70
Years Ago—July 7, 1942: US Army Air Force opens Wideawake Field on
Ascension Island, opening South Atlantic route for two-engine planes and some
fighters. In New Guinea, Australian troops begin march over Owen Stanley Range
from Port Moresby toward Kokoda. US Army Air Force sinks first submarine—a
Hudson sinks U-701 off Wilmington,
NC.
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