30 Sep 1942
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- USS S-38 arrived at Anuta, Santa Cruz Islands to wait for a PBY Catalina aircraft scheduled to pick up a sailor suffering from acute appendicitis. ww2dbase [S-38 | Anuta, Santa Cruz | CPC]
1 Oct 1942
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- USS S-38 transferred a sailor suffering from acute apendicitis to a PBY Catalina aircraft at Anuta, Santa Cruz Islands. ww2dbase [S-38 | Anuta, Santa Cruz | CPC]
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