THU 4 MAR 1943
Pacific
Battle of the Bismarck Sea continues with further Allied attacks on the harried Japanese convoy en route to Lae.
Japanese merchant cargo ship Hokuto Maru is sunk by mine south of Muroran, 39°30'N, 142°08'E.
Indian Ocean
U.S. freighter Harvey W. Scott, torpedoed by German submarine U-160 off the coast of South Africa, the previous day, sinks; a second boatload of survivors reaches shore safely (see 6 March).
Atlantic
Survivors from U.S. freighter Staghound, torpedoed and sunk by Italian submarine Barbarigo in the South Atlantic off the coast of Brazil the day before, are rescued by Argentine steamship Rio Colorado. There are no casualties among the 59-man merchant complement or the 25-man Armed Guard.
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Battle of the Bismarck Sea Continues
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There is little doubt the Japanese Imperial Navy was made of sterner stuff than their army counterparts. For while army surrender monkeys were meekly throwing in the towel as late as 1972, most every sailor that went down to sea on Imperial ships in that war insisted on drowning.
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