June 2, 1945
Today in World War II Pacific History
Day by day chronology

SATURDAY, 2 JUNE 1945
CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): Two B-25s blast fuel and ammunition dumps northeast of Nanyang, Burma. In China, twenty fighter-bombers attack the airfield at Tsinan, railroad yards and targets of opportunity at Anyang and the warehouse area at Paoching, knock out a bridge south of Singtai, and hit trucks, tanks, and armored vehicles in the Liuchow area.

AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Eleven Guam based B-24s attack Moen Airfield. P-51Ds dive bomb targets on Chi Chi Jima. Lost is P-51D 44-63458 pilot 2nd Lt. Arthur Zellweger (MIA).

HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): During the night of 2/3 June P-47s fly heckler strikes against Kyushu.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-25s, A-20s, and fighter-bombers continue to hit the Cagayan Valley support ground forces in the Balete Pass and Ipo sectors, and attack areas east of Manila and north of Baguio. Fighter-bombers hit areas near Mount Mandalagan on Negros Island and dug-in positions NW of Bogo on Cebu. In Borneo, B-24s hit Pontianak Airfield and Tarakan and Labuan while B-25s and fighters attack Kudat, Sandakan, and Miri. On Formosa, B-24s bomb Hozan and hit warehouses and dock facilities at Kiirun.

U.S. Army: On Luzon, in the U.S. Sixth Army's XI Corps area, 43d Div completes mop up of Ipo area.

On Okinawa, in the U.S. Tenth Army's III Amphib Corps area, 7th Marines of 1st Mar Div takes up positions along the Kokuba, releasing 6th Mar Div, which is to conduct amphibious operation against Oroku Peninsula. In XXIV Corps area, 96th Div, after cleaning out Chan area, speeds southward in pursuit of enemy for next few days, as does 7th Div to E.

U.S. Navy: Task Force 38 (TF 38) under Vice Admiral John S. McCain first day of strikes against airfields in southern Kyushu, Japan.

Submarine Tench (SS-417) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Mikamasan Maru southeast of Shiriyazaki, 41°22'N, 141°28'E.

Mines laid by B-29 damage Japanese cargo ships Nissho Maru two kilometers north of Tateishisakiand 3 Yubari Maru west of the mouth of Kammon Strait, Kashima Maru at 33°58'N, 130°42'E, Katsura Maru between Yoshi Jima and Sanakai Jima, and No.1 Toyo Maru at entrance of Shimonoseki Strait, 33°48'N, 130°42'E.

Japanese cargo vessel Kojin Maru is sunk, cause unspecified, near Rabaul.

Army coastal cargo vessel FS 34 reports to District Coast Guard Officer, Ketchikan, Alaska, for temporary duty. FS 34 will operate out of Dutch Harbor under the Coast Guard for a four-month period, transporting construction materials, fuel, supplies and workers to expedite the building of direction finder stations on the islands of St. Paul, Unimak, and St. George.