22 Aug 1943
- USS Tunny reached Palau Islands. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
- USS Pompon arrived at Brisbane, Australia, ending her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Pompon | CPC]
- Elements of the US 2nd Marine Airdrome Battalion landed on Nukufetau, Ellice Islands. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: More of Air Group 9 departed. More of Air Group 5 departed. More of Air Group 23 departed. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) stood out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for her first combat of the war. ww2dbase [J. J. Clark | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]
- George Patton apologized to doctors and nurses who witnessed him slapping enlisted men for accused cowardice. Later in the day, Patton met entertainer Bob Hope and asked Hope to announced on the radio that Patton loved and cared for his men. ww2dbase [George Patton | Sicilia | CPC]
- German troops in Kharkov, Ukraine began evacuating after sundown. ww2dbase [Fourth Battle of Kharkov | Kharkov | TH]
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