Guam (CB 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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GUING IIUME PIIINTS THE FIRST GRUUP 0F UFFICERS and MEN T0 BE RELEASED

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BCH Chaplain W. A. MAHLER, USN Holds Catholic Mass on the F antail G P E' E' 'Q If 52 ,-,.a- 4? 1, , 4,1 J Q 1 Chaplain E. J. HEMPHILL, USNR Conducts Protestant Divine Services iligl ,Mag 4' I '--Q.. captain W. H. Gmswow Prolelumt Holy Communion LESTER IA BOVE, Y3c , . Vg Conductirul Jewish Services in the Creufa Libmry

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Freedom Sweeps the Yellow Sea ABOARD THE USS GUAM-SEPTEMBER 9, 1945. On September 8th, as a result of the Jap surrender and as a Flagship of an even more powerful force, the USS GUAM, now Admiral Low's Flagship of the North China Force under the overall command of Admiral T. C. 1 5 ' fl 4 5 v W., Q . . . Steamed into Jinsen Harbor. Kinkaid, Commander Seventh Fleet and Western Control Forces, steamed into Jinsen harbor, her guns and the guns of the mighty force insuring the quiet occupation of lib- erated Korea. For today was Liberty Day for the long exploited natives of historic Korea. U. S. doughboys in full battle equipment by the thousands streamed ashore to oc- cupy the ,linsen-Keijo Area, the initial step in casting off the Jap yoke of oppression which since the Russo-J ap War of 1904, has been pressing ever harder on the shoulders of a proud race of once independent people. ' For two weeks preceding this occupation, Admiral Low's North China Force has circled the Yellow Sea, parading the Stars and Stripes and American naval might before .the major ports of Tsingtao, Port Arthur, Darien. Bluejackets from farms, towns and cities of America glimpsed the Great Wall of China where it meets the Yellow Sea near Shan- ' if, P4 i . GQ' H. . . Naval Might Paraded in Major Ports. fa ,Q