13 Nov 1943




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- Omar Bradley was promoted to the permanent rank of colonel. ww2dbase [Omar Bradley | CPC]
- USS Scorpion attacked a Japanese convoy in the Mariana Islands with four torpedoes, damaging oiler Shiretoko with one hit. ww2dbase [Scorpion | CPC]
- Adolf Hitler officially upheld Kaiser Wilhelm II's previous decree and bestowed upon Alfried von Bohlen und Halbach the name Krupp, making him the official head of the Krupp family conglomerate Friedrich Krupp AG. ww2dbase [Alfried Krupp | CPC]
- USS Bailey departed Efate, New Hebrides bound for Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]
- USS Ray departed Milne Bay, British Territory of Papua for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | CPC]
- Destroyer USS Saufley arrived at Tulagi, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Saufley | Tulagi, Solomon Islands | DS]
- The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the port facilities at Bremen, Germany but only one out of 21 bombers launched actually dropped bombs due to weather. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Bremen | DS]
- USS St. Louis arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [Walden Ainsworth | St. Louis | Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo | DS]




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