US NAVY
PACIFIC—Destroyer Allen (DD‑66) rescues first of two
groups of survivors from U.S. freighter Manini (sunk by Japanese
submarine I 175 on 17 December) at 21°29'N, 159°36'E.
Coast Guard
cutter Tiger rescues 14 survivors of U.S. freighter Prusa, sunk
by Japanese submarine I 172 on 19December. A second group of 11
survivors reaches safety after a 2,700‑mile voyage, rescued by a Fijian
government vessel and taken to Boruin, Gilberts.
Unarmed
U.S. tanker Connecticut is shelled by Japanese submarine I 25 about
10 miles west of the mouth of the Columbia River.
Submarine Perch
(SS‑176) torpedoes Japanese supply ship Noshima in South China Sea,
22°14'N, 115°13'E.
Six PBYs
(VP 101) bomb Japanese shipping at Jolo, P.I. against heavy fighter opposition;
four Catalinas are lost.
Japanese
bomb shipping in Manila Bay and Pasig River (Takao Kokutai and 1st Kokutai).
Philippine customs cutters Arayat and Mindoro and motor vessel Ethel
Edwards are set afire, while lighthouse tender Canlaon is destroyed
by a direct hit. Steamship Taurus is scuttled in the Pasig River (see 29
December).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
US ARMY
FAR EAST—Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pownall relieves Air
Chief Marshal Brooke-Popham as British CinC Far East.
PHILLIPINE ISLANDS—Luzon front is quiet as Japanese
consolidate along the Agno. North Luzon Force withdraws toward next delaying
line, Tarlac–Cabanatuan, where it is to make maximum delaying effort. On S
Luzon, Japanese continue to pursue U.S. columns along Routes 23 and 1; on
latter, Japanese break through main positions of 53d Infantry and seize
Candelaria.
MALAYA—Indian 11th Division rear guards (12th and 28th
Brigades) begin withdrawal to defense positions near Kampar. In E Malaya,
Japanese threat to Kuantan is increasing. Enemy forces near Trengganu- Pahang
border are placed under artillery fire.
BURMA—Lieutenant General T. J. Hutton replaces General
MacLeod as commander of Burma Army.
LIBYA—7th Armored Division of 13 Corps, British Eighth
Army, attacks Rommel’s Agedabia position, which is well-suited by nature for
defense, but makes no headway.
NORWAY—British Commandos again raid enemy bases on islands
off Norway.
US MARINE CORPS
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