3 Oct 1942 | World War II Database

3 Oct 1942

American SBD and TBF aircraft from Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands attacked and damaged seaplane carrier Nisshin. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
The US Army established the War Dog Reception and Training Center at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, United States. ww2dbase [CPC]

British Western Pacific Territories

Kiyoshi Ito's fighter crashed into the water in the Solomon Islands due to fuel system issues; he drifted in the ocean for five to six hours before being rescued by a destroyer. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

Russia

Heavy losses were incurred on both sides as the German 6.Armee pushed the Soviet 62nd Army back to the Volga River at Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
Boris Shaposhnikov was awarded his second Order of Lenin. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

United States

James Byrnes stepped down as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and was made the Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

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