| In Japan... There are reports that every able
bodied man, woman and child is being given instructions in the fighting
of tanks, paratroops and other invading forces.
In the Ryukyu Islands... On Okinawa, in the north heavy
fighting continues on the Oroku peninsula. In the south, the US 24th
Corps prepares to attack Mount Yaeju.
In the Philippines... On Luzon, patrols of the US 37th
Division reach the Magat river. The US 145th Infantry Regiment (US 37th
Division) takes Solano and advances as far as Bagabag, towards the
Cagayan valley.
In the Java Sea... The Japanese cruiser Ashigara is sunk by the British submarine
Trenchant, after evacuating 1,200 men from Batavia.
In Washington... The Secretary of War, Henry Stimson, says at
a press conference that British forces would carry the full weight of
military responsibilities in Burma and noted the these forces had been
reinforced since the end of the war in Europe.
In the Liberated Netherlands... Field Marshal Montgomery
receives the freedom of the city of Antwerp.
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