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• US Army captured Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Okinawa Campaign | TH]
• USS Tunny came across a Japanese cargo ship but was not able to attack due to shallow coastal waters. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
• USS Wake Island was detached from Task Group 32.1. ww2dbase [Wake Island | CPC]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 86 arrived. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
• Ira Hayes was promoted to the rank of corporal. ww2dbase [Ira Hayes | CPC]

• USS Columbia departed Leyte, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Columbia | CPC]

• The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet created the Medal for the Liberation of Belgrade for those who participated in the successful Sep-Nov 1944 operation. ww2dbase [Belgrade Strategic Offensive Operation | Moscow | CPC]

• 14 US Army and US Navy airmen were executed at Taihoku Prison in Taihoku (now Taipei), Taiwan in the early morning. They were found guilty of "indiscriminate bombing" of civilians of Taiwan. Their remains were cremated and their ashes placed a local shrine. ww2dbase [Taihoku Prison | Taihoku | CPC]

• General Dwight Eisenhower received a ticker tape parade at New York City, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Dwight Eisenhower | New York | CPC]
• Loaded with Army aircraft, escort carrier USS Bogue departed New York bound for the Panama Canal. ww2dbase [Bogue | Staten Island, New York | DS]

19 Jun 1945 Interactive Map