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• The Nazi SS organization began to confiscate possessions of Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps prisoners. Currency, gold, and jewelry were sent to the SS Headquarters of the Economic Administration. Watches, clocks, and pens were sent to the troops on the front lines. Finally, clothing was distributed to German families in need. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
• US Marines attacked Japanese positions at the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands in failure. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | CPC]
• The Manhattan Project was given permission to use the highest wartime priority rating by the United States War Production Board. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | CPC]
• Soviet troops launched the Tuapse Defensive Operation in the Caucasus region of southern Russia. ww2dbase [Caucasus Campaign | CPC]
• Hans-Joachim Marseille shot down one Hurricane fighter and three Spitfire fighters near El Daba, Egypt between 0910 and 0916 hours. In his second sortie of the day, escorting Stuka dive bombers to El Hammam, Egypt, he shot down four enemy fighters between 1656 and 1710 hours. His score stood at 158 kills by the end of the day. When he returned to base, he was observed to be extremely exhausted, and his hands trembled uncontrollably. His superior Eduard Neumann grounded him for some days to give him a chance to rest. ww2dbase [Hans-Joachim Marseille | CPC]
• Kurt Fricke was awarded Grand Class of the Order of the Crown of King Zvonimir with Swords of Croatia. ww2dbase [Kurt Frike | CPC]
• Walther von Brauchitsch was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun 1st Class of Japan. ww2dbase [Walther von Brauchitsch | CPC]

• The survivors of Norwegian motor merchant Olaf Fostenes, sunk by German submarine U-380 on 18 Sep 1942, were found in two lifeboats by an aircraft in the North Atlantic. ww2dbase [Second Happy Time | HM]

• Repair ship Akashi performed repair work for destroyer Urakaze at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]

• Seaplane tender Richthofen was launched at the F. Schichau yard in Königsburg, Germany. ww2dbase [F. Schichau Königsburg | Richthofen | Königsburg, Ostpreußen | CPC]

• US 417th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron were assigned to Bluie West Eight airfield in Greenland. ww2dbase [Bluie West Eight | South Greenland | CPC]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Yokosuka, Japan for her 6th voyage with the Japanese Navy. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]

• USS S-38 departed Nouméa, New Caledonia. ww2dbase [S-38 | Nouméa | CPC]

• USS Nicholas arrived at Efate, New Hebrides and Nicholas departed the same day bound for Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [Nicholas | Port Vila, Efate | DS]

• The German troops begin another "final" attack in Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]

• British No. 12 Squadron of 1 Group Bomber Command, having arrived at the newly completed RAF Wickenby in England, United Kingdom just the previous day, conducted its first operation with Wellington bombers. ww2dbase [Wickenby, England | AC]
• Allied convoy QP-14 arrived at Loch Ewe, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Loch Ewe, Scotland | CPC]

• Bon Homme Richard was renamed Yorktown at Newport News, Virginia, United States to honor the US carrier lost at Midway. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Newport News, Virginia | DS]
• Bogue-class escort carrier USS Bogue was placed in commission at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington with Captain Giles E. Short in command. Bogue was commissioned as an Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier (ACV). ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Bogue | Bremerton, Washington | DS]

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