US NAVY
PACIFIC—Destroyer Paul Jones (DD-230) rescues
survivors from Dutch steamships Camphuijs (sunk on 9 January by Japanese
submarine I-158 at 04°40'S, 111°47'E) and Benkoelen (also sunk on
the 9th by Japanese submarine I-165 at 04°50'S,112°50'E).
Submarine Pickerel
(SS-177) torpedoes and sinks Japanese gunboat Kanko Maru at mouth of
Davao Gulf, off Cape San Augustin, P.I., 06°19'N, 125°54'E.
Submarine Stingray
(SS-186) torpedoes and sinks Japanese cargo ship Harbin Maru in
South China Sea off the south coast of Hainan Island, 17°40'N, 109°20'E.
Dutch
submarine O-19 torpedoes and sinks Japanese army cargo ship Akita
Maru and torpedoes merchant cargo ship Tairyu Maru at the mouth of
the Gulf of Siam, 07°40'N, 102°50'E.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
FAR EAST AF—Fighter units complete movement (begun 24 Dec
41) from various bases on Luzon to Bataan Peninsula.
US ARMY
LUZON—General
MacArthur inspects Bataan defenses. Japanese make their first surrender demand,
dropping it from the air. In II Corps area, Japanese force driving S along East
Road splits, most of it moving W; both forces reach OPL along Calaguiman River below
Samal and exert strong pressure against it. Enemy column pushing S in central Bataan
is slowed by jungle terrain. In I Corps area, Japanese W assault force reaches
Olongapo without opposition.
MALAYA—Indian 3 Corps abandons Port Swettenham and Kuala
Lumpur while falling back to cover Port Dickson and Seremban area. Japanese
planes, which since late December have been making night attacks on airdromes
on Singapore, begin daylight raids on the airdromes.
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES—General Wavell, Supreme Commander
of ABDA area, f lies to Java, where he confers with members of ABDA staff;
establishes hq at Lembang,
10 miles N of Bandoeng.
BURMA—Commander of Indian 17th Division arrives in Burma to
take charge of Tenasserim operations.
US MARINE CORPS
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