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reconnaissance iapan 25, 1945, a On Tuesday morning, SepTennber reconnaissance parTy oT ThirTy Marines Trom The USS TENNESSEE landed on The beach aT Wakanoura, souTh- easTern l'lonshu, Japan, Tor The purpose oT gaining inTor- maTion oT The area and To esTablish a rouTe inland To Wakayama Tor subseguenT parTies or Torces going ashore from The ship. The occasion was The iniTial landing oT The American Army oT OccupaTion aT Wakanoura which operaTion was supporTed by uniTs oT Task Force 5l under Vice Admiral Jesse B. OldendorT, who Tlew his Tlag on The USS TEN- NESSEE, commanded by CapTain T-larley F. Cope, USN. Accompanied by an inTerpreTer and a naTive guide, The reconnaissance parTy deparTed Trom The beach and Tollowed a narrow road winding over The high wooded hill To norTh oT Town and Then dropped down inTo a culTivaTed valley where peasanTs were aT work on Their small irrigaTed Tarms. ATTer passing Throuoh several hamlers The road ran easTward pasT The Japanese mili- Tary barracks and enTered Wakayama. The Marines marched up The main sTreeT To Their desTinaTion-Aa hill siTuaTed in The cenTer oT Town. On The summiT oT This hill lay The ruins of an ancienT casTle builT some Tour hundred years ago by one ToTogawaieasu who deThroned The Emperor and ruled Japan aT ThaT Time. RuinaTion oT The casTle daTed July, l945, when American B-29's bombed neighboring in- dusTrial TargeTs. Today The indusTrial area is The scene oT demolished buildings and rubbish piles. According To Mr. Shinohara, The guide. abouT 2,200 people were killed during The bombing raids on Vifakayama. Among oTher Things, The reconnaissance was made Tor The purpose oT Teeling ouT The reacTions oT The people. This small group oT Marines was perhaps The TirsT enemy soldiers in 'T The posiTion oT invaders 'J To march To Wakayama. AnyThing mighT happen. Following are a Tew observaTions oT inTeresT noTed during The reconnaissance When we landed on The beach aT Wakanoura ThaT morning There were a Tew Japanese huddled OTT To one side oT The sTreeT. They iusT sTared in silence. All The sTores and shops in Town appeared To be vacanT. No- where was any merchandise To be seen. Save Tor a small number oT children and old Tolks The inhabiTanTs had wiThclrawn To Their homes To peek Trom behind closed shuTTers. Likewise in Wakayama, The shops were devoid oT ware. The Marine reconnaissance parTy aTTracTed liTTle aTTenTion. lT mighT be said ThaT our presence was ignored. The people simply wenT abouT Their aTTairs as usual. One incidenT, however, bears menTion. When The paTrol was passing a parTicularly large building one oT The Marines queried as To iTs use. A young Jap who was sTanding on The sidewalk nearby said in very clear English, ThaT is a deparTmenT sTore. Nearly every Japanese male beTween The ages OT sixTeen and sixTy years old wore a uniTorm or some arTicle ThereoT. The old women dressed in naTive cosTume while many oT The young girls were cloThed in American sTyle. The principal vehicle is The bicycle. Ox carTs are used Tor heavy hauls and by The Tarmers. The Tew auTomobiles in evidence were Tor The mosT parT in hands oT The Jap- anese miliTary. lncidenTally, The auTomobiles used char- coal Tor Tuel. There is a modern Trolley line in Wakayama which exTends To Wakanoura, a disTance oT abouT Tour miles. The sTreeT cars were well paTronized. Japanese homes, parTicularly Those in The ciTy, were mosT disappoinTing. One would expecT To Tind Them pic- Turesguely surrounded by a garden. lnsTead The houses are crowded close TogeTher and buried behind high walls wiTh no spacious gardens. And every building in The area is badly in need oT a painT job, EducaTion is a deTail ThaT The Japanese have noT neglecTed. There are many schools and mosT oT Them have adioining playgrounds Tor The children. In approaching one schoolhouse The reconnaissance paTrol was spoTTed by a pupil and almosT insTanTly every window on ThaT side oT The building was crowded wiTh children calling ouT Hello in parroT-like Tashion. ForesighT by Their Teacher.