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• Denver was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Japanese cruisers bombarded Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. During the day, US Marine Aircraft Group 14 under Lieutenant Colonel Albert Cooley relieved Marine Aircraft Group 23 as the unit in charge of maintaining Henderson Field. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• Repair ship Akashi completed the repair work for destroyer Minegumo at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• Sun Du was named the deputy commanding officer of the 1st Army. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• US Navy radio intelligence officer Joseph Rochefort, serving in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, received a telegraph from his wife noting that Rochefort's father had passed away in California, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• The entire staff of the Soviet 339th Infantry Regiment was wiped out by German air attacks at Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

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