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• The US submarine Bullhead was sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Java Sea. ww2dbase [Bullhead | AC]

• USS Tamalpais departed Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands with a load of fresh water bound for Leyte Gulf, Philippines. ww2dbase [Tamalpais | Manus, Admiralty Islands | DS]

• USS Sea Cat departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first fifth patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Sea Cat | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• Yi U was injured by the atomic blast near Hiroshima, Japan. He died later in the say at a medical aid station at Ninoshima, Japan. ww2dbase [Yi U | Ninoshima, Hiroshima | CPC]
• Hiroshima, Japan was destroyed by the first atomic bomb, "Little Boy". About 70,000 to 80,000 were killed immediately, while about 70,000 were injured. ww2dbase [Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | Hiroshima | CPC]
• USS Portland arrived in Buckner Bay (Nakagusuku Wan), Okinawa, Japan where she remained for the rest of the war without firing another shot in anger. ww2dbase [Portland | Okinawa | DS]

• USS Blenny reported sinking four small Japanese craft with the deck gun in the South China Sea off Malaya. ww2dbase [Blenny | South China Sea | CPC]
• USS Bugara sank 4 small enemy craft with her deck gun in the Gulf of Siam and South China Sea area during the day and 1 more during the night. ww2dbase [Bugara | South China Sea | CPC]
• USS Boarfish departed Malayan waters. ww2dbase [Boarfish | CPC]

• Major Dick Bong, with 40 kills to his credit over the Pacific and his country's top scoring fighter ace of the war, and the holder of the Medal of Honor, was killed at the age of 24 when the Lockheed Shooting Star in which he was carrying out test flights stalled on takeoff and crashed in Burbank, California, United States. ww2dbase [Burbank Lockheed Aircraft Factory | Richard Bong | Burbank, California | AC]

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