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History on the 28th of February 1942

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28 Feb 1942 WW2 German submarine U-578 attacked destroyer USS Jacob Jones 10 kilometers east of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, United States, hitting her with two or three torpedoes, sinking her. About 80 of the 110 aboard were killed. 
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28 Feb 1942 WW2 US submarine Permit delivered ammunition to Corregidor, Philippine Islands. Upon departure, the submarine evacuated 31 US Navy personnel. 
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28 Feb 1942 WW2 San Juan was commissioned into service. 
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28 Feb 1942 WW2 Franz Halder noted in his diary that the campaign in the Soviet Union had thus far caused 1,005,636 German casualties, 202,251 of which were killed. He also noted that there were 112,627 cases of frostbite. 
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28 Feb 1942 WW2 Alfred Rosenberg advised Wilhelm Keitel to improve the treatment of Soviet prisoners of war. 
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28 Feb 1942 WW2 The planned strike on Rabaul, New Britain by the US 14th Reconnaissance Squadron (based in Queensland, Australia) was cancelled as about half of the squadron's men were falling ill with dengue fever. 
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28 Feb 1942 WW2 7 Japanese Type 1 bombers of the 4th Air Group, escorted by 6 Zero fighters, attacked Port Moresby, Australian Papua, destroying 3 Catalina aircraft, damaging 1 Catalina aircraft, and damaging seaplane base facilities. The Japanese lost one fighter to anti-aircraft fire; the downed pilot, Flying Petty Officer 1st Class Katsuaki Nagatomo, was captured. 
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28 Feb 1942 WW2 General Archibald Wavell, who believed Rangoon, Burma must be held, relieved Thomas Hutton for planning an evacuation. 
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28 Feb 1942 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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28 Feb 1942 WW2 In the Dutch East Indies, Allied cruisers USS Houston and HMAS Perth were ordered to sail through Sunda Strait to Tjilatjap, where they would participate in the Battle of Sunda Strait, and USS Houston would sink with the loss of 693 men. Meanwhile, Japanese troops landed at Bantam Bay and Eretan Wetan, west and east of Batavia, respectively; another force landed 100 miles east of Surabaya. 
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28 Feb 1942 WW2 British cruiser HMS Exeter departed Surabaya, Java, Dutch East Indies for Ceylon. 
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28 Feb 1942 WW2 U-576 arrived at Saint-Nazaire, France, ending her third war patrol. 
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28 Feb 1942 WW2 Hans-Joachim Marseille arrived in Berlin, Germany for a period of home leave. 
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28 Feb 1942 WW2 Japanese submarine I-153 sank British freighter City of Manchester south of Java, Dutch East Indies; 3 were killed, 6 were captured by I-153's crew, and 128 were rescued by USS Whippoorwill and USS Lark. 
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28 Feb 1942 WW2 Garland was refitted at Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom. 
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