US NAVY
ATLANTIC—Coast Guard lighthouse tender Acacia (WAGL-200)
is shelled and sunk by German submarine U-161 south of Haiti.
Unarmed
U.S. tanker Ario is torpedoed, shelled, and sunk by German submarine U-158
11 miles southwest of Cape Lookout, 34°20'N, 76°39'W. Destroyer Dupont (DD-152)
rescues the 29 survivors of the 36 man crew.
U.S.
tanker Olean is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-158 15
miles south of Cape Lookout, 34°24'N,76°29'W. Coast Guard motor lifeboats from
Cape Lookout and Fort Mason stations rescue 33 survivors.
While
providing coverage for convoy ON 74, PBO (VP 82) bombs and sinks German
submarine U-503, North Atlantic, 43°50'N, 48°45'W.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
SOUTH PACIFIC—67th Fighter Squadron, the first AAF tactical
unit in the theater, arrives on New Caledonia.
ELEVENTH AF—XI Fighter Command is activated at Elmendorf
Field commander is Col Norman D Sillin. Its operational components are the 11th
and the 18th Pursuit Squadrons.
US ARMY
LUZON—In
Manila Bay area the Japanese, having emplaced additional artillery along S
shore of Manila Bay SW of Ternate, renew intensive bombardment of fortified
islands. Shelling is conducted daily and in great force through 21 March,
despite U.S. counterbattery fire. Forts Frank and Drum are particularly hard
hit.
BURMA—General Stilwell is notified that General Wavell, as
Supreme Commander, India, is responsible for operations in Burma.
US MARINE CORPS
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