TUE 7 MAR 1944
Pacific
As the result of the Japanese shore battery damaging destroyer Nicholson (DD-442) the day before, TF 74 (Rear Admiral Victor A. C. Crutchley, RN), repeats shelling of Japanese shore batteries and positions on Hauwei and Norilo Islands.
Japanese shore battery sinks motor torpedo boat PT-337, Hansa Bay, New Guinea, 04°09'S, 144°50'E; PBY (VP 34) rescues survivors on 11 March.
USAAF B-24s (10th Air Force) mine waters off Koh Chang, Thailand, harbor; mines sink merchant cargo ship Juyo Maru, 13°10'N, 100°50'E.
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Encore Attack
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