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• Weather data for 4 Oct 1944

• USS Snook completed her repairs at Saipan, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• British 2nd Airborne Brigade landed at Patras, Greece as well as Crete and other Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. ww2dbase [TH]

• USS Marcus Island arrived at Manus, Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Wasp departed Manus, Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Destroyer Yukikaze arrived at Lingga, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Landing ship No. 134 was scuttled at Iwo Jima, Japan after being damaged by stormy weather. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Kamoi departed Santa Cruz, Philippine Islands at 0745 hours, arriving at San Fernando at 1627 hours. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• K. L. Prokhorenko stepped down as GUKR SMERSH's chief in the 1st Ukrainian Front. ww2dbase [CPC]

• A German V-2 rocket hit Rockland St Mary 6 miles southeast of Norwich, England, United Kingdom. It hit the village school directly, injuring 2 adults and 34 children, and the blast damaged 23 houses nearby. It was the worst attack on the Norwich region during the war. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | CPC]

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