US NAVY
ATLANTIC—Unarmed U.S. tanker Naeco is torpedoed by
German submarine U-124 at 33°59'N, 76°40'W. Coast Guard cutter Dione (WPC-107)
rescues 10 survivors from one lifeboat and two men from the sea; minesweeper Osprey
(AM-56) rescues one survivor from a raft; tug Umpqua (AT-25) takes
off one man who had returned to the ship after she had been abandoned. All
told, 24 men perish with the ship, which later breaks in half (the stern
section sinking). Destroyer Roper (DD-147) scuttles the bow section with
gunfire.
Unarmed
U.S. tanker Muskogee is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-123 at
28°00'N, 58°00'W. U-123 draws near to the survivors on two rafts and
questions them before clearing the area. None of the 34 man crew, however, are
ever seen again.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
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US ARMY
UNITED STATES—President
Roosevelt sends message to General MacArthur in Australia expressing his desire
that General Wainwright control all forces in the Philippines; General MacArthur
concurs.
BURMA—Japanese planes make another destructive attack on
Magwe airdrome, forcing AVG and RAF aircraft to withdraw to Loiwing (on Chinese
frontier) and Akyab, respectively. Troops defending Burma are thus denied close
air support. General Stilwell, upon arriving at front, begins planning for counterattack
in support of Chinese 200th Division at Toungoo. Chinese continue to withstand
pressure against Toungoo from the S.
US MARINE CORPS
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