2 Oct 1945
- Dwight Eisenhower informed George Patton that Eisenhower was to announce Patton's transfer from US 3rd Army to US 15th Army on the following day. ww2dbase [George Patton | CPC]
- Roberts Dunstan was discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force. ww2dbase [Roberts Dunstan | CPC]
- A Dutch naval captain, who was the acting senior officer of Japanese troops in the Surabaya, Java, Indonesia, ordered troops under his command to surrender their weapons to local Indonesian forces. At this time, the city awaited a formal Allied surrender ceremony. ww2dbase [Surabaya, Java | CPC]
- USS Ancon was assigned to the 5th Fleet as the headquarters ship for a strategic bombing survey. ww2dbase [Ancon | CPC]
- Members of the Philippine Congress discussed the possibility of issuing back pay for government officials dating back to Nov 1941. ww2dbase [CPC]
- D. I. Ballantyne of Chase Bank, special advisor for banking to Philippine President Sergio OsmeƱa, arrived in Manila, Philippines. He was tasked to prepare a depreciation schedule for Japanese occupation currency. ww2dbase [Manila | CPC]
- Destroyer USS Shaw was decommissioned at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. ww2dbase [New York Navy Yard | Shaw | DS]
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