Today in World War II History—December 18, 1942
Sunday, December 18, 2022 by Sarah Sundin
80 Years Ago—Dec. 18, 1942: Submarine USS Albacore sinks Japanese light cruiser Tenryu off New Guinea.
US Army lands on Musita Island off Buna, New Guinea.
Movie premiere of western Dawn on the Great Divide, starring Buck Jones, who was killed in the Cocoanut Grove Fire in Boston on Nov. 28, 1942.