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  1. R Leonard

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    31 May 1945 – PB4Ys from VPB-102 are credited with 2 F1M near Arai, Honshu; and from VPB-123 with 1 Ki-84 near Soan-Do, Korea.
     
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    June 1, 1940
    -Minor Landing and Base Defense Exercise at San Clemente Island, begun on 25 May, concludes; for the first time one of the newly organized USMC Defense Battalions carries out the mission of defending an advanced base against a landing force supported by aircraft and ships.

    June 1, 1942
    -In the Indian Ocean, a small reconnaissance seaplane from Japanese submarine I-10 reconnoiters Diego Suarez for the third consecutive day.

    June 1, 1943
    -Submarine Trigger (SS-237) sinks Japanese merchant collier Noborikawa Maru off Kominato, southern Honshu.

    June 1, 1944
    -Submarine Narwhal (SS-167) lands men and supplies on southwest coast of Mindanao.
    -Submarine Herring (SS-233) continues attacks against Japanese shipping in the Kurils, sinking transport Iwaki Maru [the lone surviving ship of convoy NE attacked the previous day by Herring and Barb (SS-220)] and merchant cargo ship Hiburi Maru off Matsuwa Island, but is sunk by shore battery (Guards Division 52, Matsuwa Detachment).
    -Submarine Pintado (SS-387) sinks Japanese transport T_h_ Maru about 250 miles northwest of Saipan and damages transport Kinshu Maru.
    -Big harbor tug Shahaka (YTB-368) sinks after collision with Section "A" of advance base section dock ABSD-2, about midway between the coast of California and the Hawaiian Islands.

    June 1, 1945
    -Naval Air Facility, Peleliu Island Palau Islands, is established.
    -Naval Air Base, Tarawa, is disestablished.
    -USAAF B-29s (458 strong) bomb Osaka; in the course of the raid on that Japanese port city, the B-29s damage army cargo ships Yamazono Maru, Shinwao Maru, and army tankers Shunsho Maru and Eijun Maru, and merchant cargo ships No.2 Kimagayo Maru, Daito Maru, Hokuju Maru, Denshin Maru, Biyo Maru, Tonegawa Maru, and merchant tankers Ohyama Maru and Encho Maru.
    -Mines laid by USAAF B-29s (20th Bomber Command) sink Japanese army cargo ship Seishu Maru off Shodo Jima, and merchant cargo ships Abukamagawa Maru and No.7 Kenkon Maru and Meitei Maru off Shimonoseki, merchant tanker Yoko Maru, merchant cargo ship Myosei Maru in Shimonoseki Strait; and damage merchant cargo ship Kishun Maru north by east of Mojizaki light, Goko Maru northwest of Wakamatsu, Unten Maru west of Seto, Inland Sea, and Shinano Maru outside Fushiki harbor, and cargo vessel Shinju Maru, and No.1 ToyoMaru at entrance of Shimonoseki Strait.
    -Submarine chaser PC-1599 is damaged by grounding off Okinawa.
    -British submarine HMS Tiptoe sinks Japanese cargo ship Tobi Maru off Matasiri Island.
     
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    June 2, 1941
    -Japan recalls its merchant ships from Atlantic Ocean and calls up more than one million army conscripts.

    June 2, 1942
    -TF 17 (Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher) and TF 16 (Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance) rendezvous about 350 miles northeast of Midway; Rear Admiral Fletcher is officer in tactical command of a force that consists of three carriers, seven heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, 16 destroyers, and two oilers. After fueling, the task force will detach the oilers and prepare for battle. As part of the pre-battle disposition, 25 fleet submarines (Rear Admiral Robert H. English) are deployed around Midway.
    -In the Indian Ocean, the Japanese merchant cargo ship Kofuku Maru is sunk by mine off Rangoon, Burma.

    June 2, 1943
    -In the Indian Ocean, the U.S. freighter Montanan is torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-27 off the Arabian coast. Six of the 42-man merchant complement and two of the 23-man Armed Guard are lost. Dhow Naranpasha comes across one boatload of survivors and transfers them to Indian Navy trawler RINS Baroda, which eventually transports them to Port Okah, India; the remaining three boatloads of survivors reach shore on Masirah Island, off Oman.

    June 2, 1944
    -Submarine Guitarro (SS-363), in attack on two Japanese warships carrying out an antisubmarine sweep east of Formosa, torpedoes escort vessel Awaji near Yasho Island.
    -Submarine Picuda (SS-382) attacks Japanese Moji-to-Singapore convoy, sinking escort vessel Awaji. As the convoy takes evasive action, however, cargo vessel Arimasan Maru accidentally rams Shinshu Maru's stern, setting off depth charges stowed there and damaging Shinshu Maru.
    -Submarine Shark (SS-314) attacks Japanese convoy, sinking transport No.2 Chiyo Maru about 600 miles northwest of Saipan.

    June 2, 1945
    -TF 38 (Vice Admiral John S. McCain) bombs airfields in southern Kyushu, Japan; attack is repeated on 3 June.
    -Submarine Tench (SS-417) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Mikamasan Maru southeast of Shiriyazaki.
    -Mines laid by USAAF B-29s (20th Bomber Command) damage Japanese cargo ships Nissho Maru two kilometers north of Tateishisakiand 3 Yubari Maru west of the mouth of Kammon Strait, Kashima Maru, Katsura Maru between Yoshi Jima and Sanakai Jima, and No.1 Toyo Maru at entrance of Shimonoseki Strait.
    -Japanese cargo vessel Kojin Maru is sunk, cause unspecified, near Rabaul.
    -Army coastal cargo vessel FS 34 reports to District Coast Guard Officer, Ketchikan, Alaska, for temporary duty. FS 34 will operate out of Dutch Harbor under the Coast Guard for a four-month period, transporting construction materials, fuel, supplies and workers to expedite the building of direction finder stations on the islands of St. Paul, Unimak, and St. George.
     
