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• USS Sunfish began her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Sunfish (Gato-class) | CPC]
• USS Bailey arrived at San Francisco Bay and moored at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]
• Submarine USS Spearfish departed her patrol area bound for Midway. ww2dbase [Spearfish | DS]
• Daniel James, Jr. was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant. ww2dbase [Daniel James | CPC]

• US Marine Corps squadron VMF-122, equipped with F4U fighters, was transferred out of Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Henderson Field | Lunga Point, Guadalcanal | CPC]

• B-25 bombers of US 14th Air Force attacked Tianhe Airfield in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. ww2dbase [Tianhe Airfield | Guangzhou, Guangdong | CPC]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of Marine Fighting Squadron 222 (VMF-222) departed. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]

• Otto Skorzeny arrived in Rome, Italy and visited Albert Kesselring at the Tusculum II villa outside of the city. ww2dbase [Otto Skorzeny | Rome | CPC]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Yokosuka, Japan for her 14th voyage with the Japanese Navy. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]

• Westfalen departed Bodø, Norway, escorted by auxiliary trawler V 5717 Fritz Homann. ww2dbase [Westfalen | Bodø, Nordland | CPC]

• Georgy Zhukov was awarded the Order of Suvorov 1st Class for the second time. ww2dbase [Georgy Zhukov | CPC]

28 Jul 1943 Interactive Map