US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine Tambor (SS-198) torpedoes and
sinks Japanese stores ship Kitami Maru 50 miles southeast of Kavieng,
New Ireland, 03°00'S, 152°00'E.
PACIFIC—Unarmed U.S. freighter Alcoa Guide is
shelled by German submarine U-123 (which expended her last torpedo on 12
April) at 35°34'N, 70°08'W; Alcoa Guide tries to ram the U-boat without
success. U-123 pauses to allow the crew to abandon ship and then sinks
the freighter with gunfire once the merchant sailors (two of whom die of wounds
suffered in action) have gotten away safely (see 19 April and 18 May).
EUROPE—Admiral Leahy receives cable from Washington with
information that his recall "for consultation" will be announced
shortly after the formation of a new Vichy government (see 18 April).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
TENTH AF—Heavy Bombers take off from Dum airfield near
Calcutta to bomb Rangoon. 6 B‑17’s, guided by flares, bomb the target. Numerous
searchlights make it impossible to estimate the bombing results.
US ARMY
VISAYAN ISLANDS—General
Wainwright places General Sharp in command of Visayan garrisons and orders him
to reorganize Visayan-Mindanao Force for stand on Mindanao. Cebu Island. is
thus conceded to be lost. Japanese force of 4,160 invades Panay at dawn, most
going ashore at Iloilo and the rest at Capiz. Landings are unopposed by Col
Albert F. Christie’s Panay Force of about 7,000 which retires to mountains to
wage guerrilla warfare.
MALTA—Awarded the George Cross in recognition of its
heroism under attack.
US MARINE CORPS
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