US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine Shark (SS-174) is sunk by Japanese
destroyer Yamakaze about 120 miles east of Menado, Celebes,01°45'N,
127°15'E. There are no survivors from Shark's 58 man crew.
CARIBBEAN—U.S. Army troops arrive at Curacao and Aruba,
N.W.I., to assume occupation duty (with the cooperation of the British and
Dutch governments) at this naval operating base whose primary mission will be
port security, convoy routing, and protection of tankers transporting oil to
U.S. ports.
ATLANTIC—PBM (VP 74) rescues nine survivors adrift in a
lifeboat from British tanker San Arcadio, sunk by German submarineU-107
on 31 January.
EUROPE—Admiral William D. Leahy, USN (Retired), Ambassador
to France, receives instructions from President Roosevelt that the U.S.
government has learned that French ships are to be used to transport war
materiel between France and Tunisia, and that unless the French government
gives assurances that no military aid would go forward to any Axis power, and
that French ships would not be used in the furtherance of Axis acts of
aggression in any theater of war, the ambassador would be recalled to the
United States "for consultation in a determination of American future
policy with regard to the government of Vichy" (see 20-21 February).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
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US ARMY
LUZON—I
Corps makes substantial progress against Big Pocket, but enemy succeeds in
withdrawing through gap on N side. In South Sector, Japanese fall back to
Silaiim Pt, between Silaiim and Anyasan Rivers, under pressure.
SINGAPORE—Japanese gain further ground; drop appeals for
the garrison to surrender.
BURMA—Additional enemy forces cross Salween in Paan area
and engulf Battalion of Indian 46th Brigade.
US MARINE CORPS
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