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• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• USS Pompon attacked a Japanese transport south of Japan; all 3 torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Submarine Charr was launched, sponsored by Mrs. William Orkney. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USAAF again bombed the synthetic oil plant at Lüne-Merseburg in eastern Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
• British entertainer Noël Coward arrived in Ceylon aboard destroyer HMS Rapid. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Parts of Air Group 18 on board. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]

• The keel of landing ship No. 110 was laid down by Osaka Zosen. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Whale departed Majuro, Marshall Islands for her eighth war patrol; destroyer USS Cassin escorted her out to sea. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Golet departed Midway Atoll with Lieutenant James S. Clark as her new commanding officer. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

28 May 1944 Interactive Map