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    1 June 1945 – An F6F from VF-25 shoots down a Ki-46 off Miyako, northeast Honshu. A PB4Y from VPB-111 accounts for a Ki-43 near Singapore.

    2 June 1945 – F4Us from VF-85 are credited with 1 Ki-43 and 1 J2M near Ibusuki, Kagoshima Bay, Kyushu
     
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    June 3, 1942
    -In the preliminaries for the Battle of Midway, Midway-based aircraft locate and attack Japanese transports in the Second Fleet Escort Force about 600 miles west of Midway Island. USAAF B-17s inflict no damage. Four PBYs set out to attack the approaching Occupation Force. Japanese forces bearing down on Midway are under the personal direction of Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, Commander in Chief Combined Fleet, who wears his flag in battleship Yamato.
    As part of the overall Midway plan, Japanese Second Strike Force (Rear Admiral Kakuta Kikuji) bombs Dutch Harbor, Alaska; planes from carriers Ryujo and Junyo carry out the attack. In an event whose importance will only becomes clear later, one Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 0 carrier fighter from Ryujo's air group, most likely damaged by antiaircraft fire over Dutch Harbor, makes an emergency landing on Akutan Island. The pilot, however, is fooled by the flat surface upon which he is landing; it turns out to be a bog and the Zero flips over, killing the pilot.
    -Coastal minesweeper Bunting (AMc-7) is sunk in collision with submarine chaser PC-569, San Francisco Bay, California.

    Jume 3, 1943
    -Submarine Tambor (SS-198) sinks Japanese transport/cargo ship Eika Maru (ex-Portuguese Wing Wah) in South China Sea.

    June 3, 1944
    -Destroyer Reid (DD-369) is damaged by dive bomber off western New Guinea.
    -In operations against Japanese shipping off New Guinea, a PBY (VPB 52) damages torpedo boat Kiji 23 miles northwest of Manokwari; USAAF A-20s sink fishing boat No.96 Banshu Maru west of Manokwari.

    June 3, 1945
    -Naval task group (Rear Admiral Lawrence F. Reifsnider) lands Marines on Iheya Jima, Ryukyus.
    -Off Okinawa, kamikazes damage cargo ship Allegan (AK-225) and large infantry landing craft LCI(L) 90.
    -Submarine Blueback (SS-326) sinks unnamed Japanese merchant fishing boat.
    -Submarine Segundo (SS-398) sinks Japanese merchantman No.94 Anto Maru off Jinsen, Korea.
    -Mines laid by USAAF B-29s (20th Bomber Command) sink Japanese naval vessel No.15 Hakutetsu Maru in Inland Sea, army cargo ship Taiei Maru, 3.7 kilometers off Motoyama light, merchant cargo ships Osara Maru off Motoyama Bay, Konei Maru outside Karatsu harbor and Momo Maru, and damage minelayer Tokiwa two kilometers off Bakuchizaki, and merchant cargo ship Erimo Maru off Hime Jima light.
    -Japanese ship No.6 Tankai Maru is sunk by aircraft, Hitakata, Ibaraki prefecture.
    -Japanese merchant cargo ship Anri Maru is damaged by aircraft.
    -Japanese merchant cargo ship Anjo Maru is damaged by aircraft off Pusan, Korea.
    -Destroyer Porter (DD-800), operating with TF 92, is damaged in collision with U.S. Army cable ship Silverado, the latter being convoyed by escort vessel PCE-893, off Kuluk Bay, Adak, Alaska, in "extremely poor" visibility conditions.
     
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    3 June 1944 – A VB-108 PB4Y is credited with a J1N1 north of Pohnpei, Caroline Islands.
    3 June 1945 – F4Us from VBF-85 bring down 1 A6M and 3 Ki-61 in the vicinity of Kagoshima. F6Fs from VF-9 are credited with 1 A6M and 1 Ki-84 southeast of Kanoya Airfield. VC-97, in FM-2s, account for 1 Ki-43 on the southeast coast of Kume Shima. Two PB4Ys from VPB-123 shoot down an F1M2 near Geomun in the Korean Archipelago. A PBM from VH-3 dispatches a D3A southeast of Sedake, Okinawa.
     
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    June 4, 1942
    Ok sports fans...this is the start of the battle that fueled my desire to learn everything I could about the Pacific Theater of World War II when I was just 9 years old and remains my all time favorite.
    Battle of Midway opens as PBYs attack Occupation Force northwest of Midway; one PBY (VP 24) torpedoes fleet tanker Akebono Maru.
    Carrier bombers and attack planes, supported by fighters, from Japanese carriers Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu bomb Midway Island installations. Although defending USMC F2As and F4Fs (VMF 221) suffer disastrous losses, damage to facilities on Midway is comparatively slight. Motor torpedo boat PT-25 is damaged by strafing, Midway lagoon.
    Japanese carrier fighters and antiaircraft fire annihilates the USMC SBDs and SB2Us (VMSB 241), Navy TBFs (VT 8 detachment), and USAAF torpedo-carrying B-26s sent out to attack the Japanese carriers. USAAF B-17s likewise bomb the Japanese carrier force without success.
    TBDs (VT 8, VT 6, VT 3) from American carrier striking force (Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, officer in tactical command) from Hornet (CV-8), Enterprise (CV-6), and Yorktown (CV-5) attack the enemy carriers. Although mauled by the defending combat air patrol (only VT 3 has fighter cover) and antiaircraft fire, they draw off the former and leave the skies open for SBDs from Enterprise and Yorktown. SBDs from Enterprise (VB 6, VS 6) bomb and sink carrier Kaga and bomb Akagi (Vice Admiral Nagumo's flagship); SBDs from Yorktown (VB 3) bomb and sink carrier Soryu. Submarine Nautilus (SS-168) torpedoes carrier Kaga but her "fish" do not explode. The one carrier that escapes destruction that morning, Hiryu, launches dive bombers that bomb and temporarily disable Yorktown, forcing Rear Admiral Fletcher to transfer his flag to heavy cruiser Astoria (CA-34) and turn over tactical command to Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance. Before SBDs from Enterprise (VS 6, joined by VB 3 which is unable to operate from the immobilized Yorktown) can inflict mortal damage upon Hiryu, though, the Japanese carrier launches torpedo planes that stop Yorktown a second time and force her abandonment. Ultimately, destruction of his carrier force compels Admiral Yamamoto to abandon Midway invasion plans, and the Japanese Fleet retires westward. Japanese destroyers rescue U.S. naval aviators: Arashi picks up a TBD pilot (VT 3); Makigumo picks up an SBD crew (VS 6). After interrogation, all three Americans are subsequently murdered. One TBD pilot (Ensign George Gay of VT 8), however, escapes detection and recovery by the enemy. He is rescued subsequently by a PBY.
    -British submarine HMS Trusty sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Toyohashi Maru in Strait of Malacca.

