15 Aug 1955
  • USS Mingo was decommissioned from US Navy service and transferred to the Japanese Navy as submarine Kuroshio. ww2dbase [Mingo | CPC]
Japan
  • USS Saint Paul was named the flagship of the US 7th Fleet based in Japan. ww2dbase [Saint Paul | CPC]
Korea
  • Yi Kang, Prince Imperial Eui, passed away in Seongrak Manor in Seoul, South Korea. ww2dbase [Yi Kang | Seoul | CPC]

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Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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Japanese War Minister Seoshiro Itagaki and Naval Minister Mitsumasa Yonai in discussion at a Budget Committee session, Tokyo, Japan, Jan-Feb 1939; to Yonai's left at the right edge of the photograph is Prime Minister Kiichiro Hiranuma

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"Since peace is now beyond hope, we can but fight to the end."

Chiang Kaishek, 31 Jul 1937


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