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• USS Cod returned to Fremantle, Australia, ending her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Cod | CPC]
• USS Macabi departed Guam, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Macabi | CPC]
• USS Croaker arrived at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, ending her sixth and final war patrol. ww2dbase [Croaker | CPC]

• The secessionist self-proclaimed nation of Mongolia declared war on Japan. ww2dbase [Mongolia | AC]
• He Yingqin arrived in Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | Chongqing | CPC]
• Refusing to obey Chiang Kaishek's orders, Communist leader Zhu De moved his troops toward northeastern China. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Emperor Kangde, the royal court, and most of the ministers of the puppet nation of Manchukuo arrived at Dalizigou, Tonghua, Andong Province, China. ww2dbase [Puyi | Manchurian Strategic Offensive | Tonghua, Andong | CPC]
• General Qian Dajun was appointed the mayor of Shanghai, China. ww2dbase [CPC]

• The Indochinese Communist Party held a meeting in Tan Trao northwest of Hanoi, Tonkin, French Indochina. The meeting was presided over by Ho Chi Minh. The Communists decided to fight the imminent return of the French, and that they would attempt to befriend US and USSR, possibly gaining their support against the French. ww2dbase [Trao, Tonkin | CPC]

• Air Group 87 aircraft from USS Ticonderoga struck Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Ticonderoga | Tokyo | DS]
• Lieutenant Oscar Perdomo of 507th Fighter Group of US 20th Air Force, became the last air ace of the war when he destroyed five Japanese fighters during an offensive sweep over Kyushu island, Japan. ww2dbase [AC]
• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched raids on Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Preparations for Invasion of Japan | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Tokyo | DS]

• USS Carbonero sank two schooners with her deck gun in the Gulf of Siam-South China Sea area. ww2dbase [Carbonero | South China Sea | CPC]
• I-400 reached the location south of Ulithi, Caroline Islands and waited for I-401 to arrive; her commanding officer did not realize that the rendezvous point had changed to another location 1,000 miles to the west. ww2dbase [I-400 | CPC]

• USS Ray arrived at US Naval Base Subic Bay, Philippine Islands to replenish her stock of ammunition; her patrol was called off while in port. ww2dbase [Ray | Olongapo, Zambales | CPC]

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