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• The British government announced the establishment of the Council of Freedom in Denmark. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Three officers and 23 men of GROPAC-5 departed. More of ARGUS-15 arrived on board. Air Group 6 arrived on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) escorted by destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Taylor, USS LaVallette, USS Bullard, and USS Kidd entered Pearl Harbor where Yorktown began a month of air training operations in the Hawaiian Islands. ww2dbase [J. J. Clark | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Nicholas | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]
• USS Portland entered Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for drydocking and repairs to her rudder and propellers. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Portland | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]

• Canadian troops captured San Leonardo, Italy. US and British troops captured the surroundings of Monte Camino to the west. ww2dbase [Advance to the Gustav Line | CPC]

• Destroyer USS Saufley arrived at Nouméa, New Caledonia, refueled, and departed bound for Sydney, Australia. ww2dbase [Saufley | Nouméa | DS]

• Allied convoy RA-54B arrived at Loch Ewe, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Loch Ewe, Scotland | CPC]

• Gato-class submarine USS Silversides departed Midway for her assigned patrol area. ww2dbase [Silversides | Midway | DS]

9 Dec 1943 Interactive Map