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• Large crowds welcomed Chinese troops into Shanghai, China. ww2dbase [Shanghai | CPC]
• In a speech in Chongqing, China, Chiang Kaishek called for economic reconstruction, constitutional democracy, and unification. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Chongqing | CPC]
• Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong met with Nationalist representative (and future Minister of Foreign Affairs) Wang Shijie in Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]

• A small French and Laotian military unit arrived in Vientiane, Laos. ww2dbase [Vientiane, Laos | CPC]

• USS Portland arrived at Apra Harbor, Guam, Marianas where Vice Admiral George D. Murray left the ship. ww2dbase [Portland | DS]

• USS Segundo departed Tokyo Bay, Japan for the west coast of the United States. ww2dbase [Segundo | Tokyo Bay | CPC]

• General Tomoyuki Yamashita and Admiral Denshichi Okochi surrendered to US Army generals, among whom Jonathan Wainwright, at Camp John Hay in Baguio, Philippines Islands. The ceremony was witnessed by British General Arthur Percival. ww2dbase [Japan's Surrender | Tomoyuki Yamashita | Baguio | TH, CPC]
• Cruisers USS St. Louis and USS Nashville screened by destroyers USS Robinson, USS Waller, and USS Saufley departed Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines bound for Okinawa. ww2dbase [Waller | Saufley | St. Louis | Nashville | Subic Bay, Luzon | DS]

• British doctors parachuted into Singapore ahead of a Royal Navy fleet. ww2dbase [Singapore | AC]

• The first of the British occupation troops began to arrive in Bangkok, Thailand. ww2dbase [Bangkok | CPC]

• USS Trepang arrived at San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [Trepang | San Diego, California | CPC]
• USS Spot was assigned to anti-submarine warfare training at San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [Spot | San Diego, California | CPC]
• Aubrey Fitch was made the Superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, United States. ww2dbase [Aubrey Fitch | Annapolis, Maryland | DS]
• Escort carrier USS Bogue arrived at Seattle, Washington. ww2dbase [Bogue | Seattle, Washington | DS]

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