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• USS Bailey departed Majuro bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]

• Two companies of Chinese 88th Regiment began to attack Ritpong, Burma from the northwest while Khaki Combat Team of US 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) fired mortar rounds on the village from the south. Meanwhile, M Force (Lieutenant Colonel George McGee, Jr.) of US 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) began marching for the Kumon Mountains in Burma. ww2dbase [Battle of Myitkyina | George McGee | Ritpong | CPC]

• Patrol Boat No. 102 arrived at Bangka island, Celebes, Dutch East Indies at 1059 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | Bangka, Celebes | CPC]

• Fleet carrier USS Ranger and escort carrier USS Card departed Casablanca in French Morocco bound for New York. ww2dbase [Ranger | Card | Casablanca | DS]

• 1,500 bombers of the US 8th Air Force, including the 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh, attacked Berlin, Germany.n ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Berlin | TH]

• USS Guitarro departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Guitarro | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Composite Squadron 28 (VC-28) arrived on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]

• During the day, Anglo-Indian troops attacked Jail Hill near Kohima, India, which was repelled by Japanese troops and suffered heavy losses. To the south, the British offensive from Imphal, India into Burma was called off after lack of success. After sundown, Japanese troops attacked Tengnoupal, India and overran some Allied defensive positions. ww2dbase [Battle of Imphal-Kohima | Kohima, Assam | CPC]

• USS Permit began lifeguard duty in the Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Permit | CPC]

• Franklin Roosevelt arrived in Washington DC, United States. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | Washington | CPC]

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