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- Vi Kyuin "Wellington" Koo was named the Chinese Ambassador to the United States. ww2dbase [Wellington Koo | CPC]
- Max Koegel, former Majdanek Concentration Camp commandant, committed suicide while in captivity. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
- USS Trepang was decommissioned from service and entered the reserves at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States. ww2dbase [Mare Island Navy Yard | Trepang | Vallejo, California | CPC]
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