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• RAF bombers attacked Wuppertal, Germany with 1,900 tons of explosives. The Ruhr region city housed an I. G. Farben chemical plant and a G. & J. Jaeger ball-bearing factory. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | TH]
• The issue of the American magazine The Saturday Evening Post published on this date featured with Norman Rockwell's "Rosie the Riveter" illustration. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Yasuyo Yamasaki led a final counterattack on Attu, US Territory of Alaska; when all was nearly lost, he committed ritual suicide to avoid capture. ww2dbase [Yasuyo Yamasaki | Aleutian Islands Campaign | Attu | CPC]

• Irako arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Irako | Truk | CPC]

• Japanese and Chinese troops clashed in Hubei and Hunan Provinces, China. ww2dbase [Battle of Exi | CPC]

• Berthe Albrecht was captured by German agents in Mâcon, France. ww2dbase [Berthe Albrecht | The French Resistance | Mâcon, Bourgogne | 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 Scorpion departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Scorpion | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• Satoru Anabuki, flying Ki-43 fighter "Fubuki", shot down two British fighters over Chittagong, India (now Bangladesh), increasing his score to 44. ww2dbase [Satoru Anabuki | Chittagong | CPC]

• Zuikaku arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Zuikaku | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]

• 417th Bombardment Squadron of 25th Bombardment Group of US Army Air Forces, operating B-18 Bolo bombers, was assigned to Losey Field in Puerto Rico. ww2dbase [Losey Field | Juana Díaz | CPC]

• USS Wahoo arrived at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States for a scheduled overhaul. ww2dbase [Wahoo | Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | CPC]

29 May 1943 Interactive Map