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• USS Iowa was detached to raid Japanese shipping in the Truk, Caroline Islands area. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Cod sank a sampan by surface gunfire. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Hoe attacked a Japanese convoy with 8 torpedoes, scoring 4 hits on 2 freighters. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Wake Island departed at New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• A Japanese G4M bomber attempted to transfer six prisoners of war (including Gregory Boyington) from Rabaul in New Britain to Truk in the Caroline Islands, but the flight resulted in an emergency landing on another New Britain airfield as an Allied air raid was detected. ww2dbase [CPC]

• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched highly successful raids occurred on Truk (Chuuk), Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | DS]

• USS Seahorse arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• The Germans launched Operation Fischfang, throwing 7 divisions against the Allied beachhead at Anzio, Italy. On the same day, Harold Alexander inserted Lucian Truscott and Vyvyan Evelegh under Major General John Lucas in an attempt to alleviate Lucas' poor performance at Anzio. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH, CPC]
• Fighter-bombers attacked the already-destroyed historic Benedictine monastery atop Monte Cassino, Italy. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Alabama escorted carriers while carrier aircraft attacked Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Bergall was launched at Groton, Connecticut, United States, sponsored by Mrs. J. A. Elkins. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

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