| In the United States... At Camp Salina, Utah, an
American guard (Clarence V. Bertucci) opens fire on German prisoners of
war. During the night, the 23-year-old army private climbed the guard tower with a .30 caliber machine gun. He looked across the tent city where the 250 Germans slept. Then, for the next 15 seconds, he riddled the 43 tents from left to right. The shooting stopped only when the gun ran out of ammunition. Eight Germans
were killed and twenty more were wounded. The victims were laid to rest at Fort Douglas and given a proper military funeral. Bertucci showed no remorse for what he done. He said he hated Germans, and wanted to kill them.
This is considered the worst massacre at a POW camp in the history of
the USA.
In Burma... British Sergeant Simon Eden (aged 20), of the Royal Air Force, and son of the British Foreign Secretary, is listed as missing in action.
In the Philippines... On Mindanao, fighting continues in the
Sarangani Bay area. Filipino guerrillas under American leadership engage
the Japanese.
In the Greater Sunda Islands... On Borneo, Australian troops
land at Penajam.
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