US NAVY
PACIFIC—Small reconnaissance seaplane from Japanese
submarine I-25 reconnoiters Auckland, New Zealand.
Lieutenant
General Douglas MacArthur and Rear Admiral Francis W. Rockwell, with their
respective staffs, reach Cagayan, Mindanao, after a 560 mile voyage in heavy to
moderate seas, in motor torpedo boats PT-32, PT-34, PT-35, and PT-41.
PT-32 becomes disabled during the operation, and is scuttled by gunfire of
submarine Permit (SS-178) one mile southwest of Taguayan Island, P.I.,
10°58'N, 121°12'E.
Submarine Gar
(SS-206) torpedoes and sinks Japanese victualling stores ship Chichibu
Maru between six and ten miles southwest of Mikura Jima, south of Tokyo
Bay, Japan, 33°53'N, 139°29.5'E.
Japanese minesweeper No.2 Tama Maru sinks as the result of damage inflicted by U.S. Navy carrier-based planes on 10 March during the Lae-Salamaua Raid.
ATLANTIC—Unarmed U.S. schooner Albert F. Paul is
torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-332 off the east coast of the
United States, 26°00'N, 72°00'W. There are no survivors.
Chilean
freighter Tolten is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-404 off
Barnegat, New Jersey, 40°10'N,73°50'W; subsequently, plane en route from
Langley Field to Mitchell Field sights one survivor on a life raft at 39°50'N,
73°40'W; Coast Guard cutter Antietam (WPC-128), coastal minesweeper AMc-200
are sent to the scene; NAS Lakehurst sends three L-type blimps, one of
which, L 2, ultimately sights the raft seen earlier that day. Net tender Larch
(YN-16) rescues the one survivor of what was a crew of between 16 and 21
men.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
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US ARMY
NEW GUINEA—Japanese,
having gained firm positions in Lae-Salamaua area, replace infantry with naval
forces.
SOLOMON ISLANDS—Japanese force from 4th Fleet sails
from Rabaul, New Britain, for Buka, which is eventually seized together with
other positions in N Solomons.
INDIA—First detachment of U.S. troops (Air Forces
personnel) to reach CBI arrive at Karachi, having been diverted from Java.
US MARINE CORPS
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