US NAVY
PACIFIC—Aircraft from fast carrier task force (Vice Admiral
John S. McCain) bomb targets in the vicinity of Tokyo.
USAAF OA‑10A
extracts TBM crew (VT 87) from Ticonderoga (CV‑14) from the inner reaches of
Tokyo Bay midway between Yokohama and Kizarazu, marking the first time that a
U.S. plane has accomplished a rescue in those waters.
Attack
transport Lagrange (APA‑124) is crashed by suicide plane, Buckner Bay, Okinawa,
26°14'N, 127°52'E.
Submarine
Atule (SS‑403) sinks Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No.6 and damages Coast
Defense Vessel No.16 off Hokkaido, 42°16'N, 142°12'E.
Submarine
Torsk (SS‑423) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Kaiho Maru, 36°17'N,
136°09'E.
USAAF B‑24s
and/or B‑25s operating against Japanese shipping in Korea Strait sink guard
boat Ayanami Maru at34°50'N, 131°10'E and damage merchant cargo ship Tatsukiri
Maru at 34°35'N, 131°23'E.
Japanese
merchant cargo ship No.11 Tosei Maru is damaged by aircraft off Hekata.
Japanese
army tanker No.10 Nitto Maru is damaged by mine, 34°22'N, 130°54'E.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
FEAF—B‑24’s and B‑25’s from Okinawa pound shipping in
waters off Korea and Kyushu and in Inland Sea claiming several vessels sunk and
damaged. P‑47’s over Keijo encounter 20 aircraft and claim at least 16 shot
down. B‑25’s attack Japanese forces near Palaciaan. P‑38’s hit shipping in
Singapore area.
ELEVENTH AF—Eleventh AF dispatches its last combat mission
when 6 B‑24’s radar‑bomb Kashiwabara staging area, leaving huge columns of
smoke.
US ARMY
U.S.—Surrender documents, approved by President Truman, are
sent to Gen MacArthur.
US MARINE CORPS
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