SAT 2 SEP 1944
Pacific
Submarine Finback (SS-230), while lifeguarding for Chichi Jima strike, rescues Lieutenant (j.g.) George H.W. Bush, A-V(N)*, USNR, of VT 51; Bush will eventually become the 41st President of the United States.
Submarine Guardfish (SS-217) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Shirakami Maru north of Chichi Jima, 29°48'E, 140°20'E.
British submarine HMS Sirdar sinks Japanese guardboat No.5 Kaiyo Maru off northwestern Sumatra, 03°55'N, 096°20'E; and submarine HMS Strongbow sinks Japanese army cargo ship No.1 Toso Maru off west coast of Siam, 07°57'N, 98°49'E.
TG 38.4 aircraft damage Japanese landing ship T.104 damaged by aircraft off Chichi Jima.
Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser No.2 Misago Maru is sunk by aircraft north of Mindanao.
*A-V(N) -- USNR aviation flight officers, detailed to active duty in the aeronautic organization of the Navy immediately following their completion of training and designation as naval aviators. This classification was abolished in September 1944 and replaced by one of the following: (A1), (A1)-L, (A2), (A2L), S(A1), or S(A2).
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