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• Yukikaze was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Lieutenant General Kuzma Derevyanko reported to Joseph Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, Lavrentiy Beria, and Georgy Malenkov on his observations of destroyed cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• The Indonesian Badan Keamanan Rakjat (People's Security Organization) was renamed Tentara Keamanan Rakjat (People's Security Army). Oerip Sumohardjo, a former officer in the Dutch colonial army, was made its new leader. ww2dbase [CPC]
• The Republic of Indonesia formed the People's Security Forces (TKR) upon the remnants of the Japanese-established People's Security Council (BKR). TKR, formed in response to growing disorder particularly on Java and Sumatra, would later form the basis of the new nation's military forces. ww2dbase [CPC]

• General Philippe Leclerc arrived at Tan Son Nhut Airfield in Saigon, Cochinchina, French Indochina to take command of all French forces in the region. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Thomas Dodd interrogated Wilhelm Keitel for several hours in the afternoon in Nürnberg, Germany, and the session was observed by Soviet representatives. During this session, Keitel showed scorn for the Soviets, admitted issuing the order to execute captured Soviet commissars, and discussed the torture of Soviet prisoners of war. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Light carrier Hosho was removed from the Japanese Navy List. On the same day, she departed Kure, Japan for the Marshall Islands in an effort to repatriot Japanese military servicemen. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) loaded US servicemen passengers at Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]
• Landing ship No. 137 was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Landing ship No. 144 was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Kamikaze was struck from the naval register. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• Lieutenant General John Hodge created a 11-member Korean Advisory Council to assist his military government. It included industrialist and newspaper publisher Kim Songsu, who was accused of being a Japanese collaborator; Yo Unhyong, a leftist who would withdraw shortly after; and Cho Mansik, a rightist who would neglect to attend any meetings. ww2dbase [CPC]

• USS Ticonderoga arrived at San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]
• USS Ray arrived at New London, Connecticut, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• A parade was held in Washington DC, United States in honor of Chester Nimitz. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

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