1945 occupation of Japan begins...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 27, 1945 



* U.S. occupation of Japan begins 

* USS Missouri (Big Mo) enters Sagami Bay 



The top of the front page has a five column headline: "ENVOYS BOARD U. S. SHIP OFF TOKYO AS 1,200 PLANES GUARD BIG FLEET" with subheads and related photo. (see). Coverage on the initial occupation Japan with the United States Navy entering Sagami Bay. T... See More  

Official Pearl Harbor attack probe released...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass.., August 29, 1945



* Official Pearl Harbor attack report

* President Harry S. Truman releases

* Japan occupation just before peace signing



On August 29, 1945, with America’s enemies vanquished, President Harry S. Truman released the results of secret Army and Navy investigations into the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that took the live... See More  

1945 occupation of Japan begins...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, August 30, 1945



* U.S. occupation of Japan begins

* General Douglas MacArthur

* USS Missouri (Big Mo) in Tokyo Bay



This 22 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "ALLIED FORCES POURING INTO JAPAN FROM HUGE AIR AND SEA FLEETS" with subheads. Coverage on the initial occupation Japan with the United States Navy ente... See More  

The next-to-last issue, with a very prophetic report...

BUTNER WORLD NEWS, Aug. 31, 1945 



* USS General Henry H. W. Butner troopship

* U.S. occupation of Japan begins (Tokyo)

* General Douglas MacArthur takes over

* USS Missouri (Big Mo) in Tokyo Bay



This is a mimeographed newspaper produced by the staff on board the USS General H.W. Butner, the American troop carrier transporting troops from Europe to the Pacific. It would cease publicat... See More  

Liberation of soldiers from a Japan prison camp...

THE STARS AND STRIPES, Paris Edition, Sept. 1, 1945  



* Liberation of POWs from Japanese horror camp photo



Front page features two photos, one headed: "Dawn Breaks for PWs in Land of Rising Sun" showing a crowd of jubilant soldiers just liberated from a "horror hospital" in Japan. Also: "Wainwright Joins Mac in Yokohama To See Surrender" and more.

Various ... See More  

Japanese atrocities told in 1945...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 4, 1945  



* Japanese atrocities described

* American soldiers tortured



The front page has a nice banner headline: "LIST JAP TORTURE CHIEFS!" with subhead: "Ex-Captives Tell More of 'Living Hell'" Two related photos are on the back page.

Complete with all 28 pages, light toning at the margins, small library stamp within the m... See More  

Japanese atrocities told in 1945...

NEW YORK POST, September 5, 1945  



* Japanese atrocities described

* American soldiers tortured



The front page has a nice banner headline: "U. S. BARES NEW TALES OF JAP BUTCHERY" with coverage on page 3. (see images)

Complete with 52 pages, tabloid size, a little spine wear, otherwise in nice condition.



AI notes: On September 5, 1945, just days after Japan's formal su... See More  

Printed on this recently-occupied, Japanese-occupied island...

TOUGH SHEET, Ie Shima, Ryukyus (formerly of Japan), Sept. 7, 1945  An interesting "damp" newspaper printed by & for the military personnel on this recently-occupied Japanese Island. It was part of the string of the Ryukyu's Island, Ie Shima being just northwest of Okinawa.

Much of the content related to events immediately after the surrender of Japan 3 weeks prior. 

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Tokyo Japan occupied by U.S. in 1945......

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 8, 1945



* Douglas MacArthur enters Tokyo Japan

* Post surrender signing on USS Missouri



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "M'ARTHUR SETS UP POWER IN TOKYO; SEES FLAG RAISED OVER U.S. EMBASSY; FOE THREATENED TO KILL WAINWRIGHT" with subheads. (see) Nice in this famous NYC publication.

Complete with all 30 pages, rag edition in ... See More  

Jimmie Foxx's last HR....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, September 10, 1945



* Jimmie Foxx last career home run

* Dick Fowler no-hitter

* MLB baseball



This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 13:



* PHILS TRIP PIRATES AFTER 4-3 SETBACK

* Foxx's Second Homer of Day Paces 24-Hit Attack That Wins Afterpiece, 14-3



with box scores. (see)



This was Jimmie Foxx's last MLB career home run as he would r... See More  

Hideki Tojo's attempted suicide....

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1945



* Hideki Tojo suicide attempt

* Imperial Japanese Army general



The front page has a full-banner headline: "Yanks Abolish Jap Black Dragon Society" with subheads that include: "MacArthur Orders Dissolution" and more. Also included is the 3-line, 3-column heading: "Doctors Grant Tojo Even Chance to Survive Se... See More  

1945 super atomic bomb development announcement...

