Saturday, September 28, 2019

Ngesebus & Kongaruru Occupied

THU 28 SEP 1944
Pacific
Marines (3d Battalion, 5th Marines and Company "G" 2d Battalion, 5th Marines) occupy Ngesebus and Kongaruru Islands in the Palaus, covered by naval aircraft and gunfire.
Submarine Bonefish (SS-223) sinks Japanese merchant tanker Anjo Maru in South China Sea, 13°10'N, 120°08'E.

PBYs sink Japanese merchant cargo ship Tone Maru in Makassar Straits.

USAAF B-25s sink small Japanese cargo vessel Keishin Maru off Ceram.

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