US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine Pompano (SS-181) sinks Japanese
merchant fishing boat Kotoku Maru, 25°16'N, 122°41'E.
Small
reconnaissance seaplane from Japanese submarine I-21 reconnoiters
Auckland, New Zealand.
CARIBBEAN—Unarmed U.S. freighter Beatrice is
torpedoed by German submarine U-558 at 17°23'N, 76°58'W, but the torpedo
fails to explode. U-558 then surfaces to shell the ship, which is
abandoned under fire with the loss of one man. A PBY arrives on the scene and
drives off the submarine. Of the 30 survivors, 21 men in a lifeboat reach
Pigeon Island, Jamaica; British patrol craft Hauken rescues the
remaining nine sailors. Beatrice sinks the next morning.
Steamship Marpesia
rescues two survivors on a raft from U.S. freighter Norlantic, sunk
by German submarine U-69 on 13 May.
Destroyer Goff
(DD-247) rescues 48 survivors of U.S. tanker Samuel Q. Brown, torpedoed
by German submarine U-103 the previous day (see 25 May).
ATLANTIC—Fifteen survivors from U.S. freighter Quaker
City, sunk by German submarine U-156 on 18 May reach safety at
Barbados (see 26 May).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
EIGHTH AF—VIII AF Bomber Command, under overall logistical
control of SOS, is given primary responsibility for all supply and maintenance
peculiar to AAF, thus leaving much logistical autonomy to AAFIB.
FIFTH AF—B‑26’s attack Lae airfield but heavy AA and at
least 15 intercepting Zeros prevent accurate bombing. Several of the Medium
Bombers are shot down or badly damaged and forced to crash-land.
ZONE OF THE INTERIOR—Deployment of air units from eastern
US is begun as a result of threat of a naval attack on the W coast. 12th Bomb Group
begins movement from Louisianna to California.
US ARMY
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US MARINE CORPS
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