SUN 22 NOV 1942
Pacific
USAAF planes (14th Air Force) on shipping strike sink Vichy French ship Khai Dinh east of Haiphong harbor, French Indochina, 20°58'N, 106°40'E.
Atlantic
Damaged U.S. tanker Brilliant arrives at St. John's, Newfoundland, completing a 300-mile voyage under the command of the ship's junior third officer (see 18 December).
Indian Ocean
Survivors from U.S. freighter Alcoa Pathfinder, sunk the previous day by German submarine U-181, row ashore, reaching land about 12 miles north of Oro Point, whence they walk to lighthouse and to airfield. Entire 15-man Armed Guard unit survives, as do 55 of the 61-man crew and the solitary passenger.
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
More Rowing, Then Walking
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