Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Damage Claimed

SAT 28 AUG 1943
Pacific
Marines (7th Defense battalion) occupy Nanumea, Ellice Islands.

Submarine Tarpon (SS-175) damages Japanese stores ship Shinsei Maru, 33°39'N, 138°28'E.

Navy PBY aircraft attacks Japanese minelayer Hoko off Buka; although the Catalina crew claims damage, the enemy auxiliary escapes unscathed.

USAAF B-25 and P-38 aircraft bomb Japanese installations in Hansa Bay region, sinking fishing vessels Owaru Maru and Seio Maru.

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