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• The construction of the Alaska-Canadian Highway was completed; it would not be dedicated until 20 Nov 1942. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Allied convoy UCF 1, containing troops and equipment for the invasion of French North Africa, was met by carriers Ranger, Sangamon, Suwannee, Chenango, and Santee which had sailed from Bermuda. Task Force 34 now contained the full invasion force of 102 ships, carrying 35,000 American troops; the force sailed for Casablanca. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Australian troops captured Kokoda airfield in New Guinea. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Shokaku arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands for emergency repairs. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• Repair ship Akashi began repairing carrier Shokaku at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• From his headquarters in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Chester Nimitz sent Ernest King a message protesting Joseph Rochefort's removal. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• USS Whale patrolled the waters south of Bungo Channel between the islands of Shikoku and Kyushu, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• The first transport from Theresienstadt Concentration Camp in occupied Czechoslovakia arrived at Auschwitz Concentration Camp in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

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