16 Sep 1945




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- The US coastal minesweepers YMS-98 and YMS-341 were sunk off Okinawa, Japan during a typhoon. ww2dbase [AC]
- Four surviving Japanese aircraft (three A6M and one Ki-46) at Rabaul, New Britain were flown to the Australian airfield at Jacquinot Bay in southeastern New Britain. ww2dbase [Jacquinot Bay, New Britain | CPC]
- In Shanghai, China, after being overworked, recovering from malaria (and at times overdosing on Atabrine), and taking too much Benzedrine and sleeping pills to help him work and rest, Milton Miles began showing signs of psychosis. On this date, he met with newly arrived Thomas Kinkaid in Shanghai, China; Kinkaid described Miles as suffering from "war shock". ww2dbase [Milton Miles | Shanghai | CPC]
- Mongolian separatist leader Choibalsan visited Sonid, Suiyuan Province, China and met with the leaders of the separatists who had declared the People's Republic of South Mongolia six days prior. ww2dbase [Choibalsan | Sonid, Suiyuan | CPC]
- The Viet Minh began the two-week long Gold Week fundraising event in northern French Indochina during which patriotic citizens donated jewelry, gold leaf, and other previous items to the Viet Minh, which had been burdened with feeding the Chinese occupation force in Tonkin. ww2dbase [Tonkin | CPC]
- USS Menhaden arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Menhaden | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
- Escort carrier USS Bogue arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Bogue | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]
- Japanese troops surrendered in Hong Kong at the Government House. Royal Navy Rear Admiral Cecil Harcourt represented the United Kingdom, and Navy Vice Admiral Ruitaro Fujita and Army Major General Umekichi Okada represented Japan. ww2dbase [Japan's Surrender | AC, CPC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) entered Tokyo Bay with TG 38.1. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Tokyo | DS]
- USS Shangri-La entered Tokyo Bay, Japan. ww2dbase [Shangri-La | Tokyo Bay | CPC]
- USS St. Louis departed Okinawa due to an approaching typhoon. ww2dbase [St. Louis | Hagushi, Okinawa | DS]
- In Korea, Lieutenant General John Hodge continued to refuse recognizing the leftist Korean People's Republic as a legitimate government. Interpreting this as a hint that Hodge, and in turn the United States, was concerned with Korean People's Republic communist elements, stern anti-Communist Song Chinu founded a new rightist party, Korean Democratic Party. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Sterlet arrived at San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [Sterlet | San Diego, California | CPC]




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