[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.

[PeterPrinciple]

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

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

[InMemoriam]

Here is an account of the Ie Jima Green Cross flight transfers, including some memorable pictures and letters home.

[PeterPrinciple]

Joachim Peiper Captured

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Peiper

Ultimately the sentences of the Malmedy defendants were commuted to life imprisonment and then to time served. Peiper himself was released from prison on parole at the end of December 1956, after serving 11 and a half years

Residing in France since 1972, Peiper led a quiet and discreet life; however, he continued to use his given name. In 1974, he was identified by a former Communist resistance member of the region who issued a report for the French Communist Party. In 1976, a Communist historian, investigating the Gestapo archives, found the Peiper file.[117] On 21 June, tracts denouncing his presence were distributed in Traves. A day later, an article in the Communist publication L’Humanité revealed Peiper’s presence in Traves and he became the subject of death threats.

On receipt of these threats, Peiper, who remained in Traves, sent his family back to Germany. During the night of 13/14 July 1976, Peiper’s home was attacked. In the ruin, Peiper’s charred corpse was found together with a .22 caliber rifle and a pistol.[118] The perpetrators were never identified, but were suspected to be either Communists or former members of the French Resistance. Coincidentally, 14 July was Bastille Day in France. Peiper had just started writing a book about Malmedy and what followed.[119]

[EternalVigilance]

The TTF — 331st Infantry regimental newspaper.

August 19. 1945 — Victory Edition

http://83rdinfdivdocs.org/documents/newspapers/331st_The_TTF_August_19_1945.pdf