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• USS Cassin Young screened carriers of Task Force 38 east of Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Cassin Young | CPC]
• Erwin Rommel was given a state funeral. ww2dbase [Erwin Rommel | CPC]
• Germany ordered the first Volkssturm call-up for all able-bodied men between the ages of 16-60. ww2dbase [TH]
• National German radio reported 50,000 officers have been killed since Sep 1939. ww2dbase [TH]
• Himmler was appointed as Commander of Heeresgruppe Oberrhein. ww2dbase [Heinrich Himmler | TH]
• Red Army units crossed the Norwegian border. ww2dbase [TH]
• Allied troops captured Venray, the Netherlands. ww2dbase [Battle of the Scheldt Estuary | CPC]
• Otto Skorzeny escorted Hungarian leader Miklós Horthy to Schloss Hirschberg in Franken, Germany via a special train. ww2dbase [Otto Skorzeny | CPC]

• Three TDR drones were launched against lighthouse on Cape Saint George, New Ireland. None hit the target. ww2dbase [TDR | DS]

• Yamato's deck was painted black with soot for the intended night operation in the San Bernardino Strait before departing Lingga for Brunei Bay, Boreno in the Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Yamato | CPC]
• Musashi's deck was painted black with soot for the intended night operation in the San Bernardino Strait before departing Lingga for Brunei Bay, Boreno in the Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Musashi | CPC]
• Destroyer Yukikaze departed Lingga to escort a task force to Brunei, Borneo in the Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | CPC]

• USS Ticonderoga departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Ticonderoga | DS]
• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of Air Group 45 on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | DS]
• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | DS]

• Kamoi took on a cargo of food while at Hong Kong. ww2dbase [Kamoi | CPC]

• Nachi departed Amami Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan with Cruiser Division 21 and Destroyer Squadron 1. ww2dbase [Nachi | CPC]

• USS Sterlet spotted a Japanese task force consisted of six destroyers and three cruisers; she failed to get into an attacking position. ww2dbase [Sterlet | CPC]
• Landing ship No. 135 was sunk by US aircraft off of the western coast of Luzon island, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]

• USS Marcus Island launched aircarft against Japanese positions in the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Marcus Island | CPC]
• USS Wasp's aircraft attacked Japanese positions on Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | CPC]
• Landing ship No. 136 was sunk by US aircraft off of the western coast of Luzon island, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
• USS Portland entered Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands in preparation for pre-invasion bombardments. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | Portland | DS]

• USS Springer was commissioned into service with Commander Russell Kefauver in command. ww2dbase [Springer | CPC]
• Commander William Henry Ashford, Jr. was named the commanding officer of USS Sable. ww2dbase [Sable | CPC]

• USS Flying Fish arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her eleventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Flying Fish | CPC]
• USS Seahorse arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her sixth war patrol. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Seahorse | CPC]

18 Oct 1944 Interactive Map