The HMT Rohna was struck by a HS-293 guided bomb and sank, killing 481 officers men in the initial explosion and 534 who subsequently drowned. Details of the death of the 1,015 men off of the coast of North Africa were not released until after the war.
HMT Rohna.
Yank published "Jungle Mop Up" in its November 26, 1943 edition, with photographs of combat on the Islands of Arundel and Sagekasa in the New Georgia Group.
Wounded, now dead, Japanese soldier left by withdrawing comrades
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Company commander spotting artillery fire on mortar fire.
U.S. machine gun crew with M1919 machine gun.
The Red Army took Gomel, Belarus.
Medal of Honor winner and the Navy's first ace of World War Two, Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry O'Hare, failed to return from a combat mission, being a casualty of it.
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people in Turkey.
The MGM hit musical comedy Girl Crazy was released.
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