    June 4, 1943
    -Submarine Silversidess (SS-236) lays mines in Steffan Strait between New Hanover and New Ireland.
    -Submarine chaser PC-496 is sunk by mine.

    June 4, 1944
    -Japanese horizontal bombers attack Allied cruiser and destroyer forces TF 74 and TF 75 (Rear Admiral Victor A.C. Crutchley, RN) off Biak, New Guinea, damaging light cruisers Nashville (CL-43) and Phoenix (CL-46).
    -Submarine Flier (SS-250) sinks Japanese troopship Hakusan Maru about 375 miles southwest of Chichi Jima, Bonins.
    -Submarine Golet (SS-361) sinks Japanese guardboat No.10 Shinko Maru east of Japan.
    -Coordinated submarine attack group, TG 17.12, makes contact with Japanese convoy 3530. Two of the group's three boats, Shark (SS-314) and Pintado (SS-387), will obtain favorable attack positions; the third, Pilotfish (SS-386), will not. Shark sinks army transport Katsukawa Maru about 475 miles northwest of Saipan.
    -USAAF B-24s sink Japanese landing ship T.128, 110 miles northeast of Morotai.
    -USAAF A-20s bomb Manokwari, New Guinea, and Japanese shipping in Geelvink Bay, sinking auxiliary submarine chaser No.2 Hakusan Maru and guardboats Shimane Maru, No.3 Tokyo Maru, and Gongen Maru.

    June 4, 1945
    -District patrol vessel YP-41 is damaged by operational casualty off Okinawa.
    -Submarine Billfish (SS-286) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Taiu Maru off Chinnampo, Korea.
    -Submarine Tench (SS-417) sinks Japanese transport Ryujin Maru off Hachinohe.
    -USAAF B-24s (13th Air Force) sink Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 112 and motor torpedo boat Gyoraitei No. 162 and damage auxiliary submarine chaser Kenkai Maru in Java Sea off Laut Island.
    -Mines sink Japanese weather observation ship Hijun Maru 5.5 miles off Hesaki and cargo ships Aichi Maru and Hinode Maru off Moji City; No.2 Shiwa Maru off Taishu Light; unidentified tugboat off south end of Motoyamazaki; merchant cargo ships Kifune Maru off Niigata and No.5 Yamabishi Maruat; and damage transport Tsukushi Maru and merchant cargo ship Sawa Maru two kilometers off Mutsure, and Chikushi Maru off Motoyama Bay.
    -Japanese tanker Hasu Maru is damaged by mine in Berhala Straits, between Sumatra and Lingga anchorage.
    -Japanese merchant cargo ship No.5 Miyakawa Maru is sunk by marine casualty off Hirato Jima.
    -USAAF planes sink Japanese merchant cargo ship Shobu Maru.
    -Japanese cargo ship Banshu Maru is damaged by aircraft.
    -Japanese merchant cargo ship No.1 Taikai Maru is damaged by aircraft.
     
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    4 June 1942 – Battle of Midway – In the attacks on the Japanese carriers – A TBD from VT-6 is credited with 1 A6M; SBDs from VS-6 are credited with 2 A6M and from VB-3, with 1 A6M; F4Fs from VF-3 are credited with 6 A6Ms. Over the USN forces, primarily near USS Yorktown – F4Fs from VF-3 F4Fs are credited with 9 A6M, 7 B5N, and 15 D3A; from VF-6 with 2 A6M, 3 B5N, 1 D3A, and 2 E13A; from VF-8 with 3 A6M and 2 D3A. In the Aleutians, a VP-42 PBY brings down an A6M east of Unalag Island, Alaska.
    4 June 1944 – A PB4Y from VB-115 downs an H8K between Palau and Samar.
    4 June 1945 – Two PB4Ys from VPB-102 shoot down a J2M off Kujukuri, Honshu.


    and one of those VF-3 B5N credits went to my father who was XO of VF-3 at Midway.
     
  9. Bill Murray

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    Now here is a potential treasure trove of information for me... your father was at the time Lt. Cmdr. John Thatch's XO? When did he join VF-3... and how much of his experiences has or had he told you about? As I said earlier this particular battle is the one that started me on my learning quest.
     
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    June 5, 1942
    -Battle of Midway continues as TF 16 (Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance) pursues Japanese fleet, now without its central core of carriers, westward, while efforts proceed to try and salvage the crippled carrier Yorktown (CV-5). Motor torpedo boats from Midway fail to locate "burning Japanese carrier" located by Midway-based planes.
    Japanese carrier Akagi, damaged on 4 June, is scuttled by destroyers Nowaki, Arashi, and Hagikaze; carrier Hiryu, likewise damaged on 4 June, is scuttled by destroyers Kazegumo and Yugumo. Heavy cruisers Mogami and Mikuma are damaged in collision while turning to avoid shadowing submarine Tambor (SS-198), while retiring from Midway.
    -Planes from Japanese carriers Ryujo and Junyo reprise their attack on installations at Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
    -Japanese Attu Occupation Force (Rear Admiral Omori Sentaro) occupies Attu, Aleutians, without opposition.

