Today in World War II History—May 3, 1942
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 by Sarah Sundin

Hospital in Malinta Tunnel, Corregidor, 1942 (US Army Center of Military History)
80 Years Ago—May 3, 1942: In Solomon Islands, Japanese take Tulagi and Florida Islands, adjacent to Guadalcanal.
Sub USS Spearfish evacuates 27 personnel from Corregidor, including nurses, the last evacuation by sub from Luzon.
Prime Minister of (Nazi-occupied) Denmark Thorvald Stauning dies in Copenhagen, age 68.