Showing posts with label Columbian Navy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Columbian Navy. Show all posts

Friday, March 29, 2024

Wednesday, March 29, 1944 Cutting off Imphal.

The Japanese 31st (Sato) Division cut the road between Imphal and Kohima.  Gen. Slim, British 14th Army, decides to supply Imphal by air.

The Red Army took Kolomya, which was in Poland prior to 1939, but which is now in Ukraine.

The Royal Navy sank the U-961.

Lithuanian pilot Romualdas Marcinkus, part of the Great Escape, was executed by the Gestapo.

The Columbian Navy destroyer ARC Caldas engaged and damaged the U-154 while escorting the MC Cabimas.

Task Force 31.6 off New Ireland to Emirau Island in the Bismark Arch. Photographed by a plane from USS Manila Bay (CVE-61), March 29, 1944.

The first award of the Expert Infantryman Badge was made.

Last prior edition:

Tuesday, March 28, 1944. Another day in the war.