FRI 31 AUG 1945
Pacific
Rear Admiral Francis E. M. Whiting accepts surrender of Marcus Island on board destroyer Bagley (DD-386).
Marines (Company "L," Third Battalion, Fourth Marines) land at Tateyama Naval Base, Honshu, on the northeast shore of Sagami Wan, and accept its surrender. They will reconnoiter the beach approaches and cover the landing of Army's 112th Cavalry.
Japanese submarine I 401 surrenders to submarine Segundo (SS-398) at entrance to Tokyo Bay.
U.S. freighter Joseph Carrigan is damaged by mine in Brunei Bay, Borneo.
Japanese merchant vessels sunk/damaged during August 1945 (exact dates indeterminate): refrigerated cargo ship Banshu Maru, agent unknown, location unspecified. Cargo ship Eito Maru, by aircraft, off Murozu. Cargo ship No.1 Taikai Maru, by aircraft, location unspecified.
Japanese merchant vessel damaged during August 1945 (exact date indeterminate): cargo ship Shincho Maru, by mine, off Ube.
Monday, August 31, 2020
Another Month Done
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Landings Begin
THU 30 AUG 1945
Pacific
Landings by the occupation forces begin in the Tokyo Bay area under cover of guns of the Third Fleet plus Naval and USAAF aircraft.
Rear Admiral Robert B. Carney and Rear Admiral Oscar C. Badger accept surrender of Yokosuka Naval Base. Headquarters of Commander Third Fleet is established there.
Conference is held on board destroyer Stack (DD-406) at Truk to discuss the surrender of that Japanese base. Brigadier General Leo D. Hermle, USMC, is the leader of U.S. representatives.
Four motor torpedo boats transport 50 Japanese troops from Miti Island to Morotai, to contact scattered units there to effect a complete surrender.
U.S. freighter Peter White is damaged by mine 50 miles from Mauban, Luzon, 14°37'N, 122°26'E; only four men of the ship's total complement (52 merchant sailors, one passenger, and 17 Armed Guards) are injured, and the ship reaches Leyte.
Another Wk. Passes Like Nothing
Biting The Hand That Doesn't Feed Me
Last go-round for me on the round-up, until the next time my labor (As much as two hrs. a day!) is exploited. Must be nice to get chumps to finance your Pacific Palisades lifestyle for nothing, huh?
Everything sucks, horribly. No fucking wonder I wake up pig-biting mad every single damn day.
Saturday, August 29, 2020
Nimitz Arrives
WED 29 AUG 1945
Pacific
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief Pacific Fleet, arrives in Tokyo Bay on board PB2Y, and breaks his flag in battleship South Dakota (BB-57).
Submarine Segundo (SS-398) encounters Japanese submarine I 401 off northeast coast of Honshu, and "after considerable negotiation," places prize crew on board.
TG 30.6 (Commodore Rodger W. Simpson) arrives in Tokyo Bay to undertake emergency evacuation of Allied POWs in waterfront areas. Guided by TBMs from small carrier Cowpens (CVL-25) and taken to the scene by LCVPs from high speed transport Gosselin (APD-126), Commodore Simpson carries out his orders. The appearance of the LCVPs off the camp at Omori (the first liberated) triggers "an indescribable scene of jubilation and emotion" by the former captives, some of whom swim out to the approaching landing craft.
Japanese garrisons on Halmahera and Morotai surrender.
Centenary
Buttermilk Sky let us know today is the 100th anniv. of the birth of Great American Charlie Parker.
Here's some NPR crap to which you could listen 'cause I'm too lazy to arse myself looking for more stuff.
No, wait. We'll default to more public media.And greatest hits.Hey bop-a-ree-bop!!
Friday, August 28, 2020
First American Troops Land In Japan
TUE 28 AUG 1945
Pacific
USAAF technicians land at Atsugi Airdrome, near Tokyo; these are the first American troops to land in Japan.
Administrative and operational control of the Seventh Fleet (Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid) passes from Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area (General of the Army Douglas MacArthur) to Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet (Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz).
Anthony Huber, Murdered Kenosha Protester: "He was a hero."
The two men killed and a third wounded in Kenosha all directly engaged with the accused 17-year-old gunman. Anthony Huber, who died after running toward the shooter in an attempt to disarm him, is remembered as an avid skateboarder and hero.
Friday Freak-Out:
On The Roads Again
Random recommendation from YouTube. Cut your hair, hippie furriners!Also from the YouTube sidebar.Three in a row, '70s F.M. Dee Jay between the adverts style!
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Submarine Surrender
MON 27 AUG 1945
Pacific
Third Fleet (Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.) stands into Sagami Wan, the outer bay to Tokyo, Japan.
Japanese submarine I 14 surrenders to destroyers Murray (DD-576) and Dashiell (DD-659) east of northern Honshu. Prize crew from destroyer escort Bangust (DE-739) boards I 14 about 450 miles east of Nojima Zaki.
Japanese submarine I 400 surrenders to destroyers Blue (DD-744) and Mansfield (DD-728) east of northern Honshu; destroyer escort Weaver (DE-741) places boarding party on board I 400.
PB4Y (FAW 18) lands at Atsugi Airdrome, 14 miles from Tokyo, because of mechanical difficulties. No Japanese approach the plane, which returns to Iwo Jima the same day.
