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• The planned escort carrier Woodcliff Bay was renamed Makin Island. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]

• Destroyer Yukikaze departed Truk, Caroline Islands to escort carrier Chitose and transport Irako to Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• William Donovan met with Chiang Kaishek at Chiang's home in Chongqing, China. Chiang, who had been told by Dai Li that Donovan wanted to send OSS intelligence agents into China even without Chinese authorization, told Donovan he would not tolerate such challenge to Chinese sovereignty. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Whale completed a scheduled overhaul at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]
• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: More of ACORN-22 and GROPAC-2 arrived on board. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]

• After sundown, 21st Infantry Brigade of Indian 8th Infantry Division formed a defensive line near Canadian 1st Infantry Division to allow the Canadians to launch a new offensive in the Moro River region in Italy on the following day. New Zealand troops attacked Orsogna in failure. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Italy set up a parachute school at Tradate, Lombardia, Italy. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Destroyer Yuzuki was refitted at the Ishikawa Shipyard and the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• USS Snook arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

7 Dec 1943 Interactive Map