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• USS Cod sank Japanese destroyer Karukaya and a cargo ship by torpedoes and survived a heavy depth charge barrage. ww2dbase [Cod | CPC]
• The French Resistance claimed a membership of over 100,000 and requested more military aid from the Allies. ww2dbase [The French Resistance | TH]
• Repair ship Akashi was removed from the Japanese Navy List. ww2dbase [Akashi | CPC]
• USS New Mexico arrived at Efate, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [New Mexico | CPC]

• At Tulagi, USS Honolulu received aboard two OS2U Kingfisher scout planes as replacements for her SOC Seagull aircraft. ww2dbase [Honolulu | OS2U Kingfisher | SOC Seagull | Tulagi, Solomon Islands | DS]

• Patrol Boat No. 102 departed Wasile Bay at 0904 hours and arrived at nearby Kau, Halmahera, Dutch East Indies at 1130 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | Kau, Halmahera | CPC]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: More of ARGUS-17 departed. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
• USS Haddock arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her ninth war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Haddock | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
• Battleships USS Maryland, Colorado, Washington, and California escorted by destroyers USS Mugford, Bagley, Sterett, Wilson, Shaw, Helm, Ross, and Selfridge arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii from San Francisco. ww2dbase [Colorado | Shaw | Mugford | Helm | Washington | Maryland | California | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]

• Japanese troops attacked Scraggy Hill near Imphal, India. 30 kilometers to the southwest, Bishenpur was attacked by a group of Japanese Zero fighters. ww2dbase [Battle of Imphal-Kohima | Imphal, Manipur | CPC]

• The keel of landing ship No. 136 was laid down by Kawanami Kogyo. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]

• After observing a Japanese convoy of seven ships departing Apra Harbor, Guam the day before, Gato-class submarine USS Silversides attacked 140 miles southwest of Guam. Auxiliary cable ship Okinawa Maru, gunboat No.2 Choan Maru, and collier No.18 Mikage Maru are sunk. Remainder of convoy reversed course and made for Guam. ww2dbase [Silversides | DS]
• While transiting from Funafuti, Ellice Islands to Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, USS Pringle, and USS Philip were diverted to an area about 85 miles north of their track to investigate a sighting of a possible Japanese submarine. ww2dbase [Pringle | Waller | Saufley | Philip | Renshaw | DS]

• Aleksandr Vasilevsky was wounded in the head at Sevastopol, Russia after his car drove over a mine and was evacuated to Moscow, Russia for treatment. ww2dbase [Aleksandr Vasilevsky | Sevastopol | CPC]

• Henry Arnold suffered his third heart attack. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | CPC]

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