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• USS Tunny made rendezvous with USS Skate in the Sea of Japan. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
• The last organized Japanese defense was broken by Australian troops at Tarakan Island, Borneo. ww2dbase [Borneo Campaign | CPC]
• Joseph Stilwell accepted Douglas MacArthur's offer to make him the commanding officer of the 10th Army, which consisted of American, Canadian, Australian, and Indian troops. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | CPC]
• USS Spot set sail for the East China Sea. ww2dbase [Spot | CPC]
• Destroyers USS Nicholas, USS O’Bannon, and USS Taylor were detached from their convoy and routed independently to Leyte Gulf, Philippines. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 33 departed. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]

• USS Parche sank three small Japanese trawlers with her deck gun in the Tsugara Strait between Aomori Prefecture and Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Parche | CPC]
• Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed the Okinawa area bound for Ulithi. ww2dbase [Steamer Bay | Okinawa | DS]

• Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Sargent Bay arrived in San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf, Philippines.n ww2dbase [Sargent Bay | San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf | CPC]

• USS Washington arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for an overhaul. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Washington | Bremerton, Washington | DS]
• USS Tamalpais departed San Pedro, California unescorted bound for Eniwetok, Marshall Islands with a load of fresh water. ww2dbase [Tamalpais | San Pedro, California | DS]

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