22 Mar 1946
- Robert Saundby retired from the RAF on medical grounds. ww2dbase [Robert Saundby | CPC]
- Allied repatriation ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Kirun (now Keelung), Taiwan and embarked Japanese personnel. She departed later in the same day. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Kirun, Taihoku | CPC]
- USS Missouri departed the United States with the remains of Turkish Ambassador Mehmet Munir Ertegun. ww2dbase [Missouri | CPC]

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