The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-28
ALLIED UNITS. LAND
 JAPAN SOIL
Forty-eight Transports Garry Forces from 0kin-
 ava to Nip Empire
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Nippon's vast southern conquests. First American occupation forces , to land in Japan were brought to Atsugi Airfield, 20 miles from the Imperial Palace in 48 transports. One transport crashed in the take off from Okinawa, killing 20. The task of this vanguard is to set up communications and pre- pare for the arrival Thursday of Gen. Macarthur and 7,500 airborne troops. With Gen. MacArthur will be It. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, whose Eighth Army will move into the Tokyo area.
 Into Tokyo Bay Rear A dmira Oscar c. Badger, aboard the Cruiser San Diego, moved into Tokyo Bay at the head [ of 10 warships experimenting AL lied fleets involved in the occupa- tion. As Badger steamed cautiously through the mine-swept and gum lined entrance to the bay, Admiral Nimitz announced that every Pa- cific Fleet force will be involved in landing occupation units in the enemy!s broken empire and pa trolling conquered waters. Powerful units of Admiral Hal sey's Third Fleet lay at anchor in Sagami Bay or rode at sea nearby backing up Badgers Task Force 31, which is paving the way for land- ingS at the great Yokosuka Naval Base and three guardian islands by 10000 Marines and Bluejackets. Macarthur proclaimed the landing for Thursday but fleet dispatches said they would start going ashore tomorrow.
 Patrol Of Coast Admiral Thomas c. Kincaid's s Seventh Fleet, which supported MacArthurs return to the Philip pines, will patrol the China and Korean coasts. Nimitz previously indicated that the Fifth Fleet would operate off southern Japan and the Ryukyu Islands. He announced to- | day Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher's North Pacific forces would also go to work supporting the occupation.
 Twenty eight of the 55 Japanese ships survived the attacks of these combined fleets and the air and submarine forces were reported lined up at the Sasebo Naval Base of southern Japan ready to sur render. Most of them were de- stroyers or submarines. Two other 1 Nipponese submarines were brought into the U. S. Fleet anchorage in Sagami Bay by American prize crews.
 Jap Gets Sharp Order | The commander of the former Axis submarine base at Penang on the approaches to Singapore was bluntly told today to meet British Naval officers at sea with full de- tails of minefields in the areas as a preliminary to surrender discus sions.
 Three sullen Japanese yesterday signed preliminary surrender ar engagements for all of the Mikado's forces in southeast Asia and the Dutch East Indies, They were told to clear the way for immediate British occupation of Malaga and it's Singapore Naval Base Occupa- ton of the Indies was to follow the Sept. 3 signing of formal sur- render papers aboard the Battle ship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita who won the nickname of the Tiger" when he conquered Malaga and Singapore, supplied American of ficers with a map of his carefully guarded hideout in the northern Philippines. Ten thousand Japanese hiding in other Philippine moun- tains said they had received his orders to quit.
 Food For War Prisoners
 In their second mercy mission to prisoners of war, approximately 125 Superforts parachuted 43O tons of supplies to about 10000 men in 60 camps in Japan.
 Tokyo said these and other pris- oners on the Mikado's home islands would leave through seven ports for Manila. Tokyo also asked MacAr- thur to allow civilian internees, if they wish. to remain in Japan-a nation of cherry trees, gardens and peace, the Nipponese broadcasts intimated.
 The radio quoted the influential newspaper Ashia Shimbun as call ing on Japan to abolish militar- ism" which it blamed for the coun- try'S "rniserahle dafaatv