9 Dec 1943
![Marine Pfc C.H. McClure servicing the three Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns in the right wing of an F4U-1 Corsair fighter on Bougainville, Dec 9, 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_54740b0369bbb.jpg)
![US Lieutenant Colonel Lucius Drafts, US Lieutenant General George Brett, and Ecuadorian Defense Minister General Alberto Romero at the Galápagos Islands, 9 Dec 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_brett3.jpg)
- The British government announced the establishment of the Council of Freedom in Denmark. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Three officers and 23 men of GROPAC-5 departed. More of ARGUS-15 arrived on board. Air Group 6 arrived on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) escorted by destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Taylor, USS LaVallette, USS Bullard, and USS Kidd entered Pearl Harbor where Yorktown began a month of air training operations in the Hawaiian Islands. ww2dbase [J. J. Clark | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Nicholas | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]
- USS Portland entered Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for drydocking and repairs to her rudder and propellers. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Portland | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]
- Canadian troops captured San Leonardo, Italy. US and British troops captured the surroundings of Monte Camino to the west. ww2dbase [Advance to the Gustav Line | CPC]
- Allied convoy RA-54B arrived at Loch Ewe, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Loch Ewe, Scotland | CPC]
- Gato-class submarine USS Silversides departed Midway for her assigned patrol area. ww2dbase [Silversides | Midway | DS]
![Marine Pfc C.H. McClure servicing the three Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns in the right wing of an F4U-1 Corsair fighter on Bougainville, Dec 9, 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_54740b0369bbb.jpg)
![US Lieutenant Colonel Lucius Drafts, US Lieutenant General George Brett, and Ecuadorian Defense Minister General Alberto Romero at the Galápagos Islands, 9 Dec 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_brett3.jpg)
![US Major Hoover, US Lieutenant General George Brett, Ecuadorian Defense Minister General Alberto Romero, unidentified officer, and US Lieutenant Colonel Lucius Drafts at the Galápagos Islands, 9 Dec 1943](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_brett4.jpg)
9 Dec 1943 Interactive Map
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