JAPANESE REACH IE, GO ON TO MANILA; U.S. AIRMAN KILLED BY FOE OVER TOKYO (8/19/45)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 8/19/45 | George E. Jones, Frank L. Kluckhohn, C.L. Sulzberger, Meyer Berger, Lieut. Thomas J. Hamilton, more

[Homer_J_Simpson]

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles and the occasional radio broadcast delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
China, 1941: Operation Ichigo, 1945 and Final Operations in the War
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Areas under Allied and Japanese Control, 15 August 1945
The Western Pacific: Japanese Homeland Dispositions August 1945 and Allied Plans for the Invasion of Japan (Operation Downfall)

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The Nimitz Graybook

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from July 16.

John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945

[Homer_J_Simpson]

13 Envoys on Way (Jones) – 2-3
Messages on Surrender – 2
Big B-32 Crippled (Kluckhon) – 3
World News Summarized – 3
Curt Soviet Message to Foe Calls for Immediate Parley – 4
Expert on Atomics Rushed to U.S.S.R. (Sulzberger) – 4
Shigemitsu Tells Japanese to Change Way of Thinking – 5
Shigemitsu’s Statement – 5
Americans Capture Prisoners’ Slayer – 5
China Communists Agree to Parley – 6
Japan Among Nines to Be Invited Here – 6
U.S. Nisei Troops Honored in Italy (Berger) – 6
Demolition Secret Disclosed by Navy (by Lieut. Thomas J. Hamilton) – 7
Allies Will Speed Captives’ Release – 8
Answers Protest on Shift to Pacific – 8
Before the Japanese Stopped Their Suicide Attacks (photos) – 9
The Veteran (by Charles Hurd) – 11
18 Bodies Found in 2-Bomber Crash – 11
The Japanese Delay (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 12
Communique – 12

Gardening Section *
Outlook for Lilies (by Alan MacNeil, first-time contributor) – 13
Blooms for Fall (by Florence Moog, first-time contributor) – 14
Around the Garden (by Dorothy H. Jenkins, first-time contributor) – 14
Pruning Flowering Espaliers – 15

The News of the Week in Review
The Commander and the Emperor (photo) – 17
From War to Peace – 18
Japan’s Fate – 18-20
Fifteen News Questions – 20
Milestones in the Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire (map) – 21
Power in the Pacific is Now in Our Hands (by James B. Reston) – 22
Chungking Makes Deal with Russia (by Brooks Atkinson) – 23
Answers to Fifteen News Questions – 23
“Directive is To Be Complied With Without Delay” (cartoon) – 23

* I haven’t posted gardening news before but I have scrolled past it in every Sunday edition since 1938. I figure we have a few 21st century gardeners among us that might be interested in how they used to do it. Don’t forget to stock up on that DDT stuff. It seems to be a wonder-chemical for gardeners – HJS.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.etherit.co.uk/month/7/19.htm

August 19th, 1945 (SUNDAY)

UNITED KINGDOM: King George and Queen Elizabeth lead nationwide thanksgiving services to mark Victory Sunday.

U.S.S.R.: Pacific Fleet ship loss - MMS “KT-152” (ex-”Neptun”) - by aviation at Shumshu Is. area. (Sergey Anisimov)(69)

MANCHURIA: Mukden: High-ranking Allied PoWs including Lt-Gen Jonathan Wainwright, who led the American’s last stand on Corregidor in the Philippines in 1942, have been found safe and well in a small PoW camp 100 miles from Mukden in Manchuria. They were rescued by a volunteer team of US doctors which parachuted into the area shortly before it fell under Russian control. Also among the 34 freed PoWs are Lt-Gen Arthur Percival, commander of the Singapore garrison at its surrender in 1942, and the governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, Mr van Starkenborch Stachouwer.

FAR EAST: Two B-25Js of the US Far East Air Force’s 345th Bombardment Group (Medium) intercept 2 IJN G4M “Betty” bombers north of Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands. The Japanese aircraft carry a delegation from Tokyo enroute to Manila, Philippine Islands, to meet General MacArthur’s staff to work out details of the surrender. The G4Ms are painted all white with green crosses on the wings, fuselage and vertical tail surface and use the call signs “Bataan I” and “Bataan II.” The Japanese land on Ie Shima and transfer to USAAF C-54 Skymasters for the flight to Manila. On the return flight from Ie Shima to Japan, the Japanese aircraft run out of fuel and ditch in Tokyo Bay but the delegation is rescued and completes the mission.

Pictures of the delegation and Envoy

PACIFIC OCEAN: The formation of fleet Marine and Navy landing forces from officers and men afloat begins; these men are transferred, at sea, to transports for the impending occupation of Yokosuka under Commander, Task Force 31.

FORMOSA: Subhas Chandra Bose, the Indian Nationalist leader is killed in an air crash.

CANADA: HMC ML 075 paid off.

USA: The War Production Board removes most of its controls over manufacturing activity.

[PeterPrinciple]

Experts on Atomics Rushed to U.S.S.R

---

This is the first time I have noticed USSR, prior to this it has always been Russia? Why the change?

[DFG]

bookmark

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I wondered about that myself. Maybe it has something to do with the transition from WWII allies to cold war antagonists. I know - that’s a stretch considering the NYT history.

[Larry Lucido]

“as long as the audience has a spot to hiss in.” LOL!

[TADSLOS]

Interesting “first look” article on Navy UDTs.

[Western Phil]

“It is natural to speculate that Soviet authorities are anxious on their own to consult with available scientists on the subject of atomic experiments and to pool accessible information.”

I suspect Stalin knew more about the bomb than Truman did before FDR moved on.

[AppyPappy]

I have a picture of the planes that my dad took on “Ie Shima”.

[bert]

Consolidated B 32 Dominator ( that I had never seen before and seems to be mentioned for the first time in today's articles)

[samtheman]

I don’t think any browser would have helped them but if they tried using IE, no wonder they lost.

[henkster]

I suspect the Soviets are going to work hard on building their own bomb.

[GeronL]

What was all the gardening stuff about. lol

[GeronL]

lol

[henkster]

If anyone wonders whether the Japanese are stalling on allowing the American occupation of Japan, you need wonder no more.

They are.

They know the Americans have rounded up the Nazi leadership and are collecting evidence from the German records to use in war crimes trials. They also know the Americans have promised war crimes trials for the Japanese leadership.

The Japanese are buying as much time as they can to “sanitize” their internal records. Or they are just dumping files and lighting them on fire. It will allow many Japanese to give recollections of events that cannot be rebutted by the official historical record.

[colorado tanker]

Hanson Baldwin is quite incensed by the stalling.

But I would also say the situations are rather different. Germany was overrun and the war criminals were mostly fleeing to try to save their skin. In contrast, we have to figure out an occupation plan and how, where and when to transport the occupation troops plus a logistics plan to supply them since they can't local source much if anything. That is a big undertaking for staffs that until a few days ago were planning Olympic.