The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30
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bat equipment, but not shot was fired by>either side. Japanese offi- cers were polite and lowing. Civil- ians were docile.
 MacArthuris huge transport plane Bataan alighted on Atsugi airfield, IS miles south of Hirohito's palace, at 1:58 p. m. (12:58 a. m. EWT). He told newsmen and CHS who clustered about the plane that the surrender plan was going splendid 1y."
 There isevery indication that the occupation will continue without friction of bloodshed," he said. Tn the outlying theaters, fighting practically has ceased. In this area, 300,000 Japanese troops have been disarmed and demobilized.
 Prom Melbourne to Tokyo was 8 long, hard road, but this looks like the payoff."
 | Close behind MacArthur's plane came other big transports carrying Gen. Carl A. SpaatZ, commander of the Strategic Air Forces, Lt.-Gen. George c. Kenney, commander of the Far East Air Forces, and other top officers.
 | From Atsugi, MacArthur's party set out for Yokohama in convoy of Japanese automobiles and trucks. Japanese troops with rifles and sidearms stood every 100 yards or so with their backs to their road on guard against any overt act by their countrymen.
 Paratroops of the 11th Air. Division, who will serve as Mac- Arthur's bodyguards, piled into the Japanese trucks without com- ment. Japanese officers saluted promptly as the convoy passed, and American officers returned the salute.
 Yokohama Burned Out l Yokohama itself was a burned out shell from American air raids. There was no resemblance to the great port that once housed nearly 100000 Japanese and handled a quarter of the Japanese empires trade.
 Trains and trolley cars were run- ming, but few automobiles were in the streets. The Japanese watched the American convoy passing with- out any shows of emotion whatso- ever.
 Besides Macarthur, Spaatz, Ken- ney, It. Gen. Robert L. Eichelber- ger, commander of the Eighth Army, and It. Gen. Ennis c. White head, commander of the Fifth Air F6tce, set up headquarters in the new Grand Hotel.
 Nearly 15O other officers also were guests in the hotel.
 Up to 10000 troops had landed by sea and air on the southern approaches of Tokyo by nightfall. Others waited aboard ships in Tokyo Bay and at Okinawa air. fields to join in the occupation.
 They were the vanguard of an ,, occupation army that ultimately is expected to total at least 500,O0O troops on the Japanese home islands. The next occupation force is scheduled to land on the south ern tip of Kyushu. September 3. It was believed that only recon naissance parties would enter Tokyo for the present. Formal occupation of the capital will come later. The American 11th Airborne Di- 5 vision and New York's famous 27th Army Regiment began landing at Atsugi, 20 miles south of Tokyo, at 6:03 a. m. (5:03 p. m. Wednesday, EWT), and quickly famed out over the surrounding countryside. Transports from Okinawa there after landed at the rate of one every two minutes. In a matter of .. hours. wide perimeter was manned ] and the airfield was declared se- cure against any enemy surprise attack.
 Some 20 miles southwest of At Sugi, American and British marines and bluejackets swarmed ashore from landing craft and accepted the surrender of Yokosuka naval base, Japans largest navy yard, 20 miles south of Tokyo in the south west corner of Tokyo Bay.
 Marines raised the American flag over the Yokosuka naval yard at 10:30 a. m. (9:30 p. m. Wednesday, EWT), just one hour after the first men went ashore. At 11:l1 a. m. OOH p. m. Wednesday, EWT), |, other marines raised the Stars and Stripes over adjoining Yokosuka , airfield and naval air station. Islands Occupied , The main landing at Yokosuka v was preceded by smaller-scale oc- l. equations of three fortified islands f on the approaches to the naval base ' and on Cape Futtsu. seven miles $ across the entrance to Tokyo Bay from Yokosuka. American flags : also sprouted from these strong points.
 The wrecked hulk of the battie- ship Nagato. lynng one half afioat oil Yokoguka, was taken over by prize crew from the American de- stroyer H. A. Bass. Capt. T. J. Flynn commanded the boarding Iphrty.
 A special naval landing party went ashore in the Yokohama area and rescued 500 Allied prisoners from e camp described by its in- mates as the "blackest hellhole" of the war.
 At Atsugi airfield. Lt. Gen. Robert Eichelberger, commander of the American Eighth army, freeted Mac- Arthur as he stepped from his plane after the flight from okinawa.
 Hello, Bob," MacArthur said.
 Hello General" EicheIberger rec plied.
 MacArthur wns amoklns his fa- mliIar lon1-lemmed eorrcoh pipe 4ad wore ae.k siss,ls A crowd oi