A naval task force departed the United Kingdom for North Africa containing the invasion force for Operation Torch. At the same time, the main Task Force, which included one of my late partners who was a naval officer, left Hampton Roads, VA and Casco Bay, ME.
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They were all bound for landing sites in North Africa.
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma took command of the Afrika Korps after George Stumme was reported missing. Stumme would be found later, dead, but without wounds, although it was learned that his car had been attacked by the British and his chief signals officer killed in the attack.
Stumme had high blood pressure and may have had a heart attack during the stressful event.
Stumme did not take the precautionary measures that Rommel did while traveling in North Africa, and may ultimately have paid for it with his life.
The Japanese launched attacks on the Lunga perimeter on Guadalcanal. The attacks were unsuccessful.
The Saturday Evening Post went to the stands with an illustration by Mead Schaeffer of an American soldier carrying a Thompson Submachine Gun, in a jungle. Starting in November, the focus of the American Press would very much switch to the war against the Germans.
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