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iuam a TW 4 si fr .- v f .- W ,T '32 T . E , Na, D J 1 T E' 4: . .T TT T M' , T f T 32, T .4- Ti the occupation of wokoyomo The long days OT war had passed. The black memory T Pearl Harbor had been avenged. From The Philippines, nd Wake The STars and STripes again proudly uTTered in The soTT breezes. A hundred OTher porTs, fresTed Trom a TanaTical enemy, were cluTTered wiTh xmerican naval mighT which had noT exisTed Tour years TeTore. The days OT war were gone, buT The days OT peace emained. The hundreds OT Thousands OT Troops who would :ccupy Nippon musT have adequaTe proTecTion during 'he iniTial landing operaTions on l-lonshu, Kyushu and The JTher Japanese home islands. To The TENNESSEE, sTill Tlying The Tlag OT Vice- Admiral Jesse B. OldendorT, Tell The Task OT leading a Tormidable Task group To cover The occupaTion OT Wakayama Bay, in The Kobe-Osaka DisTricT, once The home waTers OT a large parT OT The Japanese l:leeT, now uTTerly desTroyed. The TENNESSEE sTeamed slowly ouT OT bloody Buckner's Bay aT Okinawa, so recenTly The scene OT savage warTare as young piloTs OT The Kamikaze sTreaked across The dark skies. The Two-day Trip was unevenTTul and early in The morning OT SepTember 22, The group reached Japan. All hands were called To General QuarTers in The cold and dripping dawn ThaT morning as The ships gingerly enTered The bay. CondiTion Zebra had been seT. AlThough The channel had been swepT, The once heavily mined bay sTilI concealed deaTh-dealing mines beneaTh iTs placid waTers. Preceded by minesweepers and desTroyers and I if Th TENNESSEE picked Tollowed by anoTher baTT es ip, e ' iTs way up The bay. Small ships, requesTing permission To open Tire, exploded several TloaTing mines, The geysers rising high above The surTace. The enTrance was made wiThOuT incidenT and laTe in The morning, The TENNESSEE dropped iTs hook opposiTe The landing aT Wakanoura, suburb OT The larger ciTy OT Wakayama. ThaT aTTernoon, Vice-Admiral l-loka, commander OT Japanese mine OperaTions in ThaT area, and Rear Admiral Yokai, commanding oTTicer OT The Japanese Naval DisTricT, Their aides and an inTerpreTer boarded The TENNESSEE To cOnTer wiTh Admiral OldendorT. All oTTicers and men on The quarTer-deck snapped To aTTenTion as The Japanese sTiTTly 'climbed The gangway, saluTed The American Flag and Then Turned and saluTed The oTTicer OT The deck. Slowly They were escOrTed across The q,uarTer- deck and Taken To The Admiral's cabin. Flanked by his aides and The commanding OTTicers OT American cruiser and carrier Torces, Admiral O'ldendorT, vicTor over The Japanese Navy in The greaTesT sea baTTle OT The war, Told The lmperial Navy OTTicers under whaT condiTiOns The American Navy and Army were enTering and whaT conducT would be expecTed OT The Japanese. America was enTering Japan as a conqueror. The brieT seT OT insTrucTions delivered Them, The Japanese parTy was Then led back across The quarTer- deck, where They again paused and saluTed beTore descending The gangway To Their dingy small craTT bob- bing in The waTer below. ' On Tuesday, many TransporTs enTered The bay To make The acTual landing. Soldiers, in compleTe baTTle dress, lined The rail as The TransporTs plowed across The bow OT The anchored TENNESSEE. LST's, rusTy pack- horses OT The greaT PaciTic EleeT, swepT ashore below The ciTy and soon began To disgorge all The hundreds OT iTems needed Tor The occupaTion. Spokesmen Tor The lmperial Navy had Once boasTed They would dicTaTe The peace Terms in The WhiTe l-louse. Their once greaT TleeT now lay TwisTed and rusTing on The ocean Tloor in a hundred diTTerenT places, while a giganTic UniTed STaTes Navy sTalked TriumphanTly Over The Tar reaches OT The PaciTic. RKUNU5 ' f ,. , ., ,. s..,,,..M,.,M..m.,.,,,sW.,w.M -. 'flwf-ES?gT1'T'1:.-:,,