WED 19 MAY 1943
Pacific
Submarine Gar (SS-206) sinks Japanese guardboat Asuka Maru in Makassar Strait, 01°02'N, 119°08'E.
Mediterranean
Axis planes bomb Allied shipping in Oran harbor, Algeria, damaging U.S. freighters Samuel Griffin and Luther Martin; the former suffers 15 men injured among her complement of 44 merchant seamen and 26 Armed Guards; the latter suffers no injuries. Both ships are repaired and returned to service.
Saturday, May 19, 2018
75 Yrs. Ago In Nothing
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