Friday, September 5, 2025

80 Years Ago, Thursday, 6 September 1945

US NAVY

PACIFIC—Japanese surrender Maleolap Atoll in ceremony on board destroyer escort Wingfield (DE‑194).

            U.S. troops begin return to United States as TF 11 (Vice Admiral Frederick C. Sherman) sails from Tokyo Bay for the west coast.

 

US ARMY AIR FORCE

ELEVENTH AF—A radiogram from COMNORPAC officially cancels all further missions.

 

US ARMY

 

US MARINE CORPS

            Japanese surrender Rabaul to the Australians.

            Disbandment of Fleet Landing Force. Marine component returns to duty as ships' detachments.


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