Blame It On Becki?
Is Mrs. Falwell about to be hurled beneath a transit vehicle? Buckle up.Brandon Ambrosino / Politico:
‘She was the aggressor’: Former Liberty student alleges sexual encounter with Becki Falwell — A former student at the evangelical university opens up about a 2008 incident with the wife of the school's president. — A former Liberty University student says Becki Falwell, the wife of the university’s then-President Jerry Falwell Jr., jumped into bed with him and …
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Nineteenth Amendment Takes Effect, Lucky Lindy Not So Lucky Any More
Women's suffrage hasn't improved this shithole country one damn bit in a hundred fucking yrs. Thanks a lot, dames!
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Chumps Begging For A Yacht Tax
Dozens of boats flying flags and banners supporting US President Donald Trump's reelection campaign paraded in Newburyport, Massachusetts on Saturday. (Aug. 22)
The next day, in Narragansett.One attendee — who carried a handgun on his waist, in violation of state park rules — allegedly accosted another guest for wearing a mask. Another park-goer, who had a rainbow pride pin on their bag, was called a homophobic slur. Some attendees also threatened to tip over a park ranger’s truck.Healey said they received maybe one or two 911 calls during the event, but they were mostly about verbal incidents. He said the targeting of on-duty park rangers who are predominately teens and young adults is a trend the department has observed throughout the summer.“It stinks because basically our summertime employees are all like, you know, kids,” he said. “I think that if that happened today and they were targeting rangers, that’s really regrettable. But I would kind of chalk that up to the general level of ugliness that COVID has sort of brought out.”
Typhoon
SAT 25 AUG 1945
Pacific
Aircraft from carrier task groups begin daily flights over Japan to patrol airfields, shipping movements, and to locate and supply prisoner of war camps; operation continues until 2 September.
TG 95.4 (Captain Henry J. Armstrong, Jr.) returns to Buckner Bay having completed its mine clearance work in the East China Sea and destroyed 578 mines during eleven days of sweeping.
Carrier Wasp (CV-18) and destroyer Chauncey (DD-667) are damaged by typhoon.
Chief of Naval Operations accords Navy Petroleum Reserve 4 Expedition a "well done" for accomplishing its mission "in an expeditious and seamanlike manner in spite of fog and ice."
Tonight: Tiffany Trump!
Imagine waking up one day & realizing that not only is your father Donald J. Trump, but your mother is the kind of gold-digger who would marry Donald J. Trump. One might almost feel sorry for you. Almost.
Monday, August 24, 2020
Better In The Original Deutsch?
In The '30s It Was "Kinder, Küche, Kirche"
When was the last time two-faced animal-murdering sack of decayed genetic material DJTJ & his shrilly howling mistress were even near a damn church?"Kirche, Arbeit, Schule": Who writes this fucking horseshit?Serious Super-Schadenfreude
Fuck California to hell. The whole damn state abandoned me & many others to homelessness; now they'll know it.Sorry your dog died; maybe if you hadn't been so worried about your firearms, you piece of shit, you could have saved Rover. Fuck you in the mouth. Double for Governor Greasy Hair. In the teeth. Maybe if he hadn't lied about free delivered meals for wretched old people like me this wouldn't have happened. Karma, you lying shit. I'll make it real.
Fossil Fuel
FRI 24 AUG 1945
Pacific
U.S. freighters Jonathan Harrington and Enos A. Mills, of the Navy Petroleum Reserve 4 Expedition, are damaged by ice floes off Point Barrow, Alaska (see 25 August).
Sunday, August 23, 2020
No Violations
THU 23 AUG 1945
Pacific
Planes from TG 38.4 (Rear Admiral Arthur W. Radford) search for Japanese shipping between Hachijo Jima and the Bonins. Such movement would have been contrary to surrender instructions, but the searching aircraft report no violations.
Saturday, August 22, 2020
Capitulation
WED 22 AUG 1945
Pacific
Captain Harold B. Grow, Atoll Commander, Majuro, accepts surrender of Mille Atoll, Marshalls (the first Japanese garrison to capitulate in the Pacific) on board destroyer escort Levy (DE-162).
Navy Petroleum Reserve 4 Expedition, formed around cargo ship Spica (AK-16) and U.S. freighters Jonathan Harrington and Enos A. Mills, discharges remainder of tonnage at Point Barrow (see 24 and 25 August).
Japanese antiaircraft batteries near Hong Kong fire upon navy patrol planes over China Coast.
Japanese destroyer Asagao is damaged by mine in Shimonoseki Straits.
Sufferation
Half the fucking juice in the shithole bldg. in which this reporter is trapped went out yesterday. (Rumor is a burned-out transformer.) Meaning besides having to run wires over the deck from the outlets that were still working so the frozen slop in the fridge wouldn't thaw & I could still sit between two fans (Temperature hasn't dipped below 84°F inside for even more days & days now, by the fucking way. I am really going to fucking stab as many people as I can.) there was neither iNternet nor hot water. Everything but hot water is now restored; bet the boiler won't be re-fired until Monday.
No, won't be making that bet: W/in five minutes of typing the previous sentence hot water was back. Expect the worst, because you'll usually get it. This exception merely proves the rule.
That nonetheless gets us out on a positive note. Maybe even for the bigger picture.