Monday, August 25, 2025

80 Years Ago, Saturday, 25 August 1945

US NAVY

PACIFIC—Aircraft from carrier task groups begin daily flights over Japan to patrol airfields, shipping movements, and to locate and supply prisoner of war camps; operation continues until 2 September.

            TG 95.4 (Captain Henry J. Armstrong, Jr.) returns to Buckner Bay having completed its mine clearance work in the East China Sea and destroyed 578 mines during eleven days of sweeping.

            Carrier Wasp (CV‑18) and destroyer Chauncey (DD‑667) are damaged by typhoon.

            Chief of Naval Operations accords Navy Petroleum Reserve 4 Expedition a "well done" for accomplishing its mission “in an expeditious and seamanlike manner in spite of fog and ice."

 

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