US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine S-38 (SS-143) bombards Japanese
radio station on enemy-occupied Bawean Island, that had been set up the
previous day.
Small
reconnaissance seaplane from Japanese submarine I-25 reconnoiters
Melbourne, Australia.
ATLANTIC—Unarmed U.S. bulk carrier Marore is
torpedoed, shelled, and sunk by German submarine U-432 off the North
Carolina coast, 35°33'N, 74°58'W. U.S. tanker John D. Gill rescues 25
survivors; 15 more men land at Coast Guard Big Kinnakeet Lifeboat Station.
There are no casualties.
U.S.
tanker R.P. Resor is torpedoed by German submarine U-578 five
miles off Sea Girt, Delaware, 39°47'N,73°26'W; of the 41 man merchant crew and
8 Armed Guard sailors on board, one civilian and one Armed Guard sailor are
rescued by submarine chaser PC-507. Coast Guard cutters Icarus (WPC-110)
and Antietam (WPC-128), yacht Zircon (PY-16) and coastal
minesweeper AMc-200 converge on the scene; Eagle Boat PE-55 attacks
sound contact in the vicinity without result (see 1 March).
U.S.
tanker Cassimir is sunk in collision with U.S. freighter Lara 48
miles from Frying Pan Shoals lightship, 33°28'N,77°34'W.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
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US ARMY
PHILLIPINE ISLANDS—Japanese
amphibious force, consisting of a Battalion of infantry and a FA battery, sails
from Olongapo, Luzon, for Mindoro.
AUSTRALIA—U.S. TF bound for New Caledonia reaches
Australia.
INDIAN OCEAN—USS Langley (ACV), with 32 fighters on
board, is sunk en route to Java by Japanese planes.
BURMA—Hard fighting is developing in Waw area, NE of Pegu,
as enemy continues infiltration westward from Sittang River.
LIBYA—13 Corps is responsible for defenses organized in
depth over 36-mile area from Gazala to Bir Hacheim. 30 Corps prepares defensive
positions on frontier and has detachment at Giarabub.
US MARINE CORPS
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