of enemy, advance elements approaching Matruh bottleneck as heavy rains
begin.
USSR—Fighting continues in Stalingrad area but on a
diminishing scale. In the Caucasus, Red Army is strongly countering enemy
efforts to reach Ordzhonikidze.
US MARINE CORPS
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