Status - John Skinner - USS St. Croix
The St. Croix landed its complement of forces at Tarragona on the east side on Mindanao, Philippines for mop up operations. St. Croix next made for New Guinea to embark more troops, these also destined for the Philippines.
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Fighting continues on Okinawa, in the Philippines and in New Guinea. Many ships continue to be damaged or sunk by kamikaze aircraft near Okinawa.
The Churchill government in Britain fell on May 23rd. New elections were scheduled for July.
Tokyo was firebombed on the 24th, and Yokohama on the 29th.
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 679-687.
- The Liberation of the Philippines, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 228-302.
- Victory in the Pacific, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 250-272.
- USS_Saint_Croix
- Events of May, 1945
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