U.S. forces storm Japanese Admiralties base.

U.S. forces storm Japanese Admiralties base. American troops, pouring from landing craft, dash up a beach to push inland against the Japanese on Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands. In a surprise landing on the Southwest Pacific base, under cover of a powerful U.S. air and naval bombardment, American soldiers seized the enemy base with its strategic airfield on Feb. 29, 1944.