26 Jun 1946
- Yosuke Matsuoka passed away. ww2dbase [Yosuke Matsuoka | CPC]
- Sawfish was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Sawfish | CPC]
- Allied repatriation ship Hikawa Maru arrived in Shanghai, China and embarked Japanese personnel. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Shanghai | CPC]
- USS Helm was decommissioned at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Helm | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
- Raizo Tanaka retired from military service. ww2dbase [Raizo Tanaka | CPC]
- Max Koegel, former Majdanek Concentration Camp commandant, was arrested. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
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