    June 5, 1943
    -USN carrier planes sink Japanese army cargo ship Shintoku Maru southwest of Buin.

    June 5, 1944
    -Submarine Nautilus (SS-168) lands supplies at Tucuran, Mindanao.
    -Submarine Puffer (SS-268) attacks Japanese convoy in the Sulu Sea and sinks underway replenishment vessel Ashizuri and oiler Takasaki and damages tanker No.2 Hishi Maru, northeast of Borneo.
    -TG 17.12's operations against Japanese convoy 3530 continue as submarine Shark (SS-314) sinks transport Tamahime Maru and army transport Takaoka Maru west of the Marianas.

    Jume 5, 1945
    -Typhoon off Okinawa damages battleships Indiana (BB-58), Massachusetts (BB-59), Alabama (BB-60), and Missouri (BB-63); carriers Hornet (CV-12) and Bennington (CV-20), small carriers Belleau Wood (CVL-24) and San Jacinto (CVL-30), escort carriers Windham Bay (CVE-92), Salamaua (CVE-96), Bougainville (CVE-100), and Attu (CVE-102), heavy cruisers Baltimore (CA-68), Quincy (CA-71), and Pittsburgh (CA-72), light cruisers Detroit (CL-8), San Juan (CL-54), Duluth (CL-87), and Atlanta (CL-104), destroyers Schroeder (DD-501), John Rodgers (DD-574), McKee (DD-575), Dashiell (DD-659), Stockham (DD-683), De Haven (DD-727), Maddox (DD-731), Blue (DD-744), Brush (DD-745), Taussig (DD-746), and Samuel N. Moore (DD-747), destroyer escorts Donaldson (DE-44), Conklin (DE-439), and Hilbert (DE-742), oilers Lackawanna (AO-40) and Millicoma (AO-73), and ammunition ship Shasta (AE-6).
    -Off Okinawa, kamikazes damage battleship Mississippi (BB-41), and heavy cruiser Louisville (CA-28).
    -Destroyer Dyson (DD-572) is damaged when she is accidentally rammed by destroyer escort Abercrombie (DE-343) at Kerama Retto, Okinawa. Tank landing ship LST-540 is damaged by operational casualty off Okinawa.
    -Destroyer escort French (DE-367), on antisubmarine screening duties off Peleliu, bombards Malakal and Arakabesan Islands, Palaus.
    -Minesweeper Scuffle (AM-298) is damaged by grounding in Brunei Bay.
    -Gasoline tanker Sheepscot (AOG-24) is damaged by grounding off Iwo Jima.
    -Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 230 is sunk in collision with army transport Azusa Maru one mile south of Sop-To light, Korea. Azusa Maru is damaged in the collision.
    -Japanese guardboat No.13 Kintoku Maru is sunk by U.S. aircraft off Fujinamiohama, Japan.
    -Mines sink Japanese cargo ship No.5 Yawata Maru off Tsunemi, Moji; and merchant cargo ship Taisho Maru two kilometers off Mutsure Island and damage destroyer Yoizuki 5.8 kilometers northwest of Hime Jima light, escort destroyer Shii in Bungo Straits, army cargo ship Toyo Maru near Aohama, merchant cargo ship Annette Fritzen Go off Asa Jima, Fusan, and cargo vessel Toyo Maru off Shimonoseki.
    -Japanese fast transport T.9 is damaged by aircraft, north of Chichi Jima.
    -Japanese army cargo ship Taiko Maru is damaged by marine casualty off Kannonzaki.
    -Japanese merchant cargo ship No.2 Nansei Maru is damaged by marine casualty, near Moji.
     
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    5 June 1943 – A pair of TBFs, one from VC-22 and the other from VT-11 get together and shoot a A6M near Fauro Island.
    5 June 1944 – A PB4Y from VB-114 shoots down a DC2 approximately 55 miles west-northwest of Pulo Anna in the Carolines.

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    Bill - more on VF-3 and such later. In the meantime, here's a bio

    http://www.centurytel.net/midway/appendix/bios/vf3_william_n_leonard.html

    and for those who just can't get enough of the Battle of Midway, you might want to look at

    http://www.midway42.org/

    Rich

    [ 05. June 2005, 09:32 PM: Message edited by: R Leonard ]
     
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    Fantastic bio on your father Rich it certainly appears that he had a big part in some of the crucial early battles of the war in positions that could possibly show some insight as to the mindset of the pilots at that time of the war. I had forgotten that LtCmdr. Lovelace crashed on landing while the Yorktown was heading out toward Midway. I was trying to locate where I had read this before and my first thought was Prange's book "Miracle at Midway" but a quick search reveals no mention of it. It is possible it was Lord's "Incredible Victory" or one of the others I have that cover this battle. Thanks also for the website on Midway, it looks to be a wealth of information.
     
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    June 6, 1942
    -Battle of Midway concludes as planes from carriers Enterprise (CV-6) and Hornet (CV-8) attack retiring Japanese force. SBDs bomb and sink heavy cruiser Mikuma; near-misses damage destroyers Asashio and Arashio. At Admiral Spruance's expressed orders (because of the destruction of three torpedo squadrons on 4 June), TBDs (VT 6) that accompany the strike do not attack because of the antiaircraft fire from the Japanese ships. After recovering planes, TF 16 changes course to eastward to refuel and breaks contact with the enemy.
    Meanwhile, Japanese submarine I-168 interrupts salvage operations on Yorktown (CV-5), which is under tow of the tug (ex-minesweeper) Vireo (AT-144) and screened by destroyers, torpedoing Yorktown and torpedoing and sinking destroyer Hammann (DD-412) while she lies alongside the carrier. Screening destroyers depth-charge I-168, but the Japanese boat, although damaged, escapes destruction.
    The Battle of Midway, one of the most decisive battles in naval history, marks the turning point of the Pacific War. In the wake of the battle, efforts to locate downed aviators persist over the ensuing days.
    -In the Indian Ocean, the U.S. freighter Melvin H. Baker is torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-10 approximately 45 miles off the coast of Mozambique; all hands abandon ship. British steamship Twickenham rescues the 48 men: 34 merchant seamen, 6-man Armed Guard, and the eight passengers (six of whom had been survivors of U.S. freighter Bienville, sunk on 6 April).

