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• With Japanese troops hopelessly surrounded in the Oroku sector of Okinawa, Japan requested a ceasefire to allow them to commit suicide rather than surrender. Hundreds blew themselves up with grenades or jumped off cliffs. ww2dbase [Okinawa Campaign | AC]
• Dwight Eisenhower received the Freedom of the City of London of England, United Kingdom and the Order of Merit from the French. ww2dbase [Dwight Eisenhower | AC, CPC]
• USS Tunny patrolled immediately off the coast of Etomo Ko, Honshu, Japan. She was detected by search lights and withdrew out to sea. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]

• Submarines USS Silversides, USS Quillback, and USS Cabrilla departed Saipan in the Mariana Islands bound for their patrol area. ww2dbase [Silversides | Cabrilla | Quillback | Saipan | DS]

• Sun Liren inspected Canadian troops and captured German weapons at General Harry Crerar's headquarters in the Netherlands. ww2dbase [Sun Li-jen | CPC]

• Kamikaze began an escort assignment for oiler Toho Maru out of Singapore. ww2dbase [Kamikaze | Sinagpore | CPC]

• The Oka Prisoners of War Camp in northern Taiwan was opened. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir John Anderson announced the creation of the Arts Council of Great Britain to succeed the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts. ww2dbase [AC]

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