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*** World War II Scrapbook ***
- A brief glimpse in time and place -
Dedicated to Commander Richard H. McElligott
and all those who served our country aboard the U.S. Navy Heavy Cruiser CA69, the USS Boston.
| OPERATIONS
ENGAGED IN AND PORTS VISITED BY U.S.S. BOSTON 1. Participated in the Marshall Islands Campaign. 2. Participated in the capture an occupation of ENIWETOK. 3. Participated in attacks against Palau and Western Caroline Islands. 4. Participated in the attack and occupation of Hollandia and Northwestern New Guinea, and subsequent attacks on Truk and the bombardment of Satawan Island. 5. Participated in the attack on the Marcus Islands and the attack on Wake Island. 6. Participated in the attacks on Guam and Rota Island (Marianas Group) on 11-13 June, and the attacks on Iwo Jima, Chichi Jima and Haha Jima (Boni Islands Group). 7. Participated in the engagement and defeat, by Task Force 58, of a major Japanese task force in the waters west of the Marianas Islands during the period 17-21 June 1944. 8. Participated in the attacks on Pagan Island (Marianas Group) and Iwo Jima (Bonin Islands Group) on 23-24 June 1944. 9. Participated in the bombardment of Iwo Jima on 4 July 1944. 10. Participated in the attacks on Guam and Rota and subsequently in operations in support of the invasion of Guam. 11. Participaed in the attacks on Palau Islands. 12. Participated in the attacks on Mindanao and the Visayan Group (Philippine Islands) during the period 9-14 September 1944, subsequently participated in the attack on Celebes Islands and in the operations in support of the landing on Morotai Island. 13. Participated in the attacks on Luzon during the period 21-22 September 1944 and in the attacks on the Visayan Group (Philippine Islands) on 24 September 1944. 14. Participated in the attacks on Nansei Shoto Islands on 10 October 1944, and Luzon on 11 October 1944. 15. Participated in the attacks on Formosa during the period 12-14 October 1944. 16. Participated in the attacks against a major Japanese task force in the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea during the period 25-26 October 1944. 17. Participated in the attacks on Manila Bay Area (Luzon) on 5,6,13,14, and 19 November 1944, and against Japanese shipping in the Subic Bay and Lingayen Gulf on 19 November 1944. 18. Participated in the attacks against Japanese shipping in the waters between Leyte and Cebu Islands on 11 November 1944. 19. Participated in the attacks on Luzon during the period 14-16 December 1944. PORTS VISITED: Pearl Harbor, Espiritu Santo, Majuro, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Manus, Saipan, Ulithi. |
| ************************************************************** ************************************************************** THE BOSTON BEE U.S.S. BOSTON VOL. #2 NO. #66 Thursday, August 16, 1945 ************************************************************** TODAY'S HEADLINERS 0700-0800 - Breakfast Music VICTORY NEWS U.S.S. BOSTON -----( AT SEA ) It was just 83 hours and 50 minutes between the time the Boston first heard the rumor of the Japanese surrender offer and the time it was known that it had been officially made. The first flash came at 2045 on the night of August 11th. Some alert soulhad heard the preliminary Domei report over the Tokyo radio. Final confirmation of the Japanese note did not come until 0500 the next morning. From then on, a continuous watch of all radio news broadcasts maintained. The next 24 hours were anxious ones as news from the states indicated that the Jap offer might be flatly rejected. the hopes of the crew were not helped by such announcements as that a poll showed 62 percent of the people on the streets of New York opposed to retaining the Emperor under any circumstances. The crew was willing to leave the decision up to the President, but still the crew didn't see where an Emperor or two between enemies made much difference. So it was with considerable relief when shortly after midnight on August 13th, it was learned that President Truman had dispatched a reply to Tokyo which would permit the Emperor to remain under certain conditions. Then the war of nerves went into the final stretch. A delay of more than 24 hours before any word at all was heard made the suspense nearly unbearable. This was broken at long last by the interception of the Domei announcement, made at 1449 On August 14th, heard aboard the Boston at 1504, that a Japanese answer accepting the terms would soon be forthcoming. This announcement greatly relieved the strain-----but not for long, for it soon developed, what with cross reports from Berne and Tokyo, that the situation was considerably confused. Things brightened up finally only at 0600, when it was reported that the Japanese reply has reached Washington. Shortly after 0700, the force was ordered to cease offensive action and then the ship