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• USS Gunnel ended her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Kete arrived north of Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• The Infantry Landing Ship Empire Javelin was torpedoed and sunk by the German Submarine U-772 in the English Channel. Among the passengers were 208 officers and 624 enlisted men of the main body of the newly raised US 15th Army. Most were rescued by the French frigate L'Escarmouche, but thirteen men were reported as missing in action and 20 others sustained injuries. ww2dbase [AC]

• American troops began gaining ground in their counteroffensive in the Battle of the Bulge. Adolf Hitler ordered renewed offensives in Alsace and Ardennes regions against the advice of his generals. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]

• 21st Brigade of Indian 8th Infantry Division arrived on the western end of the German Gothic Line in Toscana, Italy. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Light carrier Ryuho departed Kure, Japan for Moji, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• Kamoi departed Kure, Japan at 0715 hours and arrived off Hesaki Lighthouse at 1719 hours. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

28 Dec 1944 Interactive Map