    June 6, 1943
    -Submarine S-30 (SS-135) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship No. 3 Nagashige Maru south of Kamchatka.
    -Submarine Tautog (SS-199) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Shinei Maru.
    -Japanese river gunboat Seta is damaged by Chinese planes, Yangtze River.
    -In the Indian Ocean, the U.S. tanker William King is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-198 off the South African coast; while six of the 42-man merchant complement perish in the sinking, there are no casualties among the 23-man Armed Guard. U-198 surfaces and brings the lifeboats alongside, however, and takes ship's master Owen H. Reed prisoner before departing.

    June 6, 1944
    -Submarine Harder (SS-257) attacks Japanese convoy in the Celebes Sea, and sinks destroyer Minazuki 120 miles east-northeast of Tarakan, Borneo; counterattacks by destroyer Wakatsuki prove unsuccessful.
    -TG 17.12's operations against Japanese convoy 3530 come to a close as submarine Pintado (SS-387) sinks cargo ship Kashimasan Maru and army transport Havre Maru west-northwest of the Marianas.
    -Submarine Raton (SS-270) attacks Japanese convoy, and sinks Coast Defense Vessel No.15 about 160 miles off Cape St. Jacques, French Indochina. Raton is damaged by depth charges, but remains on patrol.
    -USAAF A-20s attack Japanese shipping off Manokwari, sinking motor sailships No.1 Asahi Maru, No.1 Kasuga Maru, and No.5 Taifuku Maru.
    -Japanese minelayer Yurishima is damaged by aircraft southeast of Woleai.

    June 6, 1945
    -Off Okinawa, minesweepers Requisite (AM-109) and Spear (AM-322) are damaged in collision; light minelayers Harry F. Bauer (DM-26) and J. William Ditter (DM-31) are damaged by kamikazes and landing craft flotilla flagship LC(FF)-995 is damaged by operational casualty.
    -Mines sink Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 195, Nanao Bay, Honshu, Japan; guardboat No.5 Yawata Maru off Tsurumi; merchant cargo ship Gassan Maru off Moji, destroyer Kaki off Kominase, escort destroyer Habuto 1.3 kilometers north of Kannonzaki light, and cargo ship No. 18 Tamon Maru off Hesaki light.
    -Japanese army cargo ship No.20 Hokko Maru is damaged by marine casualty off east coast of Aomori prefecture.
    -Auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 251 (ex-submarine chaser Ch 51) is damaged by aircraft, three miles off Akashima.
     
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    June 7, 1942
    -Command of naval forces is reallocated: Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, Sea Frontiers, and Special Task Forces are placed directly under Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations; Naval Local Defense Forces, Naval Transportation Service, Special Duty Ships, and Naval District Craft are made responsible to Vice Chief of Naval Operations.
    -Submarine tender Fulton (AS-11), sent out from Pearl Harbor for the purpose, takes on board 2,015 Yorktown (CV-5) survivors at sea; light minelayer Breese (DM-18) embarks 84; destroyer Allen (DD-66) 94.
    -Carrier Yorktown (CV-5) sinks as the result of heavy damage incurred on 4 and 6 June.
    -Submarine Grouper (SS-214) is bombed (but not damaged) by USAAF B-17s.
    -Japanese Kiska Occupation Force (Captain Ono Takeji) occupies Kiska, Aleutians, without opposition.
    -U.S. freighter Coast Trader is torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-26 about 35 miles southwest of Cape Flattery, Washington. Coast Guard plane (V-206) guides Canadian corvette HMCS Edmundston to the scene; Edmundston and fishing boat Virginia I rescue survivors, who include the 37-man crew and 19-man Armed Guard. One crewman dies of exposure before the survivors can be picked up.
    -Damaged U.S. freighter George Cylmer, torpedoed the day before, is reboarded by her crew.

    June 7, 1943
    -Submarine chaser PC-496 is sunk by mine.

    June 7, 1944
    -Naval Advanced Base, Hollandia, New Guinea, is established.
    -Submarine Harder (SS-257) sinks Japanese destroyer Hayanami as the latter patrols south of the Japanese Fleet anchorage at Tawi Tawi, southeast opf Sibitu Passage, Borneo.
    -Submarine Whale (SS-239) damages Japanese transports Shinroku Maru and Sugiyama Maru north-northeast of the Bonins.
    -Remnants of Japanese convoy 3530 reach Saipan, but because of the work of Shark (SS-314) and Pintado (SS-387), the Imperial Army's 118th Regiment arrives at its destination at half-strength, its weapons and equipment at the bottom of the Pacific.

