US NAVY
ATLANTIC—Amphibious Force Atlantic Fleet (Rear Admiral
Roland M. Brainard) is established.
Unarmed
U.S. collier Lemuel Burrows is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-404
off Atlantic City, New Jersey, 39°18'N, 74°16'W. Freighter Sewalls Point
rescues one group of survivors; a boat from James Elwood Jones the
other.
Panamanian
motorship Annetta I rescues the last survivor of unarmed U.S. tanker J.N.
Pew, sunk by German submarine U-67 on 21 February; 33 of the 36 man
crew are lost.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
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US ARMY
UNITED STATES—Joint
Chiefs of Staff decide to continue on the defensive in the Pacific with forces
already there and to build up forces in United Kingdom for an offensive against
Germany.
PHILLIPINE ISLANDS—General MacArthur and his party reach Mindanao.
IRAN—U.S. Iranian Mission begins releasing civilian
contractors in accordance with War Department directive of 18 February calling
for militarization of contract activities throughout world.
US MARINE CORPS
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