Air Operations, Carolines24 VII Bomber Command B-24s attack fuel stores and the power plant at the Truk Atoll. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Air Operations, CBICHINA
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Air Operations, FormosaV Fighter Command P-38s attack the Kagi and Mato areas, and targets of opportunity along the west coast. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Air Operations, JapanDuring the night 25 505th Very Heavy Bomb Group B-29s 29s sow mines in Yuya Bay and off Fushiki, Nanao, and Senzaki. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Air Operations, PhilippinesV Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack supplies and various other targets on Luzon. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Air Operations, Ryukyus
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OkinawaJapanese resistance is almost finished. Height 89 is taken by the 32nd Inf, 7th Div. In a cave they find the bodies of Gen Mitsuru Ushijima, Commander of the 32nd Army, and his Chief of Staff, both of whom have committed suicide. Damaged by suicide aircraft in the day's action include the destroyer escort Halloran (DE-305) and the seaplane tenders Curtiss (AV-4) and Kenneth Whiting (AV-14). [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pacific
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PhilippinesOn Luzon the American advance in the Cagayan valley proceeds with almost no opposition. In the north, units of the task force sent by the Americans make contact with the Filipino guerrillas. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Soviet Union, Home Front12 of the 16 Poles on trial in Moscow are found guilty of engaging in 'underground activities'. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Images from June 21, 1945
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