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• Doris Miller of Pearl Harbor fame began a war bond tour in the United States. ww2dbase [Doris Miller | CPC]
• The vital French West African port of Dakar came under Allied control when the Vichy governor changed sides. ww2dbase [AC]
• Axis forces evacuated Agedabia, Libya. ww2dbase [Second Battle of El Alamein | CPC]
• German submarine U-625 sank British freighter Goolistan at 0145 hours; shortly after, U-601 sank Russian merchant ship Kuznets Lesov; all 82 people aboard the two ships were killed. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | CPC]
• Captain Charles Purcell Cecil was named the commanding officer of USS Helena, relieving Captain Gilbert Corwin Hoover. ww2dbase [Helena (St. Louis-class) | CPC]

• USS Raleigh rendezvoused with USS Bailey as escort to Dutch Harbor, Alaska. ww2dbase [Bailey | Raleigh | Unalaska, Aleutian Islands | DS]

• USS Grampus arrived at Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Grampus | CPC]

• Tenryu arrived at Rabaul, New Britain and was named the flagship of Cruiser Division 18 under Rear Admiral Mitsuharu Matsuyama. ww2dbase [Tenryu | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]

• Major General Tomitaro Horii, his chief of staff, and another staff officer died when the canoe on which they traveled aboard capsized in the Kumusi River in Australian Papua. ww2dbase [Tomitaro Horii | CPC]

• Six B-25 bombers of US 10th Air Force, escorted by 17 P-40 fighters, attacked Tianhe Airfield in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, claiming over 50 aircraft destroyed on the ground. ww2dbase [Tianhe Airfield | Guangzhou, Guangdong | CPC]

• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the German submarine facilities at Saint Nazaire, France. ww2dbase [Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | RAF Thurleigh | Saint Nazaire | DS]

• USS Sunfish departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Sunfish (Gato-class) | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: First dental office. Equipment: one portable field outfit. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]

• The "Riverside" tent area was set up 5 miles west of Ramgarh Training Center in India to house the inflow of troops. ww2dbase [Ramgarh Training Center | Ramgarh, Bengal Presidency | CPC]

• Passenger-cargo ship Tilawa was torpedoed twice by Japanese submarine I-29 and sank with 28 crew members and 252 passengers. 678 survived. ww2dbase [Tilawa | DS]

• Nachi arrived at Kakumabetsu, Paramushiro (Paramushir), Kurile Islands at 0620 hours and departed at 1400 hours. ww2dbase [Nachi | Paramushiro, Hokkaido | CPC]

• USS Honolulu departed Nouméa, New Caledonia bound for Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [Honolulu | Nouméa | DS]

• The 1219C2 fighting utility knife was adopted by the United States Marine Corps. ww2dbase [Mark 2 'KA-BAR' | CPC]
• A delegation of landowners whose property were taken over by Site X of the Manhattan Project in Tennessee, United States issued a petition of protest to the Real Estate Branch of the Ohio River Division of the US Army Corps. ww2dbase [Clinton Engineer Works | Tennessee | CPC]
• USS Ranger arrived at Norfolk, Virginia. ww2dbase [Ranger | Norfolk Navy Yard | Norfolk, Virginia | DS]

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