US NAVY
PACIFIC—Landings by the occupation forces begin in the
Tokyo Bay area under cover of guns of the Third Fleet plus Naval and USAAF
aircraft.
Rear
Admiral Robert B. Carney and Rear Admiral Oscar C. Badger accept surrender of
Yokosuka Naval Base. Headquarters of Commander Third Fleet is established
there.
Conference
is held on board destroyer Stack (DD‑406) at Truk to discuss the surrender of
that Japanese base. Brigadier General Leo D. Hermle, USMC, is the leader of
U.S. representatives.
Four motor
torpedo boats transport 50 Japanese troops from Miti Island to Morotai, to
contact scattered units there to effect a complete surrender.
U.S.
freighter Peter White is damaged by mine 50 miles from Mauban, Luzon, 14°37'N,
122°26'E; only four men of the ship's total complement (52 merchant sailors,
one passenger, and 17 Armed Guards) are injured, and the ship reaches Leyte.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
JAPAN—Occupation in force begins when 11th Airborne Div is
flown to Atsugi airfield and Marines land at Yokosuka naval base.
US ARMY
JAPAN—Occupation of Japan in force is begun by U.S. forces.
11th Airborne Division is flown to Atsugi Airfield, and 4th Marines, 6th Marine
Division, lands at Yokosuka Naval Base.
HONG KONG—British naval force reoccupies that British
colony.
US MARINE CORPS
L-Day for the occupation of Yokosuka. Marines of 2/4 land
on Futtsu Saki at 0558. General Clement accepts surrender of Yokosuka Naval
Base.
Army airborne units land at Atsugi to occupy Yokohama area.
Gen MacArthur lands in Japan.
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