November 28, 1943
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SUNDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 1943

A conference coded Eureka in Tehran, Iran begins between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and Marshal Stalin.

CENTRAL PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Seventh Air Force): 11 B-24's from Nanumea hit Nauru. The 45th Fighter Squadron, 15th Fighter Group, transfers from Baker to Nanumea with P-40N's.

BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): B-24's heavily damage the Botataung docks at Rangoon; the B-24's claim 4 interceptors shot down; B-25's pound Sagaing.

CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, eight P-40's bomb and strafe the barracks area and village on the west bank of the Salween River near Litsaoho; Eight P-40's drop ammunition to besieged Chinese troops at Changte. Six P-40's strafe Luang Prabang and Luang Prabang Airfield and hit the radio building, barracks, and tower at Tran Ninh.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Thirteenth Air Force): Six B-25's bomb and strafe the Mutupina Point area; fighters strafe Tinputs Harbor, barges at Tonolai, and targets of opportunity along the west coast.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force): Nearly 50 B-24's bomb Wewak Airfield and Boram Airfield, and 40+ B-25's, B-26's, and A-20's hit villages on the Huon Peninsula and tracks in the Finschhafen area.

USMC: PB4Y-1 32144 (2 KIA, rest survived) crashed while landing at Palmyra Airfield.

All of Tarawa Atoll is secured with no Japanese found on Naa. In total, Marine casualties at Tarawa total 3,301. Japanese losses are estimated to be 4,690 killed, 17 captured, and 129 Koreans taken prisoner.

USN: USS Bowfin (SS-287) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Sydney Maru and merchant cargo ship Tonan Maru off central Philippines, 12°45'N, 109°41'E, but is damaged by Japanese gunfire and is forced to terminate her patrol.

USS Pargo (SS-264) and USS Snook (SS-279) attack Japanese transport convoy escorted by destroyer Oite and auxiliary submarine chaser Choan Maru northwest of the Marianas (see November 29 1943). Snook sinks Yamafuku Maru, 18°21'N, 140°08'E.

USS Raton (SS-270) sinks Japanese army cargo ships Hokko Maru and Yuri Maru, 01°40'N, 141°25'E.