US NAVY
GENERAL—Mexico declares war on Germany, Italy, and Japan.
CARIBBEAN—Unarmed U.S. tanker William Boyce Thompson, en
route to Curacao, N.W.I., is torpedoed by German submarine U-558 at
16°26'N, 76°55'W; there are no casualties among the 37 merchant seamen and two
Navy signalmen, and the ship reaches port under her own power.
ATLANTIC—Destroyer Blakely (DD-150), at 15°01'N,
57°38'W, rescues seven survivors from U.S. freighter Quaker City, sunk
by German submarine U-156 on 18 May (see 24 and 26 May).
Admiral
William D. Leahy, USN (Retired), boards Swedish passenger liner Drottningholm
at Lisbon, Portugal, for passage home to the United States. He will arrive
in New York on 1 June.
PACIFIC—Submarine Tautog (SS-199) damages Japanese
transport Sanko Maru southwest of Truk, 07°00'N, 151°00'E.
Submarine Silversides
(SS-236) damages Japanese transport Asahisan Maru at the mouth of
Kii Suido, between Ichiyozaki and Shionomizaki, Honshu, 33°30'N, 135°27'N.
Counterattack by Japanese aircraft (Maizuru Kokutai) is unsuccessful.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
FIFTH AF—B‑17’s pound airfield and shipping at Rabaul while
B‑26’s hit airfield at Lae and attack shipping in the harbor.
US ARMY
NEW GUINEA—21st
Troop Carrier Sq begins movement of some 300 troops and supplies to Wau to
reinforce weak Australian group, called Kanga Force, defending Bulolo Valley.
Kanga Force consists largely of troops of New Guinea Volunteer Reserve (NGVR).
US MARINE CORPS
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