knew it was really over. When at 0803, the news came that President Truman had announced the surrender, it was an accepted fact aboard and in the way of being an anti-climax, but still the best news the ship had ever heard. PAGE TWO Domei reported that yesterday afternoon, the great lawn before the Imperial Palace in Tokyo was filled with weeping people who were alleged to be apologizing to the Emperor for having failed to make sufficient effort to win the war. Said Domei, "The Imperial decision has been reached; the Palace yard is quiet under the dark sky." The Japanese were told to stand by for a very important announcement at noon today and at noon--Emperor Hirohito---breaking all precedent, personally went on the air to read to his people an Imperial rescript. In a slow sad voice, he read a proclamation which we quote in part: "To our good and loyal subjects. After pondering deeply the general trends of the world and the actual conditions obtaining in our Empire today we have decided to effect a settlement of the present situation by resorting to an extraordinary measure. We have ordered our government to communicate to the governments of the United States, Great Britain, China, and the Soviet Union that our Empire accepts the provisions of their joint declaration. To strive for the common prosperity and happiness of all nations as well as the security and well-being of our subjects in the solemn obligation which has been handed down by our Imperial ancestors and which we lay close to the heart, we declared war on America and Britain of our sincere desire to insure Japan's self-preservation and the stabilization of East Asia, it being far from our thought either to infringe upon the sovereignty of other nations or to embark upon territorial aggrandizement. But now, the war has lasted for nearly four years. Despite the best that has been done by everyone---the gallant fighting of military and naval forces, the diligence and assiduity of our servants of the state and the devoted service of our 100 million people, the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's while the general trends of the world have all turned against her interest. Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to damage is indeed incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the whole extinction of human civilization. Such being the case, how are we to save the millions of our subjects; or to atone ourselves before the hallowed spirits of our Imperial ancestors? This is the reason why we have ordered the acceptance of the provisions of the joint declaration of the Powers." ******************** SPORTS NEWS FORT MACARTHUR, CALIFORNIA:- Captain Tom Harmon, former Michigan All American halfback, tonight received his discharge from the Army Air Forces after nearly four years of service. Harmon, holder of the Silver Star and the Purple Heart, twice made his way back from missions over Dutch Guinea and China on which he was reported missing following crashes. Harmon was indefinite about his future plans, but said that he was considering returning to radio sports announcing, his occupation from the time he was graduated from the Michigan University in November, Nineteen Forty One. PAGE THREE SPORTS: Continued - - - Yesterday's Major League scores included:
******************** DOMESTIC NEWS WASHINGTON:- The United States heavy cruiser INDIANOPOLIS was lost in a recent Philippines Sea action with one hundred percent casualties to her compliment which totaled one thousand, one hundred and six officers and men. The Navy Department announced that the famous vessel was lost shortly after the completion of her last mission sailing from San Francisco on the sixteenth of July on a high speed run to deliver essential atomic bomb material. She delivered her precious cargo safely prior to the disaster. The Indianapolis casualties place her near the top of the list of losses for a single vessel in this war. The aircraft carrier FRANKLIN suffered three hundred and forty one dead, and four hundred and thirty one missing including more than three hundred wounded. The battleship ARIZONA, with a total of one thousand, one hundred and four officers and men lost in the Pearl Harbor attack leads the list for personnel killed. The Indianapolis, which was the traditional flagship of the powerful Fifth Fleet, had been damaged just before her last mission. She had taken suicide planes off of Okinawa on March thirty first, nineteen forty five. Admiral Raymond A. Spruance was aboard at that time but he escaped injury. The Skipper of the Indianapolis was Captain Charles B. McVay who is listed as wounded. NEW YORK:- The American Flag which was lowered from the American Embassy in Tokyo when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 was raised over the Ontario County Court House Tuesday in anticipation of an official Japanese surrender announcement. The flag was brought to the United