June 14, 1942
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SUNDAY, 14 JUNE 1942

ALASKA (11th Air Force): Four B-17s and three B-24s bomb shipping in Kiska Harbor from an altitude of 700'. Two cruisers are hit and one seaplane is downed. Two B-17s are heavily damaged but return safely.

IJN: Japanese aircraft bomb Nazan Bay off Atka.

ZONE OF INTERIOR: 32d Bombardment Squadron, 352d Bombardment Squadron, 353d Bombardment Squadron and 419th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 301st Bombardment Group (Heavy), cease operating from Muroc AAB and return to base at Alamogordo AAF with B-17s and cease flying ASW patrols. 358th Bombardment Squadron, 359th Bombardment Squadron and 360th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 303d Bombardment Group (Heavy), cease operating from Muroc AAB, California and return to base at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho with B-17s and cease flying ASW patrols.

USMC: The first echelon of 1st Marine Division, 5th Marine Regiment and 1st Marine Regiment arrive in Wellington in New Zealand where they faced logistical storages and due to a dock worker strike they had to load their own ships and cargo.

Japanese cargo ship Taizan Maru is stranded and sinks off southwest coast of Korea, 35°00'N, 125°00'E.