    June 7, 1945
    -Phase IV of Operation STARVATION, an intensified blockade of northwestern Honshu and Kyushu, begins as 26 USAAF B-29s mine Shimonoseki Straits and the waters off Fukuoka, Japan.
    -TG 74.3 (Rear Admiral Russell S. Berkey), comprising three U.S. light cruisers, one Australian light cruiser, and seven destroyers, provides close cover and fire support for minesweepers and underwater demolition teams off Brunei Bay.
    -Carrier Randolph (CV-15) is damaged when accidentally crashed by stunting USAAF P-38 fighter, Leyte, P.I.
    -Off Okinawa, kamikazes damage escort carrier Natoma Bay (CVE-62) and destroyer Anthony (DD-515); operational casualties account for damage to medium landing ship LSM-270, landing craft flotilla flagship LC(FF)-988 and tank landing craft LCT-1054; tank landing ship LST-540 is damaged by grounding; destroyer Beale (DD-471) is damaged in collision with gasoline tanker Yahara (AOG-37) at Kerama Retto.
    -Submarine Shad (SS-235) sinks Japanese army transport Azusa Maru and tanker No.22 Nanshin Maru, 50 miles southwest of Yoso-do, Korea.
    -Submarine Tench (SS-417) sinks Japanese guardboat Hanshin Maru in Sea of Japan.
    -Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser No.43 Hino Maru is sunk by aircraft off Hiradojima, Miyanoura.
    -Mines sink Japanese auxiliary minelayer Hakun Maru near Hong Kong, merchant cargo ship No.2 Yubari Maru west of the mouth of Kammon Strait, and damage merchant cargo ship Taigen Maru outside Fushiki harbor.
     
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    June 8, 1942
    -Tug Vireo (AT-144) is damaged by grounding, Midway.
    -British armed merchant cruiser HMS Alcantara embarks survivors from damaged U.S. freighter George Cylmer; attempts to scuttle the freighter prove futile and Alcantara must leave on 12 June with the American ship still stubbornly afloat.

    June 8, 1943
    -Naval Air Facility, Attu, Aleutians, is established.
    -Submarine Finback (SS-230) attacks Japanese convoy, sinking auxiliary minelayer Kahoku Maru about 100 miles north of Palau.
    -Japanese battleship Mutsu is sunk by accidental explosion, Hiroshima Bay, Japan.
    In the Indian Ocean, the British trawler HMS Northern Chief rescues survivors from U.S. tanker William King, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-198 off the South African coast on 6 June 1943.

    June 8, 1944
    -USAAF B-25s (17th Reconnaissance Squadron), escorted by P-38s (475th Fighter Group), attack Japanese Biak-bound reinforcement convoy (seven destroyers, each towing a large landing barge), sinking Harusame 30 miles northwest of Manokwari and damaging Shiratsuyu and Shikinami; three barges are lost. Later that same day, Allied surface forces, TF 74 and TF 75 (Rear Admiral Victor A.C. Crutchley, RN), including two U.S. light cruisers and accompanying destroyers, intercept the remaining six enemy ships and engage them; the battle continues into 9 June. Although Hamakaze claims damage to a U.S. cruiser none of the Allied ships are damaged; TF 74/TF 75 gunfire, however, damages Shigure, and Crutchley's force turns back the Japanese before they can accomplish their mission.
    -Submarine Hake (SS-256) sinks Japanese destroyer Kazagumo at mouth of Davao Gulf, about 20 miles southwest of Cape San Augustin, Mindanao.
    -Submarine Harder (SS-257) evacuates coast-watchers from northeast coast of North Borneo.
    -Submarine Rasher (SS-269) attacks Japanese convoy in the Celebes Sea, sinking underway replenishment vessel Shioya northwest of Menado.
    -Submarine Whale (SS-239) is damaged by depth charges north of the Bonins but remains on patrol.
    -Japanese army tanker No.5 Nippo Maru is sunk by aircraft off northwest coast of New Guinea.

    June 8, 1945
    -TF 38 (Vice Admiral John S. McCain) planes attack Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu, Japan.
    -TG 74.3 (Rear Admiral Russell S. Berkey) bombards Japanese positions in preparation for the landings at Brunei Bay, covering the reconnaissance parties ashore; bombardment is repeated on 9 June. During sweeping operations in Brunei Bay, minesweeper Salute (AM-294) is sunk by mine.
    -As fighting continues on Okinawa, Hospital Apprentice First Class Fred F. Lester, serving with a rifle platoon, sees a wounded marine beyond the front lines. As he advances under heavy fire, Lester is hit and severely wounded. He attempts unaided to drag the wounded marine to safety, but is hit again. Although paralyzed on his right side, Lester succeeds in dragging the marine to cover. Realizing he has been mortally wounded, the corpsman, spurning medical attention for himself, directs marines to treat the casualty he had brought to safety, thus saving that man's life. Lester devotes his last efforts to directing the treatment of two other wounded marines before he dies. For his courage "above and beyond the call of duty," Lester is awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously.
    -British submarine HMS Trenchant torpedoes and sinks Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara 14 nautical miles west-southwest of Muntok, in northern entrance of Bangka Straits.
    -Submarine Cobia (SS-245) sinks Japanese transport Hakusa and tanker No.22 Nanshin Maru off southern French Indochina.
    -Japanese submarine tender Chogei is damaged by mine, 1.6 kilometers southwest of Bakuchizaki.
    -Japanese merchant cargo ship Ojima Maru is damaged by aircraft, between Ainoura and Tainosaki.
    -USAAF B-24s bomb Japanese shipping near Bandjermasin, sinking Shuttle Boat No.466 and damaging Shuttle Boat No. 423 near mouth of Barita River.
     
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    June 9, 1942
    -Submarine Trout (SS-202) picks up two survivors from sunken Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma.
    -Naval Operating Base, Kodiak, Alaska, is established.
    -Lieutenant Commander Lyndon B. Johnson, USNR, in the South Pacific theater on a congressional inspection tour, accompanies USAAF bombing mission, scheduled to attack Japanese installations at Lae, New Guinea. Johnson is to go along as a passenger in a B-26 (19th Squadron, 22d Bomb Group). Engine trouble, however, compels the pilot of Johnson's Marauder ("Heckling Hare") to abort the mission; the plane never sees combat. Inexplicably, however, Johnson receives Silver Star for "gallantry." He goes on to become the 36th President of the United States.

    June 9, 1943
    -Submarine Greenling (SS-213) damages Japanese oiler Akebono Maru en route to Truk.

