US NAVY
EUROPE—Admiral William D. Leahy, USN (Ret.) ends service as
Ambassador to Vichy France.
PACIFIC—Submarine Grenadier (SS-210) mistakenly
torpedoes and sinks Soviet merchant ship Angarstroi about 90 miles
west-southwest of Nagasaki, Japan, 32°00'N, 129°25'E.
Submarine Triton
(SS-201) torpedoes and sinks Japanese army cargo ship Calcutta Maru about
180 miles north-northwest of Formosa, 28°06'N, 123°47'E.
8th
Defense Battalion arrives on Wallis Island, from Tutuila, Samoa.
ATLANTIC—British battleship HMS King George V accidentally
collides with, and sinks, destroyer HMS Punjabi during operations out of
Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands; battleship Washington (BB-56), unable to
maneuver to clear the wreckage, has to steam through it. Punjabi's exploding
depth charges cause some concussion damage to Washington’s fire control
systems.
Naval Base
and Naval Auxiliary Air Facility, Great Exuma, Bahama Islands, and Naval Base,
Grand Cayman, British West Indies, are established.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
TENTH AF—X Air Service Command is activated under command
of General Adler, who arrived in India on 26 Apr.
EIGHTH AF—General Spaatz is designated Eighth AF commander.
US ARMY
PHILLIPINE ISLANDS—On
Mindanao, Japanese force driving N along Route Island gains control of that
highway as far N as Lake Lanao and virtually eliminates 61st Infantry (PA). Other
forces continue E unopposed toward Sayre Highway at Kabacan. Fighting in E
Mindanao continues indecisive. Japanese planes and artillery begin final phase
of preinvasion bombardment of Corregidor.
BURMA—Japanese overrun Monywa.
INDIA—Air Service Command of Tenth Air Force is activated
under Brigadier General Elmer E. Adler, with HQ at New Delhi.
US MARINE CORPS
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