6 December 1943
Enemy paratrooper unit at Chiang Mai finally wiped out
South China Sea
USS Jack torpedoed and sank a subchaser off the north Borneo coast.
DEI
Bombing targets:
Koepang (ground forces): 0 casualties
Ambon (ground forces, airbase): 31 casualties, 10 airbase hits
Kendari (airbase): 10 hits
Land combat
Ambon: Japanese artillery attack: ineffective
Burma
Bombing targets:
Chiang Mai: (ground forces): 12 casualties
near Rangoon (ground forces): 0 casualties, 7 vehicles lost
Land combat
Chiang Mai: allied deliberate attack - casualties 7 (J) to 11 (A). Japanese shock attack - casualties 91 (J) to 0 (A).
So the enemy holds out against our attack, then counterattacks and gets wiped out!
Truk
Bombing ground forces and port: 19 casualties, 4 port hits
An Avenger claimed a hit on an enemy sub
Papua New Guinea
The transport William Ward Burrows took a hit from a 75mm artillery piece during the amphibious operations at Hollandia. Damage isn't that serious.
Reinforcements
CVE St. Lo arrives at Portland
DD Hailey arrives at Seattle
DD Hunt arrives at Balboa
DD Miller arrives at San Francisco
SS Lancetfish arrives at Balboa
SS Ling arrives at Balboa
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