    June 9, 1944
    -Destroyers bombard Japanese repair facilities at Fangelawa Bay, New Ireland.
    -Submarine Harder (SS-257) sinks Japanese destroyer Tanikaze in Sibitu Passage, 90 miles southwest of Basilan Island.
    -Submarine Swordfish (SS-193) attacks Japanese convoy east of the Bonins, sinking destroyer Matsukaze 55 miles east of Chichi Jima.
    -USAAF A-20s bomb Japanese shipping off Manokwari, sinking cargo vessels No.10 Fuku Maru, No.12 Fuku Maru, Ebisu Maru, Fukuda Maru, Atarashi Maru, and Shosei Maru.

    June 9, 1945
    -Naval task group (Rear Admiral Lawrence F. Reifsnider) lands Marines on Aguni Jima, Ryukyus.
    -Naval task group (Rear Admiral Arthur W. Radford) bombs and bombards Okino Daito Jima, Ryukyus.
    -Twenty-seven USAAF B-29s mine Shimonoseki Straits.
    -Submarine Sea Owl (SS-405) sinks Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No.41 in Tsushima Strait, southeast of Mokpo, Korea.
    -Submarine Crevalle (SS-291) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Hokuto Maru west of Aomori Prefecture, in western approaches to Tsugaru Strait.
    -Submarine Sea Dog (SS-401) attacks Japanese shipping off northwest coast of Honshu, sinking merchant cargo ships Sagawa Maru and Shoyo Maru.
    -Submarine Tench (SS-417) sinks Japanese transport Kamishika Maru off southern Hokkaido.
    -Submarine Tinosa (SS-283) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Wakatama Maru off east coast of Korea.
    -Mines laid by USAAF B-29s (20th Air Force) sink Japanese merchant cargo ships No.35 Banshu Maru and Inaura Maru, .7 kilometers off Takase light.
    -PB4Ys or PBMs sink Japanese merchant cargo ship No.5 Kaishin Maru.
    -USAAF B-24s bomb Japanese shipping off Bandjermasin, sinking cargo vessel Koryu Maru and 423 Shuttle Boat and No.444 Shuttle Boat, and damaging cargo vessel No.8 Nippo Maru.
     
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    June 10, 1942
    -Carrier Saratoga (CV-3) in TF 11 (Rear Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch) makes rendezvous with TF 16 and transfers planes to bring carriers Enterprise (CV-6) and Hornet (CV-8) up to strength.

    June 10, 1943
    -Submarine chaser PC-487 is damaged when she intentionally rams and sinks Japanese submarine I-24 40 miles north-northeast of Shemya Island, Aleutians.
    -Submarine Flying Fish (SS-229) unsuccessfully attacks Japanese cargo vessel Fujikawa Maru.
    -Submarine S-30 (SS-135) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Jimbu Maru.
    -Submarine Tinosa (SS-283) damages Japanese oiler Iro 30 miles off Fuka Island, Kyushu. Although damaged in return by depth charges during enemy counterattacks, the submarine remains on patrol.
    -Submarine Trigger (SS-237) damages Japanese carrier Hiyo 18 miles off Irozaki.
    -Japanese river gunboat Atami is damaged by Chinese aircraft near Tung Ting Lake, China.

    June 10, 1944
    -PB4Ys (VB 108, VB 109) sweep ahead of TF 58 (Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher) as it approaches the Marianas, to intercept and destroy any Japanese aircraft in the path of the fast carriers. These sweeps will be repeated on 11 June. During these two days of operations, a Privateer from each squadron will shoot down a Japanese plane at some distance away from the task force. The use of PB4Ys is decided upon because sightings of these long-range planes in that region is a commonplace occurrance and would thus arouse no enemy suspicions that a carrier task force is in the area.
    -High speed transport Talbot (APD-7) is damaged in collision with battleship Pennsylvania (BB-38), en route to the Marianas.
    -Destroyer Taylor (DD-468) sinks Japanese submarine RO-111, 210 miles north-northwest of Kavieng, New Ireland.
    -Destroyer escort Bangust (DE-739) sinks Japanese submarine RO-42, 70 miles northeast of Kwajalein, Marshalls.
    -British submarine HMS Tantalus sinks Japanese army cargo ship Hiyoshi Maru in Strait of Malacca.
    -USAAF B-25s bomb Japanese shipping off Manokwari, sinking auxiliary sailing vessel Shinei Maru.
    -Japanese cargo vessel Yozan Maru is damaged by mine off Manila.
    -Japanese cargo vessel Kinmon Maru is sunk by accidental fire, Singapore.

    June 10, 1945
    -TG 74.3 (Rear Admiral Russell S. Berkey) cruiser and destroyer gunfire and strikes by USAAF and RAAF planes support landing of Australian troops at Brunei Bay, Borneo.
    Naval task group (Rear Admiral Joseph J. Clark) bombs and bombards enemy airfield and other installations on Minami Daito Jima, Ryukyus.
    -Off Okinawa, destroyer William D. Porter (DD-579) is sunk by kamikaze; despite the fires and exploding ammunition, Lieutenant Richard M. McCool, Jr. unhesitatingly places his ship, large support landing craft LCS(L)(3)-122 alongside the sinking warship to take off her survivors.
    -Also off Okinawa, destroyer escort Gendreau (DE-639) is damaged by shore battery.
    -Submarine Crevalle (SS-291) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Daiki Maru in western approaches to Tsugaru Strait.
    -Submarine Dace (SS-247) attacks Japanese convoy, sinking merchant cargo ship Hakuyo Maru in Sea of Okhotsk, about 120 miles west of Shimushu Island.
    -Submarine Flying Fish (SS-229) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Taga Maru off Seishin, northwestern Korea.
    -Submarine Skate (SS-305) sinks Japanese submarine I-122 in Sea of Japan, six miles off Cape Rokugo lighthouse.
    -Submarine Spadefish (SS-411), attacking Japanese shipping off Hokkaido, sinks merchant cargo ship No.2 Taigen Maru off Otaru; transport No.8 Unkai Maru off Shakotan Mizaki; and cargo ship Jintsu Maru.
    -Submarine Tench (SS-417) sinks Japanese merchant tanker No.6 Shoei Maru.
    -PB4Y-2s (VPB 118), flying from Okinawa, commence mining waters of the Korean archipelago. The intent is to drive Japanese shipping, forced by the work of PB4Ys and PBMs to carry out nocturnal operations (sheltering by day in small protected anchorages) out into the open sea to facilitate mast-head attacks. The mines thus planted could sink undiverted shipping and place an additional burden on the already overtaxed Japanese minesweeping force. On this initial mission, the first aerial mining using Privateers, however, the PB4Ys encounter intense antiaircraft fire from Japanese warships in Tsushima Strait during the run-in to the objective, Pusan harbor. The PB4Ys mine the waters along the Korean coast between Shinchi-To and Seigan-To instead.
    -Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 63 is sunk in collision west of Mokpo, Korea.
    -Mines damage Japanese escort destroyer Habuto, 2.6 kilometers north of Kannonzaki, and guardboat Choei Maru off Shinminato.
    -PB4Ys (VB 102°) sink Japanese merchant tanker Tado Maru off west coast of Korea.
     
