Status - John Skinner - USS St. Croix
The St. Croix offloaded troops at Manila and began its return to New Guinea to continue its transportation to 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. Japanese resistance on Okinawa ended on June 21st.
General Eisenhower was celebrated at a ticker-tape parade in New York on June 19th.
Organization of the new United Nations continued in San Francisco.
Plans for Operation Downfall, the invasion of Japan, were approved by President Truman on the 29th. The invasion was slated to start in November, and required 5 million troops.
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 697-707.
- The Liberation of the Philippines, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 228-302.
- Victory in the Pacific, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 272-312.
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- Events of June, 1945
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