US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine Spearfish (SS-190) torpedoes
Japanese army transport Toba Maru off northwestern Luzon,
17°01'N, 120°15'E.
ATLANTIC—Norwegian motor vessel Gallia rescues one
merchant sailor and five of the 10 man Armed Guard from U.S. freighter Otho,
sunk by German submarine U-754 on 3 April. All told, 23 of the 36
man merchant complement, four of the 10 man Armed Guard and four of seven
passengers perish.
Swedish
motor vessel Astri rescues 15 survivors from U.S. freighter Lammont
Du Pont, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-125 on 23 April
(see 16 May). These men are subsequently transferred to light cruiser Omaha
(CL-4).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
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US ARMY
BURMA—General
Alexander orders withdrawal to N bank of Irrawaddy from line
Meiktila–Kyaukpadaung to start after nightfall. Chinese 22d Division withdraws
from Pyawbwe and is being encircled in Meiktila area by Japanese. Chinese 5th
Army force (200th Division and 1st and 2d Regiments of T-55th) clears enemy
from Taunggyi but is unable to halt drive toward Lashio. General Stilwell confers
with British and Chinese commanders concerning defense of Lashio.
US MARINE CORPS
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