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    Good point about LBJ. I read a magizane article on this B-26 flight about 20 years ago and almost had forgotton about it. It also said his tour of duty in the Pacific was really short lived.
     
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    It certainly did smack of someone who had political aspirations just "puching his ticket". It really is a shame when you consider how many soldiers, sailors and airmen, do such amazing things under fire and in the context of their jobs in battle, because they "didn't want to let their buddies down" and they never get the recognition that they truely deserve.
     
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    June 11, 1943
    -Submarine Finback (SS-230) attacks Palau-bound convoy just west of Babelthuap, sinking Japanese army cargo ship Genoa Maru. Patrol Boat No.46's counterattack fails to inflict damage, and Finback escapes undamaged.
    -Submarine Runner (SS-275) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Seinan Maru off Monomi Zaki, off northwest coast of Honshu.
    -Submarine S-30 (SS-135) sinks Japanese merchant cargo vessel Jimbu Maru, anchored in Kakumabetsu Wan, Paramushiro, Kuriles.
    -Submarine Silversides (SS-236) attacks Japanese convoy about 270 miles south of Truk, sinking transport Hinode Maru north of New Ireland.

    June 11, 1944
    -Naval Base, Biak Island, Schoeten Islands, is established.
    -F6F (Hellcats) from TF 58 (Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher), 16 from each carrier and 12 from each small carrier, accompanied by a TBF or SB2C from each task group (thelatter to lead the fighters in and out), blankets Japanese airfields in the Marianas. This move, which achieves complete surprise, also assures control of the air over the Marianas. Combat air patrol F6Fs from TF 58 begin to intercept and down Japanese planes in the vicinity of TF 58. F6Fs also damage Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser No.8 Shonan Maru and cargo vessel Keiyo Maru. No.8 Shonan Maru escaped from Saipan on 23 June and reached Manila on 1 July.
    -Submarine Barb (SS-220) sinks Japanese merchant fishing vessels Chihaya Maru and Toten Maru in Sea of Okhotsk, east of Karafuto.
    -Submarine Redfin (SS-272), despite presence of escort vessel, sinks Japanese tanker Asanagi Maru west of Jolo.

    June 11, 1945
    -Off Okinawa, Japanese air attacks continue against ships on radar picket stations; large support landing craft LCS(L)(3)-122 is damaged when kamikaze crashes near her conning tower. Her commanding officer, Lieutenant Richard M. McCool, Jr., although wounded at the outset, releases men trapped in a burning compartment, suffering further injuries in so doing. For his courageously saving the lives of his men and inspiring his crew to save their ship, in addition to his actions the previous day in rescuing survivors of kamikazed destroyer William D. Porter (DD-579), McCool is awarded the Medal of Honor.
    -Elsewhere off Okinawa, a kamikaze crashes alongside U.S. freighter Walter Colton; the ship receives additional damage from friendly fire of nearby ships in the anchorage. Of the combined complement of 41 merchant sailors, 29 Armed Guards and 11 Construction Battalion men, only three men suffer injuries. Dock landing ship Lindenwald (LSD-6) is also damaged by friendly fire.
    -Cruisers and destroyers (Rear Admiral John H. Brown, Jr.) bombard Japanese installations on Matsuwa, Kurils.
    -Twenty-six USAAF B-29s mine Shimonoseki Straits and the waters off Tsuruga, Japan. Japanese merchant cargo ship Hiwaka Maru is sunk by mine.
    -Okinawa-based PB4Y-2s (VPB 118) fly second aerial mining mission into the Korean archipelago, but fog, blanketing the entire objective, compels the Privateers to jettison the mines en route back to base.
    -Submarine Bowfin (SS-287) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship No.3 Shinyo Maru off Genzan, Korea.
    -Submarine Crevalle (SS-291) sinks Japanese gunboat No.5 Hakusan Maru off Henashi Zaki, Honshu.
    -Submarine Flying Fish (SS-229) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Meisei Maru near Rashin, Korea.
    -Submarine Sea Dog (SS-401) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Kofuku Maru.
    -Submarine Segundo (SS-398) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship No.2 Fukui Maru, in the Yellow Sea off the Shantung peninsula.
    -Submarine Tirante (SS-420) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Hakuju Maru at Ha Jima, southern Kyushu.
    -PB4Y-2 sinks Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 237 at entrance to Ise Bay; the explosion of the enemy patrol vessel, however, heavily damages the attacking Privateer.
    -Japanese guardboat No.5 Nichiei Maru is sunk by U.S. aircraft southwest of Paramushiro, Kurils.
    -Japanese cargo ship Kimi Maru is sunk by aircraft off west coast of Aomori prefecture.
     

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