SAT 4 SEP 1943 Pacific
TF 76 (Rear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey) lands Australian 9th Division on Huon Peninsula near Lae, New Guinea, in Operation POSTERN. In Japanese retaliatory air strikes, infantry landing craft LCI-339 is sunk; destroyer Conyngham (DD-371) is damaged by dive bomber, 07°28'S, 147°44'E; and tank landing ships LST-471 and LST-473 are damaged by torpedo and dive bombers, 07°45'S, 148°01'E.
New Guinea Campaign: Allied Air Operations Lae-Salamaua
[Total A.A.F. puff piece, cued to the invasion coverage.]
Japanese aircraft attack four Rendova-based U.S. motor torpedo boats off Meresu Cove, damaging PT-124 and PT-125.
Submarine Albacore (SS-218) sinks Japanese gunboat Heijo Maru southwest of Ponape, Carolines, 05°25'N, 156°37'E.
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