US NAVY
ATLANTIC—U.S. freighter Pipestone County, en route
from Trinidad, B.W.I., to Boston, Massachusetts, is torpedoed by German
submarine U-576 at 37°35'N, 66°20'W and abandoned by all hands (36 man
merchant complement and the 9 man Armed Guard). U-576 provisions one of
the sunken freighter's four lifeboats after questioning some of the survivors
(see 22 April, and 7 and 8 May).
Unarmed
U.S. freighter San Jacinto, en route to San Juan, Puerto Rico, is
torpedoed and shelled by German submarine U-201 at 31°10'N, 70°45'W, and
abandoned before she sinks. Lost with the ship are five merchant sailors and
nine passengers; 74 crewmen and 95 passengers survive (see 23 April).
EUROPE—Louise Leahy, wife of Admiral William D. Leahy, USN
(Retired), Ambassador to France, dies of an embolism in Vichy. Her death, on
the eve of their departure from Vichy, is a "crushing emotional
shock" to the admiral, "beyond the understanding of anyone who has
not had an identical experience."
US ARMY AIR FORCE
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US ARMY
BURMA—Japanese
overtake Chinese 6th Army at Hopong. Chinese 49th Division is moving quickly W
as ordered, and elements are committed in Mong Pawn-Loilem region.
US MARINE CORPS
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