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• USS Snook fired four torpedoes at two Japanese freighters; one hit, causing damage but not sinking the target. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• US VII Corps made limited progress toward Saint-Lô, France. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
• US Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. passed away from a heart attack in Normandy, France. ww2dbase [AC]

• Soviet Union began probing Finland for possible peace terms after the Finns successfully repulsed Soviet offensives at the Tali-Ihantala region in Finland. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Omar Bradley, his staff, and his generals met and created a preliminary plan for what was to become the Operation Cobra offensive in France. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Kamoi exited dock No. 1 and was tied to quay No. 14 at Singapore. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• A V-1 bomb hit "Beechmont House" in Sevenoaks, Kent in southern England, United Kingdom. The house was used as a billet for ATS girls that maintained army vehicles, fortunately most of the girls had left for work, nevertheless two girls were killed and 44 injured. The borough of Beckenham received two fatal hits from the flying bombs; the borough would soon become one of the hardest hit areas in South London. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | HM]

• USS Whale departed Midway Atoll. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

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