23 August 1942
Thailand
An enemy destroyer squadron shelled our troops attacking Tavoy, but their fire was ineffective. A heavy task force, including the Yamato, followed that up, causing over 200 casualties. So, my decision not to attack this turn was fortuitous, the devastation from that shelling probably would have caused the attack to collapse.
In the air, we found ourselves contending with help from the enemy carriers. We shot down 6 Zeroes, a Rufe, and 3 Oscars; lost a Hurricane and a Blenheim.
China
We lost a P-40 and a P-43 with no victories, but our reserve army isn't being harassed yet and our bombers are getting through to their end-around force and causing casualties.
Reinforcements and Withdrawals
The damaged transport Henry T. Allen is underway from Sydney to San Fransisco to be withdrawn from theatre. It's as badly damaged as the overdue Tasker Bliss but I got it underway with about 10 more days to make the trip.
DD Frazier arrives at San Francisco
AR Prometheus arrives at San Francisco (headed straight to Noumea to try to deal with the ship boneyard there).
SC-707 arrives at Eastern USA
16th USN Naval Construction Battalion arrives at Port Hueneme
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