August 25, 1945
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SATURDAY, 25 AUGUST 1945

CHINA THEATER (AAF, China Theater) Tenth Air Force: C-47 units moving to Luliang: 3d and 4th Combat Cargo Squadrons, 1st Combat Cargo Group (under operational control of HQ 69th Composite Wing), from Myitkyina and Hathazari, India respectively.

Fourteenth Air Force: The 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Fourteenth AF, moves from Laohwangping to Liuchow with F-6s.

WESTERN PACIFIC [Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: Unit moves: 68th Troop Carrier Squadron and 69th Troop Carrier Squadron, 433d Troop Carrier Group from Clark Field to Iwo Jima with C-46s and C-47s respectively; 318th Troop Carrier Squadron (Commando), 3d Air Commando Group, from Laoag to Ie Shima with C-47s.

USSR: The Japanese garrison on Onekotan Island surrendered to Soviet forces without resistance.

USN: USS Yorktown (CV-10) carrier aircraft begin providing air cover over Japan. USS Chanticleer (ASR-7) salvage divers locate the shipwreck of Akitsushima in Coron Bay at a depth of 108'.

In the morning sixteen PT Boats from Squadron 11 under the command of Lt. Comdr. Theodore R. Stansbury, USNR, got underway for a rendezvous with the commanders of the Japanese forces on Halmahera Island. The force included PT 115 under the command of Lt. Comdr. Theodore R. Stansbury with Maj. Gen. Harry H. Johnson, commander U.S. Army 93rd Infantry Division (Colored) and his staff. As arranged by radio, the PT Boats rendezvoused with two Japanese barges near Miti Island off northeast Halmahera Island they rendezvoused with two Japanese barges with the Japanese Army General Ishii's chief of staff and operations officer who were instructed to bring their commander the next morning.