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- USS Scorpion attacked a Japanese convoy in the Mariana Islands with four torpedoes, damaging oiler Shiretoko with one hit. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Omar Bradley was promoted to the permanent rank of colonel. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Adolf Hitler officially upheld Kaiser Wilhelm II's previous decree and bestowed upon Alfried von Bohlen und Halbach the name Krupp, making him the official head of the Krupp family conglomerate Friedrich Krupp AG. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Ray departed Milne Bay, British Territory of Papua for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Shokaku returned to Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
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