14 Jun 1944




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- Shokaku arrived at Guimaras. ww2dbase [Shokaku | CPC]
- American troops captured Carentan, France. ww2dbase [Normandy Campaign, Phase 1 | TH]
- USS Tunny passed through Balintang Channel, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
- Light carrier Ryuho arrived at Guimaras, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Ryuho | CPC]
- USS Ray arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]
- Finnish troops failed a counterattack against the recent Soviet offensive; Soviet troops pursued the withdrawing Finns and breached the Vammelsuu-Taipale defensive line in Finland. ww2dbase [Battle of Tali-Ihantala and Battle of Vuosalmi | CPC]
- Company commander Matthew Urban found his men pinned down by Germans in Normandie, France. With a bazooka, exposing himself to enemy fire, he destroyed two German tanks, allowing his men to counterattack and eventually overtake the Germans. He was wounded twice later on the same days and was forced to evacuate. ww2dbase [Matthew Urban | Basse-Normandie | JR]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 3 on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- Allied troops captured Orvieto, Italy. ww2dbase [Advance to the Gothic Line | Orvieto, Umbria | TH]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
- USS New Mexico bombarded Tinian, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Mariana Islands Campaign and the Great Turkey Shoot | New Mexico | Tinian | CPC]
- The US submarine Golet became missing; she was believed to be sunk by Japanese naval vessels off Honshu, Japan. ww2dbase [Golet | AC]




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