9 Dec 1943


- The British government announced the establishment of the Council of Freedom in Denmark. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Three officers and 23 men of GROPAC-5 departed. More of ARGUS-15 arrived on board. Air Group 6 arrived on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) entered Pearl Harbor and began a month of air training operations in the Hawaiian Islands ww2dbase [J. J. Clark | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]
- USS Portland entered Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for drydocking and repairs to her rudder and propellers. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Portland | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]
- Canadian troops captured San Leonardo, Italy. US and British troops captured the surroundings of Monte Camino to the west. ww2dbase [Advance to the Gustav Line | CPC]
- Allied convoy RA-54B arrived at Loch Ewe, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Loch Ewe, Scotland | CPC]



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