Oct 25, 1940 -Japanese naval land attack planes (13th Kokutai) raiding Chungking, China, follow a course that takes them directly over the U.S....
Oct 24, 1942 -Submarine Nautilus (SS-168) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Kenun Maru about 20 miles east of Shiriya Zaki, off northern tip of...
The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to McCAMPBELL, DAVID Rank and...
Oct 23, 1940 -Japan gives one-year notice of abrogation of North Pacific Sealing Convention of 1911. This is just one of the many international...
Oct 22, 1941 -Battleships Oklahoma (BB-36) and Arizona (BB-39) are damaged in collision in Hawaiian Operating Area. Oct 22, 1942 -Naval Air...
Agree with with both Martin and Ali here. What is even worse is when they ago one step farther by asking you to email the reply to them. It...
The Battle of Trafalgar, fought on 21 October 1805, is part of the War of the Third Coalition assembled by Britain against France. It was the most...
Oct 21, 1942 -Destroyer Grayson (DD-435) is damaged in collision with fleet tug Vireo (AT-144) during efforts to salvage the latter, Solomons...
Oct 20, 1940 -Oiler Ramapo (AO-12) delivers district patrol craft YP-16 and YP-17 at Apra Harbor to augment the local defenses at Guam. Oct 20,...
Oct 19, 1942 -Small reconnaissance seaplane from Japanese submarine I-19 reconnoiters Nouméa, New Caledonia. -Destroyer O'Brien (DD-415), damaged...
Oct 18, 1939 -Naval landing force from gunboats Asheville (PG-21) and Tulsa (PG-22) and destroyer Whipple (DD-217) is withdrawn from Kulangsu,...
Oct 17, 1942 -General Tojo Hideki becomes Japanese Premier as Konoye Government resigns. -Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet (Admiral Husband E....
Oct 16, 1940 -Sixteen million men register for the draft under Selective Training and Service Act. Oct 16, 1941 -Destroyers Peary (DD-225) and...
Oct 15, 1942 -Submarine Base, Fremantle-Perth, Australia, is established. -Patrol Wing 14 (Captain William M. McDade) is established at San...
Oct 14, 1940 -Department of State announces that the U.S. passenger liners Monterey, Mariposa, and Washington are being sent to the Far East to...
Oct 13, 1942 -1st Marine Division is reinforced by 164th Infantry Regiment of Americal Division, the first major U.S. Army unit to reach...
After taking a little break from WWII reading, I have just started EB Potters biography on Adm. William Halsey. Hopefully it will be as good as...
Oct 12, 1942 -Battle of Cape Esperance continues as TG 64.2 engages Japanese cruiser and destroyer force. As the result of damage received in the...
Oct 11, 1939 -Submarine rescue vessel Pigeon (ASR-6), driven aground at Tsingtao, China, by a severe hurricane on 31 August, is refloated. Oct...
Oct 10, 1941 -Captain Lester J. Hudson relieves Captain Richard E. Cassidy as Commander, South China Patrol, on board river gunboat Mindanao...
