Guam (CB 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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'1' 1 U . ..-ZWW' U. . . Surrender Accepted by Adm. Kinkaid, Adm. F. S. Low , and Gen. Hodge. for the oflicial signing of the surrender documents at the capital buildings in Keijo. The surrender ceremonies were brief and decisive. Lt. Gen. Kazuki and General Abe and the Japanese Governor General of Korea surrendered Japanese control of Korea as stipulated by the Potsdam Declaration. The surrender was accepted by Admiral Kinkaid, representing U. S. Navy Forces and General Hodge, representing General Douglas MacArthur. Five minutes later, and the American flag was flying over the capitol building symbolizing the liberation of that historic land. For Americans on the home front, the big enigma of to- day's occupation will be solved when the thousands of American prisoners of war scattered in camps throughout this little known land, are assembled, identified and safely headed for home. How many Americans now listed as miss- in-g, Korean occupation will bring back to life is an opti- mistic speculation. Several days preceding occupation, two of Admiral Lowis destroyers anchored at Darien to speed lf . . . Thousands of American POW's Scattered in Camps. negotiations and plans for the release and evacuation of POW,s in Manchuria-today, the gates have been opened for thousands inside Korea, hospital ships and transports stand ready to receive them, provide immediate care and transportation home. More than 50 ships comprise Admiral Low's North China Force. Divided into three correlated fleets, they are: A Minesweeper and Survey Group, a Close Fire Support Group and the Main Cruiser Group. These three groups, correlating operations with Vice Admiral D. E. Barbey's Seventh Amphibious Force, under the overall command of Admiral T. C. Kinkaid, Commander, Seventh Fleet, effected the Korean occupation. Admiral Low's flagship, the Navy's newest battle cruiser USS GUAM, is supported by the cruisers USS ALASKA M... ,.,, qv: rv, af f I - ,. -L :-. K f'-1 zf,,'t,1'j5g'BE3,M L . gg-. 'R ,- ,H ,- - 41 ii 'ft F' 10779 . . 4 gag' ' q ' J, -ff' f1',rg.-,ffas1'f41'K' .,.A .?Yti-.f.?,,f?vf ' ' . A ' Fefe' YE? ' F 7 . . KH.-'f. 5 ' az., A. .-if Z '-'fg 19254. ' -fT'+?i?T ' fi' ACI ,W ffgcxrv. 35,3 .1 iv fi ' ear .: , ' M... ri N. . . Five Minutes Later, the American Flag Was Flying. Csister ship to the GUAMD, the USS SAN FRANCISCO, USS NEW ORLEANS, USS TUSCALOOSA, and USS MINNEAPOLIS. Destroyers of the group include the USS HARRY HUB- BARD, USS FRANK EVANS, USS ALFRED CUNNING- HAM, USS JOHN BOLE, USS HARADEN, and USS WILEY. To bring freedom to an oppressed people is a fitting as- signment for the final chapter of the GUAM's war saga. With 75,000 miles of war cruising behind her, she rides proudly at anchor off Jinsen today. Ten days hence, on September 17, she will celebrate her first anniversary. She will mark that anniversary to the cheers of the crew that marched aboard her on commissioning day and to the cheers of a liberated people 10,000 miles distant from her commis- sioning berth, people to whom she brought a guarantee of freedom for all time. As the Korean school boy vividly ex- pressed it as, pointing to the concentration of American warships in Jinsen harbor, he exclaimed, 'QPeace!',-May there always be American warships in the harbors through- out the world where peace needs insurance.

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Q L 3 l if 3 i i Iyar .,.,... ,-.-.-R. -Y H. . . Capital City of Keijof' haiknan and where the message, Welcome American was fiashed from shore to ship as sleek cruisers and destroyers passed in review. Numerous other cities and ports in China, Manchuria and Korea were passed in friendly review. Old Glory was a welcome sight to the war-weary eyes of these people of distant lands-people who remember America's Asiatic Fleet, once familiar and friendly to these waters. The re-appearance of U. S. ships in force was their confirma- tion that peace had really come-and those ships were cheered. As Vice Admiral D. E. Barbey's Seventh Amphibious Forces nosed into the harbor at Jinsen, Admiral Low's cruisers stood by, potent insurance against any so sorry incidents. Further out, circling in the Yellow Sea, Rear Admiral A. C. Davis, commanding a carrier task force composed of some of the U. S. Navy's veteran flattops,'7 filled the skies over the .linsen-Keijo Area with hundreds of white-starred planes. But incidents did not develop. Accepting their declaration . . . The Surrender Ceremonies Were Brief. . . . High-Ranking Qfficers Leave Jinsen for Signing. made during the battle of Okinawa, that the destiny of the Empire was sealed, the laps, a beaten people, bowed and scraped to the pattern of cooperative capitulation set by Tokyo and the occupation forces of Lieutenant General John R. Hodge, U. S. Army, Commanding General, United States Army Forces in Korea, were speedily and efiiciently set ashore by Vice Admiral D. E. Barbey's Seventh Am- phibious Forces. Approximately 15,000 American doughboys, together with official naval personnel moved from the beaches and docks at Jinsen on September 8 and 9 to occupy the capital city of Keijo, 23 miles distant. And it was soon evident to these men that their presence in Korea was most welcome to Koreans. Throughout the entire 23 miles between ,linsen and Keijo, large gatherings lined the highway displaying welcome signs and ubilantly waving American and Korean fiags. The only J ap flags visible were those flying above police stations, government buildings and army posts. On September 9 the jeep convoy bearing Admiral Kinkaid and General Hodge and other high-ranking Army and Navy officers left .linsen U. . . Lt. Gen. Kazuki, General Abe and Japanese Governor Sign.

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