September 6, 1945
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THURSDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 1945

5th AF: Lost are B-25D "Shifless Skonk" 41-30765 pilot Major James M. Burnham, III (MIA) and C-47A "Sure Skin" 42-23860 pilot F/O Robert E. Gennette (MIA).

U.S. Navy: Japanese surrender Maleolap Atoll aboard destroyer escort Wingfield (DE-194).

U.S. troops begin returning to United States as Task Force 11 (TF 11) under Vice Admiral Frederick C. Sherman tthat departs from Tokyo Bay bound for the west coast.

USMC: Marine guards were assigned solely to trains transporting U.S. personnel and supplies. The Chinese Nationalist Army had assumed responsibility for the security of the coal fields and the rail line between Peiping and Chinwangtao.

RAN: The Japanese surrendered all remaining Japanese forces in New Guinea, New Britain and the Solomon Islands. The ceremony took place aboard HMS Glory (R62). Representing the Japanese was Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) General Hitoshi Imamura, Commander 8th Army Area and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Vice Admiral Jinichi Kusaka commander South East Area Fleet.