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• USS Franklin launched strikes Aparri, Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Franklin | CPC]
• USS Trepang attacked a Japanese convoy, claiming the sinking of landing ship No. 105. ww2dbase [Trepang | CPC]
• USS Tang sank Japanese transports Joshu Go at about 0500 hours, hitting her with two of three torpedoes fired. Later in the day, at about 2100 hours, she sank Oita Maru with one torpedo. ww2dbase [Tang | CPC]
• USAAF raids began on the island of Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [TH]
• US 83rd Infantry Division became part of the VIII Corps of the Ninth Army of US 12th Army Group. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Hakusan Maru arrived at Hong Kong. ww2dbase [Hakusan Maru | CPC]
• USS Bailey departed Seeadler Harbor bound for Majuro. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]

• USS Luce departed Manus, Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [Luce | Manus, Admiralty Islands | CPC]

• Georgios Petrakis arrived at recently liberated Heraklion on Crete, Greece and was made the commanding officer of the city's garrison. ww2dbase [Georgios Petrakis | Heraklion, Crete | CPC]

• Kamoi arrived at Sansui Bay, Hong Kong at 1320 hours. She entered the dry dock at Kowloon for repairs. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Sansui Bay | CPC]

• Hungary and the Soviet Union began to finalize a cease fire agreement. ww2dbase [Budapest Strategic Offensive Operation | TH, CPC]

• USS Miami operated off Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Miami | CPC]

• Soviet troops of the 2nd Ukranian Front assaulted and captured the town of Cluj in Romania, the capital of Transylvania. ww2dbase [Jassy-Kishinev Offensive and Romania's Surrender | Cluj | AC]

• A German V-2 rocket hit Rockland St Mary 6 miles southeast of Norwich, England, United Kingdom, which was the second rocket to hit the village during the war (first being on 4 Oct 1944). It damaged 14 houses. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 2 | V-Weapons Campaign | Rockland St Mary, England | TH]

• Patrick Hurley recommended Franklin Roosevelt to remove Joseph Stilwell from China. ww2dbase [Patrick Hurley | Washington | CPC]
• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) arrived at Alameda Naval Air Station, California, United States to load planes. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Alameda, California | DS]
• USS St. Louis departed San Pedro, California bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ww2dbase [St. Louis | San Pedro, California | DS]

11 Oct 1944 Interactive Map