Yugoslavia agreed to evacuate Trieste so that claims to who should administer it could be resolved.
Ultimately the city would go to Italy.
Japanese Prime Minister Kantarō Suzuki told the Diet that Japan would "fight to the last."
"One rifleman reloads, and another fires in the 96th Infantry Division's advance to capture Big Apple Hill, scene of intense fighting on Okinawa 9 June, 1945. 96th Infantry Division." The firing soldier is carrying a M1911 handgun and appears to be carrying a Japanese one in a shoulder holster as well. The other solder is carrying a combat knife on his belt.
Marines surrounded Japanese forces on Okinawa's Oroku peninsula.
The 37th Infantry Division captured Bagabag on Luzon. The 24th Infantry Division took Mandog on Mindanao
A victory parade was held in Los Angeles for George S. Patton and James Doolittle.
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