Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, July 9 – 15, 1942

July 9, 1942: US submarine USS Thresher narrowly escapes being sunk near Kwajalein atoll

July 10, 1942: US Joint Chiefs of Staff approve South Pacific plan of attack, targeting Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomons as well as Santa Cruz Island

July 11, 1942: Severe fighting between Chinese and Japanese troops near Min River delta in Fujian province

July 12, 1942: Advance Australian troops reach Kokoda village in New Guinea

July 13, 1942: 1st Filipino Regiment is activated in California

July 14, 1942: Major General Millard F. Harmon is appointed Commanding General of U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific Area

July 15, 1942: Australian air force receives its indigenously produced Boomerang aircraft

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