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• Yoshimi Minami passed away. ww2dbase [Yoshimi Minami | CPC]
• French troops captured Belfort, France. ww2dbase [TH]
• Hazel Lee died from the wounds received during the landing accident two days prior. ww2dbase [Hazel Lee | CPC]
• USS Gar reported sinking a Japanese ship in daylight with her deck gun. ww2dbase [Gar | CPC]
• USS Mingo sank a Japanese tanker in a night time torpedo attack, hitting her with three of six torpedoes fired. She also damaged an escorting vessel with one of four torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Mingo | CPC]
• Yasoshima was sunk by American carrier aircraft west of Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Pinghai | CPC]

• Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Sargent Bay departed Ulithi in the Caroline Islands to resume her support of the replenishment group. ww2dbase [Sargent Bay | Ulithi | DS]

• He Yingqin was named the commanding officer of all ground troops in the China War Area, with headquarters in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. In this role he was responsible for all actions in southwestern China. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | Kunming, Yunnan | CPC]

• US and Brazilian troops attacked Monte Castello 61 kilometers southwest of Bologna, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Castello | Monte Castello, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

• Destroyer Yukikaze departed Kure, Japan to escort battleship Nagato to Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
• Landing ship No. 143 was completed. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]

• USS Preston guarded carriers while the carriers launched strikes against Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Preston (Fletcher-class) | CPC]
• The Japanese Army SB craft formerly known as Navy landing ship No. 113 was sunk by US aircraft in the South China Sea west of Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | South China Sea | CPC]
• Landing ship No. 142 was sunk by US aircraft in the South China Sea west of Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | South China Sea | CPC]
• Landing ship No. 161 was sunk by US aircraft in the South China Sea west of Luzon island, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | South China Sea | CPC]

• USS Ticonderoga launched Air Group 80 aircraft for strikes on Japanese positions in northern Luzon, Philippine Islands; 2 men and 2 aircraft were lost. ww2dbase [Ticonderoga | DS]
• USS New Mexico sailed into Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [New Mexico | Leyte Gulf | CPC]
• The already badly damaged cruiser Kumano was again attacked by United States carrier aircraft in Santa Cruz Harbor, Luzon, Philippines. A well-coordinated bombing and torpedo attack by planes from USS Ticonderoga sent four 1,000lb bombs through Kumano’s deck and six well-spaced torpedoes into her port side. Within six minutes of the attack, the cruiser rolled over and sank. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | Albert O. Vorse, Jr. | Kumano | Ticonderoga | Santa Cruz, Luzon | DS]
• USS Atule attacked a small Japanese convoy in the Babuyan Islands north of Luzon, Philippines with 6 bow torpedoes and 2 stern torpedoes at 0125 hours. The target convoy was MATA-34 consisted of transport Manju Maru escorted by Patrol Boat No. 102, Patrol Boat No. 38, and Submarine Chaser No. 33. Manju Maru and Patrol Boat No. 38 were each hit by two torpedoes, with Manju Maru becoming dead in the water and Patrol Boat No. 38 sinking almost immediately. Manju Maru sank at 0516 hours; about 700 were killed in the sinking, some of whom were survivors of battleship Musashi which had sunk a month prior. ww2dbase [Musashi | Atule | Stewart | CPC]

• A German V-2 rocket hit near the intersection of High Holborn and Chancery Lane, Holborn, London, England, United Kingdom at 1115 hours, killing 6 and injuring 292. At 1225 hours, another V-2 rocket hit across the street from the Woolworths store in Deptford, London, destroying the store and many nearby building, killing 160 and injuring 199 (77 seriously). ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 2 | V-Weapons Campaign | London, England | CPC]

• Escort carrier USS Bogue and her task group arrived at New York City, New York. ww2dbase [Bogue | New York City, New York | DS]

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