Dauphin (APA 97) - Naval Cruise Book

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DEBARKATION . . , BOAT WAVES CONVERGED AND WENT TOWARD THE BEACH SOME OF THE 9th WAVE ■ AhMtt • ? 8th WAVE FORMING UP 9th WAVE COMMANDER ' S BOAT USS DAUPHIN APA-97 Newscast 6 SEPTEMBER 1945 6 SEPTEMBER 1945 SAN FRANCISCO- -Thirty minutes alter Japan signed the surrender on the Battleship Missouri at 9:08 a.m. Sunday a 42-ship convoy steamed into Tokyo Bay and began disembarking troops. By nightfall United States Eighth Army had landed 30,000 troops swelling occupation forces to beyond 35,000. On Tuesday troops crossing the Tama River just outside Tokyo spread their occupation zone of 720 square miles and took over four airfields as they awaited orders from General MacArthur warning them not to molest Japanese soldiers, saying they would be disarmed by their own police. Naval occupation forces also were instructed officially by their Third Fleet Officers. They were told to use a firm hand in dealing with the Japanese but to avoid need- less oppression. General Krueger ' s Sixth Army was scheduled to begin landings on the home island of Kyushu on September Third. At Baguio in the Philippines, on Monday, Lieutenant General Wainwright accepted the surrender of remaining 40,000 Jap troops in the Philippines from General Yamashita. •54-

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, , , IN TOKYO BAY LOWERING BOATS AND PREPARING TO DEBARK THE 1st CAVALRY. 8th ARMY STEAMING UP THE BAY TO YOKOHAMA IN A SINGLE COLUMN 17 MILES LONG WE HAD PLENTY OF AIR COVER 5 P its %» ' -53-

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INTO YOKOHAMA I ... ■v ud r itf I W i MfiM L, I S. Naval Communication Service From COMTRANSRON 16 050001 To TRANSRON 16 WELL DONE ALL HANDS X THE DEFEAT AND OCCUPATION OF JAPAN HAS BEEN EXPEDITED BY YOUR LOYAL AND STRENUOUS EFFORTS X OUR TROOPS NOW CONTROL TOKYO THE HEART OF THE EMPIRE X YOUR ACHIEVMENT OF THIS MISSION AND SPLENDID WORK IS APPRECIATED BY THIS COMMAND X IT IS REGRETTED DUE TO DISORGANIZED CONDITIONS YOKAHAMA LIBERTY AND SHORE LEAVE COULD NOT BE AUTHORIZED X IT IS EX- PECTED ON YOUR NEXT TRIP THAT YOU WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO ASHORE BT DAUPHIN 040339 COMTRANSDIV 48 — COMTRANSRON 16 B. T. WE ARE READY FOR SEA B. T. — 55-