US NAVY
PACIFIC—Admiral Chester W. Nimitz visits Midway to
informally inspect defenses and present decorations. He will leave the
following day.
Japanese
special landing force (3d Kure Special Landing Force) lands on Florida Island,
Solomons.
SBDs (VS
5) and TBDs (VT 5) from carrier Yorktown (CV-5) bomb Japanese submarine I-21
in the Coral Sea. I-21reports being attacked by planes, but
significantly fails to specify whether or not her attackers are land- or
carrier-based; TF 17's approach to the Solomons thus remains undetected.
River
gunboat Mindanao (PR-8) is scuttled off South Harbor, Corregidor.
Submarine Drum
(SS-228) torpedoes and sinks Japanese seaplane carrier Mizuho off
south coast of Honshu, 34°26'N,138°14'E.
Submarine Trout
(SS-202) torpedoes and sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Uzan Maru off
southeast coast of Honshu, 33°26'N, 135°52'E.
ATLANTIC—Yacht Cythera (PY-26) is torpedoed and sunk
by German submarine U-402 off the coast of North Carolina; 66 men perish
with the ship. U-402 rescues the two survivors and transports them back
to Germany as POWs.
Submarine
chaser PC-490 rescues all 52 survivors of U.S. tanker Mobiloil, sunk
on 29 April by German submarine U-108.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
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US ARMY
UNITED STATES—Secretary
of War Henry L. Stimson, in letter to General Greely, terminates U.S. Mission
to USSR since Soviet Government has refused it diplomatic clearance as a whole.
MIDWAY—Admiral Nimitz visits Midway to inspect defenses.
MINDANAO—73d Infantry (PA), reinforced with stragglers of
defeated 61st, attempts to stall enemy advancing N along Route Island. Unable
to hold at SW corner of Lake Lanao, 73d withdraws N, establishes line from lake
Lanao across Route Island, and delays enemy briefly. Japanese detachment from
Cotabato continues E toward Kabacan. Brigadier General Joseph P. Vachon, CG of Cotabato-Davao
defense sector, places all available forces at Kabacan. Digos defense force,
ordered to withdraw to Kabacan, starts movement during night 2–3. Cagayan
defense sector is alerted as enemy convoy heading toward Macajalar Bay is
sighted.
