Herman’s 3rd battle star Panay
Jun 28 MacArthur’s headquarters announces the end of all Japanese resistance in the Philippines. Jul 5 Liberation of Philippines declared. Jul 10 1,000 bomber raids against Japan begin. Jul 14 US Naval bombardment of Japanese home islands. Jul 16 Atomic Bomb is successfully tested in the US. Jul 26 Components of the Atomic Bomb “Little Boy” are unloaded at Tinian Island in the South Pacific. July 29 A Japanese submarine sinks the Aug 1 637th Med. Clr Co. Arrives Cebu Aug 6 Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima from a B-29 flown by Col. Paul Tibbets. Aug 8 USSR declares war on Japan, then invades Manchuria. Aug 9 Second Atomic Bomb is dropped on Nagasaki from a B-29 flown by Maj. Charles Sweeney. Cruiser Indianapolis resulting in the loss of 881 crewmen. The ship sinks before a radio message can be sent out, leaving survivors adrift for two days. Emperor Hirohito and Japanese Prime Minister Suzuki then decide to seek an immediate peace with the Allies. Aug 14 Japanese accept unconditional surrender; Gen. MacArthur is appointed to head the occupation forces in Japan. Aug 16 Gen. Wainwright, a POW since May 6, 1942, is released from a POW camp in Manchuria. Aug 27 B-29s drop supplies to Allied POWs in China. Aug 29 The Soviets shoot down a B-29 dropping supplies to POWs in Korea; US Troops land near Tokyo to begin the occupation of Japan. Aug 30 The British reoccupy Hong Kong.
Mar 10 US Eighth Army invades Zamboanga Peninsula on Mindanao in the Philippines Mar 19 637 Med. Clr Co. in Oton / Panay Mar 20 637 Med. Clr Co. debarks Oton / Panay Mar 20 British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma. Mar 21 637 Med. Clr Co. in Iloilo / Panay Mar 27 B-29s lay mines in Japan’s Shimonoseki Strait to interrupt shipping. Apr 1 US Tenth Army invades Okinawa. The final amphibious landing of the war. Apr 2 Letter to brother Izzy Apr 7 B-29s fly their first fighter-escorted mission against Japan with P-51 Mustangs based on Iwo Jima. US carrier-based fighters sink the super battleship Yamato and several escort vessels. Apr 12 President Roosevelt dies. Harry S. Truman becomes president Apr 22Letter to brother Izzy May 8 Victory in Europe Day May 12Letter to brother Izzy May 20 Japanese begin withdrawal from China. May 25Letter to brother Izzy May 25 US Joint Chiefs of Staff approve Operation Olympic, the invasion of Japan, scheduled November 1. Jun 9 Japanese Premier Suzuki announces Japan will not accept unconditional surrender. Jun 16 637 Med. Clr Co. in Bacolod City / Negros. Jun 18 Japanese resistance ends on Mindanao, Philippines. Jun 22 Japanese resistance ends on Okinawa as the US Tenth Army completes its capture.
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