States by H. Merrill Benninghoff, second Secretary of the Embassy, when he returned with other diplomats in 1942. PAGE FOUR DOMESTIC NEWS: NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA:- The giant aircraft carrier MIDWAY, described by newspaper and radio newsmen who toured the vessel, "as one of the greatest mechanical construction projects" that they had ever seen may not see battle action in this war if Japan surrenders. WASHINGTON:- The cry for a quick suspension of the draft and an early release of men from the Armed Forces rose in volume Tuesday. At the same time official fixing of VJ-Day was a matter of vital concern not only to soldiers and sailors, but to Government contractors and officials dealing with them. The date effects not only the service liability of those in uniform, but the duration of many contracts. These were the day's main developments: First: Chairman
May, of the House Military Committee, said in an
interview that he will introduce a legislation as soon as
Congress reconvenes for an end to all draft calls. He
said that he also wants drafted men released as soon as
it can be done. WASHINGTON:- The end of the war against the last Axis aggressor came on the Fourth Anniversary of the Atlantic Charter. This declaration, framed by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, pledged a ceaseless battle for freedom from aggression and oppression. SAN FRANCISCO:- Admiral Royal Ingersoll, Commander of the Western Sea Frontier, today injected a note of temperance into the jubilant American celebration o fht end of the Japanese war. "I feel it is my duty", the Admiral said, "to say that while the war is over, much remains to be done." "This indeed is a glorious and solemn hour. Once more the forces of right have brought forces of might to terms and once again the principles of human decency have a chance to live throughout the world." "The fact that victory has come with unexpected suddenness should make us grateful that many lives have been spared, which otherwise would have been sacrificed." Ingersoll pointed to the coming peace-time problems affecting the Pacific coast region stating: "Throughout the Western Sea Frontier Area, peace brings added tasks. There are thousands of men to be brought home, ships to be converted for peaceful trade, and naval ships to be decommissioned and laid up. With all this, our Army and Naval forces remaining in the Pacific and those forming the forces of occupation will have to be maintained and supported for an indefinite time." Added Ingersoll, "So, although we and our Allies have at last achieved a total victory, we must make the necessary rearrangements and carry on until we can return to a normal peace-time basic." PAGE FIVE DOMESTIC NEWS: SAN FRANCISCO:- Japanese War Minister Korechika Anami has committed suicide, according to a Domei Agency broadcast. The FCC recording of the broadcast said he took his life at his "official residence" to atone for his failure in accomplishing his duties as his Majesty's minister. WASHINGTON:- The Navy announced tonight the cancellation of almost six billion dollars worth of prime contracts. This cut-back came on top of another cancellation of one billion, two hundred million dollars in Navy contracts, announced recently. The Navy said the cancellations were made to align the production with the post-war Navy needs and to free men, material, and the productive capacity to turn out civilian goods. Many types of procurement will be reduced in percentage, the navy said, with some orders remaining on the books. Although a large number of aircraft scheduled for production will be cut back as well as engines and propellers, there will be a need to keep enough planes in production so long as the fleet is kept at its present size. Cuts were ordered in the procurement of ordinance materials, particularly projectiles, explosives, bombs, mines, and torpedoes. Other ordinance also will be cut, but production will be maintained on items required for large vessels under construction or repair. Large ship building cut-backs have already been announced, but other reductions are being made in components for ships propulsion, machinery, and spare parts. The preparation has been under way for several months for the termination of Navy contracts with the war's end. WASHINGTON:- Presidential Secretary Charles L. Ross told a press conference, called at twenty three hundred GMT tonight, that General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur, will be the Supreme Allied Commander to receive the Japanese surrender and that China, Russia, and Great Britain would be represented by high ranking officers of their respective countries. WASHINGTON:- President Truman said today that "The proclamation of VJ-Day will have to wait until the formal signing of the surrender terms by Japan." WASHINGTON:- President Truman appeared on the portico of the White House following