7 Jun 1943

- USS Tunny was attacked by a Japanese float biplane and later by a destroyer; none caused any damage. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
- The Japanese began a renewed air offensive against Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | CPC]
- HMS Cumberland sailed from Iceland to Spitzbergen, Norway. ww2dbase [Cumberland | DS]
- Chinese 3rd Division wiped out the headquarters element of the Japanese 13th Division in the Hubei-Hunan border region in China. ww2dbase [Battle of Exi | CPC]
- Dutch prisoners of war were transferred out of the Oflag IV-C camp at Colditz Castle in Germany for the camp at Stanislau in Ukraine; it had been decided in the previous month at Oflag IV-C was to house US and British prisoners only. ww2dbase [Colditz Castle | Colditz, Sachsen | CPC]
- USS Harder departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Harder | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- Submarine USS Saury suffered a casualty to her No. 4 main engine and was unable to make repairs. ww2dbase [Saury | DS]
- Joseph Rochefort was ordered to travel from San Francisco, California, United States to Washington DC, United States for a new assignment. ww2dbase [Joseph Rochefort | San Francisco, California | CPC]
- Submarine USS Spearfish stopped briefly at Johnston Island to top off her fuel tanks before resuming her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Spearfish | Johnston Island | DS]


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