Status - John Skinner - USS St. Croix
The St. Croix had left on a shakedown cruise up and down the US West Coast that would end in San Diego.
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Further invasions in the Philippines were conducted. The escort carrier Ommaney Bay was sunk by a kamikaze attack. Several other ships were damaged by kamikaze attacks during this time.
Intense fighting continued in western Europe as the Allies counterattacked in the Battle of the Bulge. In the east, Soviet forces continued across Poland.
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 601-611.
- The Liberation of the Philippines, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 1 136
- USS_Saint_Croix
- Events of January, 1945
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