SUNDAY, 30 JULY 1944
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 30+ fighter-bombers attack Myitkyina and the Kamaing-Mogaung area and hit a bridge at Sihet.
Burma: In NCAC area, commander of Japanese forces at Myitkyina orders a withdrawal order and commits suicide.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, eleven B-24s pound the town of Wuchang;
70+ P-40s and P-51s attack a bridge and the town area at Liling, railroad yards
at Hsuchang, and troop concentrations, storage, and road, river and rail traffic
in areas around Yungfengshih, Puchou, Hengyang, Chuchou, Chaling, Tungting Lake,
and Liuyang. In French Indochina, Twenty plus P-40s and P-38s hit shipping and road
traffic around Hanoi, Lang Son, Dong Dang, Mon Cay, and Campha Port.
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Seventh Air Force): B-25s and P-47s from Saipan again hit Tinian. B-25s from Makin bomb Jaluit.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: The supply area on Woleai is again bombed by B-24s; other B-24s and P-38s attack the airfield
and oil installations at Boela while more P-38s attack shipping
off east Ceram off Ambon, and near Talaga, Sanana Island, Moluccas
Islands; B-25s hit Penfoei Airfied and Koepang Airfield. B-24s hit Morotai. In New Guinea, P-39s support Allied ground
forces on Biak and continue to patrol west Geelvink Bay, hitting barges
in Bentoni Bay and troops at Idorra; Allied forces (Task Force TYPHOON) land
on the N coast of Vogelkop Peninsula near Mar; the landings, made without preparatory
bombardment to achieve surprise, meet no opposition; bombers and fighters continue
to pound troop concentrations, barges, ships, fuel dumps, communications and
other targets between Wewak and Aitape. Lost is B-25D "Lucky Bat" 41-30058 (MIA).
USN: Special Task Air Group One (STAG-1) tests TDR Drones against the shipwreck of the Yamazuki Maru beached on Guadalcanal, the first tests of combat drones in a combat theater.
U.S. Army: On the Vogelkop Peninsula, Task Force Tyhoon (TF Typhoon) lands near Mar, omitting preparatory bombardment in order to attain surprise. 1st Inf of 6th Div, with 2d Bn on left, 1st in center, and 3d on right, lands without opposition, first wave going ashore at 0701, one minute late. Left flank advances 800 yards inland to low hills and right flank 2,500 yards W along coast to mouth of Wewe R. Amphibious force (6th Cav Rcn Tr with a mortar section and riflemen of 1st Bn, 63d Inf) lands on Middleburg I., at 0730 and then moves to Amsterdam I. Neither of these small islands is defended. TF TYPHOON has no battle casualties. Gen Sibert takes command ashore at 1020. Air assistance is not required. In Aitape area, 2d Bn of 124th Inf joins its regt on the Driniumor in preparation for counterattack in sector of North Force. South Force patrols actively. Co G, 127th Inf, is surrounded by enemy on high ground W of Afua.
USMC: On Tinian, Marines push steadily southward against increasingly stiff resistance, capturing town of Tinian and compressing Japanese into about 5 square miles at S tip of island. Island Commander takes command of Garrison Forces. On Guam, Gen Geiger issues orders for pursuit of enemy northward on July 31, 1944.
