Status - John Skinner - USS St. Croix
The St. Croix had offloaded troops at Manila, and returned to New Guinea for another contingent bound for the Philippines.
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On the 5th, General MacArthur announced the liberation of the Philippines. Fighting continued elsewhere, including Borneo.
Organization of the new United Nations continued in San Francisco. Forces continued to move in Germany, implementing its division into four occupied zones.
Preparations continued in New Mexico for the first detonation test of the atomic bomb.
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 707-714.
- The Liberation of the Philippines, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 228-302.
- Victory in the Pacific, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 272-316.
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- Events of July, 1945
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