Sun. 8 March 1942
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-126 the 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.
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