28 Oct 1942


- 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 [Operation Torch | CPC]
- Australian troops captured Kokoda airfield in New Guinea. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 2 | CPC]
- Arturo Riccardi was promoted to the rank of full admiral. ww2dbase [Arturo Riccardi | CPC]
- Shokaku arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands for emergency repairs. ww2dbase [Shokaku | Truk | CPC]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Truk | CPC]
- Repair ship Akashi began repairing carrier Shokaku at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]
- From his headquarters in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Chester Nimitz sent Ernest King a message protesting Joseph Rochefort's removal. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Chester Nimitz | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- USS Whale patrolled the waters south of Bungo Channel between the islands of Shikoku and Kyushu, Japan. ww2dbase [Whale | CPC]
- Destroyer USS Shaw transferred survivors of USS Porter to battleship USS South Dakota while en route Efate in the New Hebrides. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | South Dakota | Shaw | DS]
- The first transport from Theresienstadt Concentration Camp in occupied Czechoslovakia arrived at Auschwitz Concentration Camp in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]



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