Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Aug 27 – Sep 2, 1942

Aug 27, 1942: Japan decides to move its garrison on the Aleutian island of Attu to the island of Kiska nearby

Aug 28, 1942: Milne Force, in southeastern New Guinea, repels determined frontal assaults by Japanese

Aug 29, 1942: Japanese battleship Yamato arrives at Truk lagoon

Aug 30, 1942: US military occupies Adak island in the Aleutians. Engineers immediately begin building a runway

Aug 31, 1942: Submarine USS Growler (see photo above), operating in the straits between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland, sinks Japanese cargo ship Eifuku Maru

Sep 1, 1942: Japanese Prime Minister Tōjō Hideki takes over as foreign minister after Tōgō Shigenori resigns

Sep 2, 1942: Seabees, construction personnel under US Navy command, arrive in Guadalcanal

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