19 Jun 1946
United States
United States
- USS Spot was decommissioned from service at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States. ww2dbase [Mare Island Navy Yard | Spot | Vallejo, California | CPC]
- US President Harry Truman presented the posthumous Medal of Honor for US Marine Harold Gonsalves to his sister Marie Gonsalves at the US Navy Building in San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [Harold Gonsalves | San Francisco, California | CPC]
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