US NAVY
ATLANTIC—German submarine U-129 torpedoes and sinks
unarmed U.S. freighter Steel Age about 130 miles northeast of
Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, 06°45'N, 53°15'W, and takes the sole survivor
captive.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
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US ARMY
AUSTRALIA—U.S.
TF sails for New Caledonia.
CHINA—General Stilwell confers for the first time with
Chiang Kai-shek in Chungking.
BURMA—Newly arrived 63d Brigade, under command of Indian 17th
Division, makes futile effort to clear block on Rangoon–Pegu road and relieve
Pegu garrison, which is isolated. General Alexander orders Rangoon evacuated
since situation in lower Burma is deteriorating rapidly; denial program is to
be put into effect at midnight 6–7.
US MARINE CORPS
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