October 22, 1944
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SUNDAY, 22 OCTOBER 1944

(CBI) BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 40+ P-47s hit a variety of targets including bridges at Panghkam, and at two other points along the N Burma rail corridor, the towns of Manna and Kyaungle, a bivouac in the Indaw area, and various targets of opportunity.

CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 2 B-25s knock out 2 railroad bridges at Pingnam while 8 P-51s pound the town area; 54 P-40s and P-51s on armed reconnaissance attack town areas and general targets of opportunity at Nampang, Kuanyang, Shekpo, Pingnam, Kweiping, near Menghsu and Wanling, Burma.

PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA) AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Guam hit Yap with harassment raids during the day, operating singly or in groups of 2 or 3. Makin based B-25s bomb Nauru.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-25s and P-38s attack shipping in the Sulu Archipelago and Jolo Harbor and Zamboanga Harbor while B-24s hit Opon and Lahug on Cebu; B-25s hit Ternate on Samar and B-24s pound Matina Airfield and Likanan Airfield; and HQ 308th Bombardment Wing moves from Hollandia to Leyte. B-25s hit Piroe Bay supply dumps and gun positions and fighter-bombers hit Kairatoe Airfield and Amahai Airfield and targets of opportunity in Binnen Bay. A-20s blast pillboxes and occupied areas in the Metimedan-Sawar Rivers sector of New Guinea. Lost is P-70A 42-54161 pilot Captain Don L. Sutliff (MIA) and B-24L 44-41422 pilot 2nd Lt. Gayle W. Kizer (MIA).

U.S. Sixth Army: In X Corps area, 7th Cav of 2d Brig, 1st Cav Div, mops up Tacloban and takes rest of hill to SW. 8th Cav is placed under control of 2d Brig and takes up positions W of 7th Cav, except for Tr C, which moves to Anibong Pt. 5th Cav of 1st Brig, after laborious effort to advance over difficult terrain west of Caibaan, is ordered to halt and maintain current positions. 34th Inf, 24th Div, assisted by artillery fire and Navy planes, secures Pawing area with capture of hill to W. 19th Inf repels counterattacks against Palo, killing 91 Japanese, and mops up. In XXIV Corps area, after night-long shelling of Labiranan Head, 1st Bn of 383d Inf, 96th Div, recaptures it while other elements of regt seize San Roque on Highway 1. 382d Inf takes Tigbao and Canmangui and sets up 3 night perimeters: one at Mati, one 800 yards E of Bolongtohan, and one 500 yards SE of Tigbao. 32d Inf, 7th Div, gets about halfway to Burauen against sporadic resistance. 184th, assisted by aircraft of Seventh Fleet, advances more rapidly, gaining 2,800 yards before being ordered to halt until 32d Inf can come abreast. 17th Inf, less 3d Bn, assembles in Dulag Airfield area.

USN: TF 38 planes sink Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 15 west of Tabals, P.I., 12°55'N, 121°35'E.

Navy carrier-based planes (TF 77) sink Japanese motor sailships No.3 Akebono Maru and No.5 Taihei Maru

USS Darter (SS-227) detects a group of Japanese warships of "Center Force" northwest of Borneo at Lat 7°31'N Long 115°22'E, and trails them.

Submarine Sea Dog (SS-401) sinks Japanese supply ship Muroto south-southwest of Kagoshima, 29°19'N, 129°44'E, and gunboat Tomitsu Maru south of Akuseki Jima, 29°18'N, 129°44'E.

U.S. freighter Augustus Thomas is strafed in San Pedro Bay, Leyte; one man of the 27-man Armed Guard is wounded.

HMS: British submarine HMS Tantivy (P319) sinks Japanese Communication Ship No.137 in Makassar Strait.