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• USS Makin crossed the Equator. In the line cross ceremony, 800 pollywogs, including Rear Admiral Calvin Durgin and Captain William Whaley, were hazed and initiated by shellbacks who had previously crossed the line. ww2dbase [Makin Island | DS]

• USS Astoria arrived at Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Astoria (Cleveland-class) | Ulithi | CPC]
• Destroyer USS Shaw arrived at Kossol Roads, Palau Islands. ww2dbase [Shaw | Kossol Roads, Palau | DS]

• Patrol Boat No. 102 arrived at Saei District of Takao (Chinese: Zuoying District of Kaohsiung), Taiwan at 1011 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | Takao | CPC]

• USS Wasp set sail for Ulithi, Caroline Islands as US Army Air Forces took over the responsibility of providing air cover for troops operating on Leyte, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | CPC]
• USS Preston guarded carriers while the carriers launched strikes against Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Preston (Fletcher-class) | CPC]

• Karl von Le Suire was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. ww2dbase [Karl von Le Suire | CPC]
• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the oil refinery at Misburg, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Misburg | DS]

• B-24 bombers of No. 159 Squadron RAF from Kharagpur in eastern India mined the Penang Strait. ww2dbase [Penang Strait, Penang | CPC]

• Germany began V-1 and V-2 rocket attacks on Antwerp, Belgium. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 2 | Antwerp | CPC]

• Heinrich Himmler ordered the destruction of the crematoria at Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in attempt to hide evidence of mass killings. Dismantling work of Crematorium II of Auschwitz Concentration Camp began on the same day. First, the motor that pumped the air out of the gas chamber was removed and sent to Mauthausen Concentration Camp. Then, pipes were removed and sent to Gross-Rosen Concentration camp. Other equipment were removed in order and shipped into various parts of Germany. ww2dbase [Heinrich Himmler | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]

• Battleship USS Tennessee arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for an overhaul. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Tennessee | Bremerton, Washington | DS]

• US troops captured Monte Belvedere and Monte Castello 61 kilometers southwest of Bologna, Italy; a subsequent German counterattack would recapture Monte Castello. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Castello | Monte Castello, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

• A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop on New Cross High Street, London, England, United Kingdom, killing 168 shoppers. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 2 | V-Weapons Campaign | London, England | CPC]

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