US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine Permit (SS-178) delivers
ammunition to Corregidor, and evacuates second increment of naval radio and
communications intelligence people.
ATLANTIC—Unarmed U.S. tanker Australia is torpedoed,
shelled, and irreparably damaged by German submarine U-332 off Diamond
Shoals, 35°07'N, 75°22'W. U.S. freighter William J. Salman rescues
survivors and transfers them to yacht Ruby (PY-21) for further
transportation to Southport, North Carolina. Australia, sunk in shallow
water, is written off as a total loss and her wreck demolished on 20 March.
British
tanker San Demetrio is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-404 at
37°03'N, 73°50'W (see 18 March).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
FIFTH AF—3 B‑17’s of 435th Reconnaissance Squadron, 19th
Bomb Group begin evacuating General MacArthur, his family, and his staff from
Del Monte to Australia.
US ARMY
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US MARINE CORPS
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