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• USS Missouri arrived at Apra Harbor, Guam, Mariana Islands. In the afternoon, she became the flagship of Admiral William Halsey of the US Navy 3rd Fleet. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Captain Keiji Furutani was named the commanding officer of light carrier Hosho. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• Specially-modified American B-29 bombers arrived at Tinian, Mariana Islands in preparation of future atomic bomb missions. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Destroyer USS Longshaw, stuck on a reef, was sunk by Japanese shore battery at Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• King George VI of the United Kingdom awarded Philip Gardner a Victoria Cross for his daring rescue of comrades at Tobruk, Libya on 23 Nov 1941. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Marshal Tito, in negotiations with British and US representatives over disputed territory, claimed to have the right to add Trieste to Yugoslav territory, and refused to leave the area. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]

• German Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner was captured by Americans in Austria. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Flying Fish arrived at Guam, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Springer arrived at Guam, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft based in Ie Shima near Okinawa attacked airfields on Kyushu, Japan. ww2dbase [CPC]

• USS Bergall damaged a small Japanese vessel with her deck gun in the South China Sea. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Segundo encountered two bodies floating in the water in the East China Sea; her crew identified them to be one American and one Japanese. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• US Navy gave the firm North American Aviation a contract for three XP-86 prototype jet fighters. ww2dbase [CPC]

18 May 1945 Interactive Map