US NAVY
PACIFIC—TG 95.4 (Captain Henry J. Armstrong, Jr.)
comprising four light minelayers (DM), 40 minesweepers (AM) and 10 motor
minesweepers (YMS), and various supporting vessels, departs Buckner Bay,
Okinawa, to proceed into the East China Sea to conduct minesweeping operations.
TF 38
planes damage Japanese destroyer Kaba and submarines I 36, I 159, and
I 402 at Kure, Japan.
Destroyer
McDermut (DD‑677) is damaged by small‑caliber naval gunfire in Kurils, 49°30'N,
155°01'E.
Submarine
Chub (SS‑329) sinks Japanese army auxiliary sailing vessel No.32 Sakura Maru,
06°40'S, 115°44'E.
Submarine
Hawkbill (SS‑366) puts landing party and Australian commandoes ashore at
Terampah Harbor, Matak Island Anambas Islands, that destroys a gasoline dump,
captures intelligence documents, and rescues an Indian POW.
Submarine
Jallao (SS‑368) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Teihoku Maru, 38°03'N,
133°12'E.
Mines laid
by USAAF B‑29s (20th Air Force) sink Japanese merchant cargo ship No.2 Nisshin
Maru eight kilometers off Wakamatsu light, 33°45'N, 131°30'E, and damage
landing ship T.153 two miles east‑northeast of Kanawaiwa, Japan.
Japanese
merchant vessel Wajun Go is damaged by marine casualty near Funagawa.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
FOURTEENTH AF—9 P‑51’s attack troops, trains, and
rivercraft around Chenhsien, Tehsien, and Hengyang.
FEAF—Okinawa‑based B‑24’s, B‑25’s, A‑26’s, A‑20’s, and fighters
flying about 530 sorties cause extensive destruction of shipping and shore
installations in the Inland Sea, in Tsushima area, and of communications, transportation,
and other targets throughout Kyushu. Philippine Islands‑based B‑24’s bomb Heito
Airfield and Laha barracks. P‑38’s hit buildings near Dibuluan and fieldguns
near Kiangan.
US ARMY
U.S.—Replies to Japanese surrender offer.
US MARINE CORPS
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