the surrender announcement and the President said, "Today marks the end of Fascism and Nazism." The thousands of spectators who had waited patiently in Lafayette Park, across the street from the Executive's mansion, began a chant, "We want Truman", and the President appeared with Mrs. Truman on the White House steps. PAGE SIX DOMESTIC NEWS: (Continued) Surrounded by Secret Service men, the President and his wife walked down the steps, across the lawn and around a fountain to the square that fronts the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. There the President waved and smiled to the crowd. As the throng of spectators continued cheering, Mr. and Mrs. Truman returned to the White House porch where he spoke into a microphone that had been set up there previously when Germany had surrendered. WASHINGTON:- The Duke of Windsor accompanied by his aide, called on President Truman at the White House today. It was the first meeting with Truman since the latter became president. The Duke previously had called on Secretary of State Byrnes. He was accompanied on both calls by J. Balfour who is in charge of affairs for the British Embassy. WASHINGTON:- A Government promise "to get out of the industry's way as soon as possible", came today. A high official of the War Production Board said that his agency would "drop out of the picture as soon as industry is safely on a peace-time footing". President Truman has given the WPB a major role in getting the country changed back to a peace-time basis. The official stressed that the WPB would follow to the letter , the President's program for safeguarding the national economy during the transition period. WPB Chairman Krug ordered "immediate steps to see that the wide scale civilian production is not impeded by excessive stock piling, preemptive buying, or hoarding of scarce materials by a few". WASHINGTON:- The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Communications Commission are continuing the investigation of the false transmission that was fed into the United Press Lines Sunday night which said that the Japanese had accepted the Allied surrender terms. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company reported earlier that an investigation had shown that the false flash did not originate in any of the test stations. The United Press leases it's wires from the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Following today's surrender of the Japanese, people of many towns took the early news calmly and soberly. San Francisco had the biggest early celebration. The news of Tokyo's surrender broadcast hit the Pacific embarkation port at 1049 p.m. while the streets, restaurants, night clubs, and cinemas were filled. Thousands of servicemen waiting for ships to take them to battle went wild with joy. New York took the good news more calmly. Crowds gathered slowly in Times Square and at first the celebration was confined only to the blowing of horns. Later, the crowd had grown to sixty five thousand. Servicemen and war workers screamed, shouted, and ticker tape showered from the windows of high buildings. Probably the most riotous spontaneous celebration in New York began in Chinatown almost immediately after the Japanese broadcast. Early crowds gathered downtown in Philadelphia and large shops began boarding their windows. |
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| Note: The reproduction of the BEE resembles the original format of the document as near as possible. |
The following document is a handwritten note from Lt. Commander Mcelligott.
| 1 September,
1945 Dear Mom, Well, tomorrow is the day they give Tokyo away! If anyone had told me that some 60 days after leaving Pearl Harbor I would be sitting on the BOSTON some 2000 yards off Japan in Sagami Bay waiting for Gen. MacArthur to sign the official surrender of Japan, I would have given them the loud Bronx cheer. Here I am though, and I can't help but believe it when I see Fujii Yama loom in the sky, watch Japs on the beach and know that the war is over. Do not consider this an answer to your last letter, rather this is for the historical purpose of seeing to it that you get an envelope marked "U.S. NAVY - TOKYO BAY - SEPT. 2" Love, Dick |
THE BOSTONER - SASEBO, JAPAN U.S.S. BOSTON Here's what we have on our YULE-SKED-YULE: CHRISTMAS EVE 1730 - Turn on ship's lighted
Christmas displays. CHRISTMAS DAY Reveille will not be sounded. Roast Young Tom Turkeys Orange juice Ripe olives LET'S EAT! 1300 - Liberty and recreation
parties leave the ship. CHRISTMAS COMMITTEES STEERING COMMITTEE TREES AND DECORATIONS JUDGES FOR EXHIBITS PRIZES MOVIES HAPPY HOUR PROGRAMS FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS HAPPY HOUR PROGRAM PART I 1. Battle Royal - Steward's
Mates PART II Master of Ceremonies - P.J. Mologhan, S1c 1. Musical Selection - Dance
Band HAPPY NEW YEAR! |
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