23 Oct 1946
Korea
Korea
- The US Army military government in Korea issued the Name Restoration Order, which provided means for Koreans to change their surnames back to their Korean surnames if they or their families had adopted Japanese surnames during the Japanese occupation. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Ling began her inactivation procedures. ww2dbase [Ling | CPC]
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