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• Montgomery and Eisenhower were decorated with the Order of Victory by Marshal Zhukov in Germany. ww2dbase [Georgy Zhukov | AC]
• USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese cargo ship off the coast of Korea in the Sea of Japan, hitting her with 1 of 3 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Flying Fish | CPC]
• USS Shangri-La set sail toward Leyte island, Philippines. ww2dbase [Shangri-La | CPC]

• Australian troops landed at Bougainville, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Bougainville | AC]

• Australian troops landed at Brunei. ww2dbase [Borneo Campaign | AC]

• USS Dragonet arrived at Guam, Mariana Islands, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Dragonet | CPC]
• USS Sterlet arrived at Midway, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Sterlet | Midway | CPC]
• Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Apra Harbor, Guam bound for the Okinawa area. ww2dbase [Steamer Bay | Apra Harbor | DS]

• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched raids on Minami Daito Shima, Ryukyu Islands and began retiring toward Leyte, Philippines. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Okinawa Campaign | Okinawa | DS]

• In the East China Sea about 40 miles northwest of Okinawa, Japan at 0815 hours, a Japanese D3A dive bomber dropped out of the clouds above destroyer USS William D. Porter. Making a sharp turn, the destroyer avoided impact and the plane hit the sea close by. Somehow the dive bomber ended up under Porter's keel and exploded, lifting the ship out of the water. She lost all power and the steam lines fractured. A number of fires broke out and after three hours it was realised that the ship could not be saved. The abandon ship order was given and the destroyer rolled over and sank. Fortune was with the ship though as no fatalities were recorded. ww2dbase [Okinawa Campaign | East China Sea | AC, HM]
• USS Skate sank Japanese submarine I-222 in the Sea of Japan. ww2dbase [Skate | Sea of Japan | CPC]
• USS Shangri-La set sail toward Leyte island, Philippines. ww2dbase [Shangri-La | DS]

• N. A. Korolev was made the head of Soviet TsGV Counterintelligence Directorate and Ya. A. Yedunov the head of SGV Counterintelligence Directorate. ww2dbase [CPC]

• The Australian 2/9th Armoured Regiment with an attached troop of Matilda flamethrower tanks landed at Labaun, Straits Settlements. ww2dbase [Borneo Campaign | Labaun | AC]

• George Patton addressed a crowd of 100,000 civilians in Burbank, California, United States. ww2dbase [George Patton | Burbank, California | CPC]

10 Jun 1945 Interactive Map