U.S. Navy Patrol Squadron 14 arrived in Oahu.
The United States Army occupied Dutch Guiana (Surinam), which is now Suriname.
Today the country is a South American republic we frankly hardly ever think of, which all in all may generally be a good thing. At this point in history, however, it was a Dutch colony, which it had been since the 1600s. During the war, the Dutch government reconsidered its status, and it obtained a type of dominion status in 1954, and full independence in 1975.
The US had been concerned about its bauxite deposits prior to this date, not wanting them to fall to the Axis, although exporting bauxite from northern South America to Germany would have been impossible. The occupation did secure them for the Allies, however.
This time is noted here:
Today in World War II History—November 23, 1941
Also noted there, trucks were now crossing Lake Lagoda, having followed a horse-drawn mission of the day prior.
The British were thrown back at Sidi Rezegh in the desert.
A bomb went off outside the U.S. Consulate in occupied Saigon, although there were no injuries. Shades of things to come.
A large fire damaged parts of Seward Alaska.
