Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Dec 3 – 9, 1942

Dec 3, 1942: Australian government says women aged 18 to 30 may be called up for war service

Dec 4, 1942: Marine Raiders under command of Evans Carlson complete month-long patrol on Guadalcanal

Dec 5, 1942: US Army Air Force in South Pacific are to be designated Thirteenth Air Force

Dec 6, 1942: At Sanananda, New Guinea, combat centers around relief of roadblock surrounded by Japanese forces

Dec 7, 1942: Australian Army’s 30th Brigade relieves 16th Brigade at Sanananda, New Guinea

Dec 8, 1942: US Joint Chiefs of Staff present President Franklin D. Roosevelt with plan for recapture of Burma, where Chinese troops are expected to play a major part

Dec 9, 1942: Major General Alexander M. Patch, commander of the Americal Division, assumes responsibility for Guadalcanal

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