US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine Seadragon (SS-194) evacuates a
nucleus group of people from the naval communications/radio intelligence unit,
and associated equipment, from Corregidor, to set up facilities on Java.
Japanese
planes bomb Allied shipping off Soembawa Island, N.E.I.; after destroyer Paul
Jones (DD-230) is damaged by near-miss, she then rescues survivors of Dutch
merchantman Tidore, which had run aground in an attempt to avoid
Japanese bombs.
ATLANTIC—Naval Operating Base, Londonderry, Northern
Ireland, is established to serve as a turnaround point for transatlantic
convoys.
Unarmed
U.S. tanker China Arrow is torpedoed, shelled, and sunk by German
submarine U-103 off Winter Quarter Lightship, 37°44'N, 73°18'W (see 7
February).
UNITED STATES— National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda,
Maryland, is established in this Washington, D.C. suburb.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
ARMY AIR FORCES—Far East, Caribbean, Hawaiian, and Alaskan
AFs are redesignated Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eleventh AFs, respectively.
US ARMY
UNITED STATES—Caribbean
Air Force is redesignated Sixth Air Force; Pacific Air Command becomes Seventh Air
Force; Alaskan Air Force is redesignated Eleventh Air Force.
LUZON—I Corps plans to attack with all available forces
against enemy pockets. In South Sector, Japanese are driven to edge of cliff
overlooking beaches at Quinauan Pt. Little progress is made against enemy in
Anyasan–Silaiim sector.
SINGAPORE—Convoy bringing final elements of British 18th Division
and some Indian reinforcements arrives. Slowest ship of the convoy, Empress
of Asia, is sunk by enemy planes before reaching destination. Japanese air
attacks on docks at Singapore prevent other ships of the convoy from unloading
some of their cargo.
BURMA—General Wavell again visits Burma and inspects
situation W of the Salween opposite Moulmein.
US MARINE CORPS
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