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18 Sep 1945

HMCS Micmac (R10) was commissioned into service with Lieutenant Commander R. L. Hennessy in command. ww2dbase [AC]

Dutch East Indies

British personnel were parachuted over Magelang, Java and over Sumatra in Indonesia; they were tasked with locating and rescuing prisoners of war. ww2dbase [Magelang, Java | CPC]

Hawaii

Escort carrier USS Bogue departed Pearl Harbor bound for Alameda, California. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Bogue | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]

Japan

Douglas MacArthur established his headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | Tokyo | CPC]
USS St. Louis arrived at Hagushi Beach anchorage, Okinawa. ww2dbase [St. Louis | Hagushi, Okinawa | DS]

United States

US President Harry Truman noted that the removal of all Japanese elements in Korea, and thus Korean independence, would "require time and patience". ww2dbase [Harry Truman | CPC]

Photo(s) dated 18 Sep 1945

Captured A6M5 Model 52 Zero fighters and one Ki-46 reconnaissance aircraft at the RNZAF airfield at Jacquinot Bay, New Britain, 18 Sep 1945

Advanced Base Sectional Dock #2 (foreground) and ABSD #4 at Papitalai Harbor (a sheltered bay in Seeadler Harbor), Manus, Admiralty Islands, 18 Sep 1945.

A former internee looking at a building of the Stanley Interment Camp, Hong Kong, 18 Sep 1945

Recently freed internees of Stanley Internment Camp receiving tickets for their trip to Europe, Hong Kong, 18 Sep 1945

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