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• Anton Dostler passed away. ww2dbase [Anton Dostler | CPC]
• The last Japanese resistance unit in Saipan, Mariana Islands surrendered. ww2dbase [Japan's Surrender | CPC]
• Douglas Bader was promoted to the permanent rank of wing commander. ww2dbase [Douglas Bader | CPC]

• Lu Han was made the Chairman of Yunnan Province, China. ww2dbase [Lu Han | Yunnan | CPC]
• The US military publication Shanghai Stars and Stripes sponsored a US Army-US Navy American football game in Shanghai, China. The passenger of the pre-game rickshaw race was crowned Miss Rickshaw 1945 and Queen of the Army-Navy Game. 1,500,000 people, Americans and Chinese, turned out to join in on the overall festivities while 20,000 attended the football game. Navy defeated Army in the game, 12 to 0. ww2dbase [Shanghai | CPC]

• Escort carrier USS Bogue arrived at Apra Harbor, Guam, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Bogue | Apra Harbor | DS]

• USS Ancon departed Japan. ww2dbase [Ancon | CPC]
• Chiaki Tanaka stepped down as the commanding officer of I-503 at Kobe, Japan. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Kobe, Hyogo | CPC]

• During this month, former German Navy cruiser Prinz Eugen was renamed USS IX 300 of the US Navy. ww2dbase [Prinz Eugen | CPC]
• Ira Hayes was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, California, United States. ww2dbase [Ira Hayes | Oceanside, California | CPC]

1 Dec 1945 Interactive Map