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• USS Gar ended her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Gar | CPC]
• Filipp Golikov was promoted to the rank of colonel general. ww2dbase [Filipp Golikov | CPC]
• USS Grampus completed her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Grampus | CPC]
• Bruce Fraser was made a Grand Officer of the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau. ww2dbase [Bruce Fraser | CPC]
• Destroyers USS Nicholas, USS O’Bannon, USS DeHaven, and USS Radford bombarded Japanese positions on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands at the direction of United States Marine ground forces. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | Nicholas | DS]

• USS Ranger launched 72 USAAF P-40F fighters off Casablanca, French Morocco to reinforce Allied forces fighting in North Africa. Ranger began withdrawing toward Norfolk, Virginia almost immediately. ww2dbase [Ranger | CPC]

• Japanese troops landed at Wewak, New Guinea. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 2 | Wewak | CPC]

• Parkash Singh of Indian 14th Division daringly rescued wounded comrades on the Mayu Peninsula in Burma. For his, and similar deeds on 6 Jan 1943, he was to be awarded the Victoria Cross medal. ww2dbase [Arakan | CPC]
• Satoru Anabuki, flying Ki-43 fighter "Fubuki", shot down two Hurricane fighters over Akyab (now Sittwe), Burma, his 17th and 18th victories. ww2dbase [Satoru Anabuki | Akyab | CPC]

• Repair ship Akashi began repairing destroyer Arashi at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]

• Tatsuta Maru departed Hong Kong at 1300 hours with 1,180 men aboard, including 663 Canadian prisoners of war from the Sham Sui Po prisoner of war camp. ww2dbase [Tatsuta Maru | CPC]

• USS Haddock fired 4 torpedoes at a six-ship convoy, sinking a transport 5 miles southeast of Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan with 2 hits. She was counterattacked by depth charges by aircraft. ww2dbase [Haddock | Shima, Mie | CPC]

• USS Pollack sank a Japanese cargo ship off Honshu, Japan with one of two torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Pollack | CPC]
• USS Wahoo transited Vitiaz Strait between New Guinea island and New Britain island. ww2dbase [Wahoo | Vitiaz Strait | CPC]

19 Jan 1943 Interactive Map