US NAVY
PACIFIC—Japanese naval force (Rear Admiral Kajioka
Sadamichi) occupies Lae and Salamaua, New Guinea.
Japanese
occupy Rangoon, Burma.
Small
reconnaissance seaplane from Japanese submarine I-25 reconnoiters
Wellington, New Zealand.
ATLANTIC—Net tender Mulberry (YN-22) rescues 14
survivors from U.S. freighter Cardonia, sunk by German submarine U-126the
day before.
Coast
Guard cutter Calypso (WPC-104) rescues 54 survivors from Brazilian
steamship Arabutan, sinks their lifeboats as a hazard to navigation, and
transports the men to Little Creek, Virginia.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
TENTH AF—HQ Tenth AF begins moving from Patterson Field to
India. Between this date and 13 Mar, the 8 B‑17’s in India transport 474 troops
and 29 tons of supplies from India to Magwe and on the return flights evacuate
423 civilians.
ELEVENTH AF—Col William O Butler assumes command of the
Eleventh with HQ at Ft Richardson.
US ARMY
ALASKA—Brigadier
General William O. Butler assumes command of U.S. Eleventh Air Force under
Alaska Defense Command (Maj General Simon B. Buckner, Jr.). Alaska Defense
Command is in turn under Western Defense Command (Lt General John L. De-Witt),
which was designated a theater of operations early in the war.
BURMA—63d Brigade and elements of 16th, with tank and artillery
support, clear Japanese block on Rangoon–Prome road at Taukkyan. During period
8–13 March, heavy bombers of U.S. Tenth Air Force transport troops and supplies
from India to Magwe, Burma.
MIDDLE EAST—General Ritchie is ordered by General Auchinleck
to provide diversion in Libya for passage of convoy to Malta. Supply situation
on Malta is very serious.
US MARINE CORPS
Japanese land at Lae and Salamaua, New Guinea.
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