WED 15 DEC 1943
Pacific
Naval Operating Base, Treasury Island, Solomons, is established.
TF 76 (Rear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey) lands Army troops (112th U.S. Cavalry Regiment) on Arawe Peninsula, New Britain, in Operation DIRECTOR.
Destroyer escort Harveson (DE-316) is damaged in collision with U.S. merchantman William T. Barry, 36°47'N, 74°33'W.
USAAF aircraft sink Japanese cargo ship Senko Maru in Gulf of Tonkin, 21°05'N, 108°30'E.
RAAF Beaufighters sink Japanese army cargo ship Wakatsu Maru; Dutch B-25s sink cargo ship Genmei Maru off Timor.
Saturday, December 15, 2018
N.O.B. Est'd.
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