10/05 Sat. Secretary of the Navy places Organized Naval Reserves on
short notice for call to active duty.
10/08 Tue. Unites States advises citizens to leave the Far East.
Japan protests United States embargo on aviation gasoline and
scrap metal.
10/15 Tue. Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla., is established.
10/16 Wed. Sixteen million men register for the draft under Selective
Training and Service Act.
10/22 Tue. Naval Squadron 40-T (Rear Adm. D. M. LeBreton) operating in
the western Mediterranean area, is disbanded.
10/23 Wed. Japan gives one year notice of abrogation of North Pacific
Sealing Convention of 1911.
10/28 Mon. Italy invades Greece.
10/31 Thu. British forces occupy Crete.