Louisville (CA 28) - Naval Cruise Book

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200 on low benches, their bedding consisting of one blanket. It was decided to move our six prizes to Jinsen, Korea, logistics base for the Seventh Fleet. This We did, sailing our strange armada across the sea with the Herndon in the van and We of the Louis- ville riding herd on the six captives from the rear. Arriving in Jinsen September 24-, we soon turned the prizes over to other Upper: A small fry Jap sentry plays coy as we try to take his picture, but the Bosin Mate Cupper rightj gives us a big smile. Lower: Paying homage to their Emperor with their 64Sunrise Serenadef, sons of Nippon bow to the east. Lower right: Their morning meal of rice and smoked fish. U. S. hands. -The destroyer Kure was later sunk, Without loss of life, during a mine- sweeping mission in the Waters off South- ern Korea. , From this time on We were given a series of different and more general assign-

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ll I .11 IKHIXIIIK na , , hForty-four pointn men say last good-byes, check out with the O. O. D., and climb into the boat that will start them on the long road home. ments. Simultaneous with the surrender acceptance, and with the disarming and reorganization of Japan under General MacArthur, a similar series of events were being enacted in China under the direc- tion of General Chiang Kai-Shek. In this he was assisted by General Wedemeyer, China Theater Commander, the Seventh Fleet, and Marines of the Third Amphib- ious Corps. Our tasks now were confined to patrol duty in supporting our forces in the Yellow Sea area during the transition period following surrender. The political situation proved to be most important and complex. The pres- ence of the U. S. Forces in the North China area was, of course, to perform the militaryiduties attending the surrender of the Japanese forces to the Chinese, andy' to supervise the former's repatriation. However, it became an increasingly diffi- cult task for our U. S. Units, because the internal politics of China, far from quiet at any time, now flared into a state of open rebellion. The Communist Party, attempting to gain full control of the rich districts of North China, objected strenu- ously to the entrance of Kuomingtang troops. Treading on thin ice most of the time, our commanders continually had to evaluate the varying conditions in the dis- tricts concerned, and act accordingly. 201