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January 19, 1945
Today in World War II Pacific History
Day by day chronology
FRIDAY, 19 JANUARY 1945

ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): A B-24 flies a radar ferret mission over Shimushu and Onnekotan. Two other B-24s hit Matsuwa and Onnekotan.

Burma: In ALFSEA's 15 Corps area, Kantha, on Myebon Peninsula, falls to 25th Ind Division.

In NCAC area, 114th Regt of Ch 38th Div cuts Namhkam-Namhpakka trail. U.S. 5332d Brig craters Burma Road and continues to clear heights overlooking it.

CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): Four B-25s bomb Monguy, Burma and vicinity, 5 bomb Ishan, China, and in French Indochina, 8 hit shipping and rail targets at Song Cau, and 4 hit shipping, railroad targets, and a bridge at Do Len. About 115 P-51s, P-40s, and P-38s on armed reconnaissance over S China and N French Indochina attack a great variety of targets of opportunity covering especially in the Wanting, China area.

INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 9 B-25s bomb troops and stores at Na-mon and near Hsenwi; 28 fighter-bombers support ground forces in the Si-U and Namhkam battle sectors and along the Irrawaddy River near Yenya-u, Kyaukpyu, and Myitson; 4 others bomb a causeway in the lake at Mogok; troops, supplies, and artillery are hit by 80+ fighter-bombers at Tonghsim, Konghsa, Mankang, Mong Pa, Pangkawlong, Saihkao, Man Hio, Man Mao, and other locations in N Burma. Transports complete 500+ sorties to forward areas.

AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Seven B-24s from Saipan bomb Chi Chi Jima Harbor; Nine B-24s from Guam hit airfields on Iwo Jima; 7 B-24s escort photo planes over the Bonin and Kazan and one bombs Iwo Jima; during the night, 3 B-24s on individual snooper strikes from the Marianas bomb Iwo Jima.

HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): Mission 20: 80 B-29s are dispatched to hit the Kawasaki aircraft plant at Akashi, outside Tokyo; 62 hit the primary target and 9 others bomb alternates and targets of opportunity; they claim 4-4-8 Japanese aircraft.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In principal missions of the day, B-24s and B-25s bomb La Carlota Airfield and Bacolod Airfield. A-20s attack shipping at Salomague and Callaguip and B-25s, A-20s, and fighter-bombers attack throughout Luzon, hitting airfields, vehicles, storage areas, highways, and a variety of other targets. HQ 433d Troop Carrier Group moves from Biak to Tanauan. The 70th Fighter Squadron, 18th Fighter Group, arrives at Lingayen Airfield from Sansapor with P-38s.

U.S. Army: On Luzon, in the U.S. Sixth Army area, XIV Corps begins advance toward Clark Field, gaining line Camiling-Paniqui-Anao 24 hours ahead of schedule. On right, 160th Inf of 40th Div drives down Route 13 to Nambalan. One column of 129th Inf, 37th Div, drives to Carmen and patrols as far as San Manuel without incident; another advances to Moncada, where Japanese are driven off; a third reaches Paniqui. 148th Inf moves into positions along Camiling-Paniqui Road--Route 55. In I Corps area, 169th Inf of 43d Div moves reinforcements to 2d Bn at road junction near Sison, but Japanese regain the position. 103d Inf begins 2-bn assault on Hill 600, east of the Pozorrubio Road.

On Poro, 7th Div Task Force is clearing the island and making few contacts with enemy.

On Mindoro, 21st Inf troops overcome enemy opposition along Gusay Creek.

U.S. Navy: USS Spot (SS-413) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Usa Maru, 39°07'N, 122°51'E.

Royal Navy: HMS Supreme damages Japanese auxiliary netlayer Agata Maru south of Ross Island Andaman Islands.


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