21 Dec 1944
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- USS Wasp's aircraft attacked Japanese positions on Taiwan and in the Ryukyu Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USAAF pilot Donald Bryan damaged a German Ar 234 aircraft. ww2dbase [CPC]
- US forces captured Stavelot, Belgium, while the Germans surrounded Bastogne and captured St. Vith. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 42 returned to station. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]
- Italian Marshal Rodolfo Graziani and General Mario Carloni inspected troops of the 4th Alpine Division "Monte Rosa" in the Garfagnana area of Toscana, Italy. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Whale attacked a Japanese trawler in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan; all 4 torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Preston guarded carriers while the carriers launched strikes against Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Henry Arnold was promoted to the temporary rank of General of the Army. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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