23 Jun 1945
- USS Tunny made rendezvous with USS Skate in the Sea of Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Spot set sail for the East China Sea. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- The last organized Japanese defense was broken by Australian troops at Tarakan Island, Borneo. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Joseph Stilwell accepted Douglas MacArthur's offer to make him the commanding officer of the 10th Army, which consisted of American, Canadian, Australian, and Indian troops. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 33 departed. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]
- USS Parche sank three small Japanese trawlers with her deck gun in the Tsugara Strait between Aomori Prefecture and Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Sargent Bay arrived at Leyte in the Philippine Islands for upkeep. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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