24 Nov 1942
- During the night, Japanese bombers struck Darwin, Australia. ww2dbase [TH]
- US Marines advanced to Poho, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | CPC]
- USS Raleigh and USS Bailey arrived at Dutch Harbor, Alaska. ww2dbase [Raleigh | Bailey | DS]
- The 3rd Battalion of the "San Marco" naval infantry regiment of Italian Navy completed its transfer from Corsica, France to Tunisia. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Rabbi Stephen Wise held a press conference in Washington, DC, United States on the Nazi extermination of European Jews. The information he shared was based a telegram sent by World Jewish Congress representative Gerhart Riegner in Aug 1942. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Washington | CPC]
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