US NAVY
GENERAL—Authorized enlisted strength of the U.S. Navy is
increased to 500,000.
PACIFIC—Dutch army shore battery sinks Japanese
minesweepers W.13 and W.14 off Tarakan, Borneo; destroyer Asagumo
is damaged when she runs aground off Tarakan.
Japanese
submarine I-121 mines Clarence Strait, the body of water connecting Van
Diemen Gulf and the Timor Sea, off Australia's northern territory, at the
approaches to Darwin, the Asiatic Fleet's main logistics base (see 16 January).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
US ARMY
LUZON—Japanese
exert strong pressure against II Corps, particularly on W, while taking up
positions for concerted assault. 51st Division (PA) is hard hit and gives
ground, some of which is regained after reserves are committed. In center,
Japanese push back OPL of 41st Division (PA). On E coast, Japanese regain
positions on S bank of Calaguiman River; to meet threat there, 21st Infantry (PA)
is released from reserve to assist 57th Infantry (PS). In I Corps area, Japanese
detachment moves by boat and seizes undefended Grande Island.
US MARINE CORPS
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