TUE 1 SEP 1942
Japanese Prime Minister Tojo Hideki also becomes Foreign Minister as Togo Shigenori resigns.
Tojo on trial for war crimes.
Pacific
Air Force, Pacific Fleet (Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch) is established.
Sixth Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees), the first to serve in a combat area, arrives at Guadalcanal.
USAAF B-17s bomb and damage Japanese flying boat support ship Akitsushima and destroyer Akikaze off Buka Island, Solomons.
Atlantic
PBY (VP 73) bombs and sinks German submarine U-756, 57°30'N, 29°00'W.
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Draining The Imperial Swamp
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