| In Argentina... The German submarine U-530,
missing since the end of April, surfaces at Mar del Plata, south of
Buenos Aires, sparking off speculation that it ferried high-ranking Nazi
officials to sanctuary in South America.
In Japan... US Task Force 38 aircraft, 1022 in all, raid 70 air bases in the Tokyo area, destroying 173 Japanese planes. Only light anti-aircraft fire is encountered.
This is the first time that elements of the US 3rd Fleet have attacked
Tokyo. Included in the task force carrying out the raids are the
aircraft carriers Lexington, Essex, Independence
and San Jacinto, the battleships Indiana, Massachusetts,
South Dakota and Iowa, the cruisers Chicago, San
Juan, Springfield and Atlanta and 14 destroyers. Tokyo
radio refers to the "dark shadow of invasion" in mention of
the raid.
In the Greater Sunda Islands... On Borneo, Australian forces
advance east of Balikpapan but are halted by Japanese barriers of
burning petrol.
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