15 Jan 1952
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- Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay was established on the former site of US Army's Fort Hase and US Navy's Naval Air Station Kaneohe in the US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Kaneohe Naval Air Station | Kaneohe, Oahu | CPC]
- The Military Tribunal of the Moscow District sentenced German prisoner of war Karl Kosch 25 years in prison for war crimes and for being a German spy. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Moscow | CPC]
- USS Sea Cat arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States for conversion into a Fleet Snorkel submarine. ww2dbase [Philadelphia Navy Yard | Sea Cat | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | CPC]
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