THE BOSTON POST, Sept. 25, 1945



* New super atomic bomb developed

* Post Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings

* Leslie C. Arends' warning announcement



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "NEW ATOMIC BOMB BARED" with subhead. (see images) See below for information.

Complete with 18 pages, nice condition.



Note: On September 24, 1945, U.S. Representative Leslie ... See More  

Newspapers for American soldiers in the staging area, waiting to go home...

THE DELTA STAGE, Marseille, France, Oct. 3, 1945  This was a military "camp newspaper" printed in Southern France for the American troops heading back to the States. In the masthead is: "Official Staging Area Publication" and at the very top: "Special Marseille Souvenir Edition".

Eight pages, various wear with several tears archivally mended, some dirtiness, mor... See More  

Chicago Cubs in World Series....

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, October 4, 1945



* Chicago Cubs vs. Detroit Tigers

* World Series of baseball (game 2)

* Last time Cubs was in the series (before 2016)



The front page has a two column headline: "Detroit Tigers Take 2nd Game To Even Series" with subhead and inning by inning description.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 28 pages... See More  

Military newspaper printed in the jungles of New Guinea...

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General Wainwright's story: a three issue set...

LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, California, a trio of issues for Oct. 7, 8 & 9, 1945, each containing a portion of General J. Wainwright's story on his imprisonment & the mistakes that were made in the Philippines. 

Each issue is the first section, generally good condition with a few very minor defects.

Nazi ringleaders are indicted in 1945...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., October 19, 1945 



* Nazi leaders are given indictments

* Hermann Goering - Rudolph Hess

* Which led to the Nuremberg Trials



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Humanity's Case Against Hitler Regime Set Forth In Historic Indictment" with subhead. (see)

Complete with 26 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, ge... See More  

Nazi leader Robert Ley suicide....

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, October 26, 1945



* Robert Ley suicide death

* German Labour Front leader



The front page has two column heading: "Ley, Nazi Labor Boss, Hangs Self With Towel In Nuernberg Jail Cell" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on Robert Ley, head of the German Labour Front, suicide while awaiting trial at Nuremberg for war crimes.

Other news, spo... See More  

Red, white & blue edition: carrier U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt is commissioned...

NEW YORK JOURNAL AMERICAN, Oct. 27, 1945  A patriotic red, white & blue issue with the banner headline: "TRUMAN BASES PEACE ON POWER" with subhead: "Tells Policy at Commissioning of Huge Carrier Roosevelt".

The decorative front page is printed in red and blue ink. Pages 2 and 3 have much on the naval parade in New York.

The complete first section with 8 pages, good c... See More  

Army Cadets vs. Notre Dame...

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, November 11, 1945



* Army Cadets vs. Notre Dame

* Number 1 & 2 teams meet

* Doc Blanchard

* NCAA college football



This 30 page newspaper has a six column headline on page 15A: "Army's Great Grid Team Drives Over Notre Dame, 48-0" with subheads and stats. 1st report coverage on the famous football game between the Army Cadets and N... See More  

Jerome Kern death... "Show Boat" musical fame....

THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, November 12, 1945



* Jerome Kern death (1st report)

* Show Boat musical fame



This 24 page newspaper has one column headings on page 17: "Jerome Kern's Pen Is Stilled", "Week's Illness Fatal to Famous Composer" with small photo of Kern (see photos).



Other news, sports, and advertisements of the day throughout. Rag edition, s... See More  

Jewish concentration camp atrocities....

THE DETROIT NEWS, November 17, 1945



* Josef Kramer, Irma Grese & others found guilty

* Belsen, Oswiecim & Dachau concentration camps

* Nazis - German atrocities - Jewish Holocaust



The front page has a one column heading: "Belsen Beast and 8 to Die"" with subhead. See image for brief text here. Irma Grese is not mentioned in the report but she was one of the others f... See More  

FDR responsible for Pearl Harbor attack ?...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 20, 1945



* President Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR

* Responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor ?



The front page has a interesting banner headline: "'F.D.R. KEPT NAVY IN HAWAII'" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Supposedly President Roosevelt was warned about a possible attack by Japan but ignored it.

Complete with 38 pages, light to... See More  

1945 Lake Chelan school bus disaster...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, November 27, 1945 



* Chelan WA Washington 

* School bus crash disaster 

* Lake Chelan 



This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 25 that include: "15 CHILDREN DROWN IN BUS IN A STORM" "Driver Also Lost as Vehicle on Way to Chelan, Wash., School Hits Rock, Falls in Lake" and more. (see)



Tells of the C... See More  

World War II camp newspaper...

CEBU, Hollandia, Netherlands East Indies, Nov. 28, 1945  In the dateline is "An Army Daily", being one of the various "camp newspapers from the WWII era printed on small sheets by a mimeograph machine. Some of the front page reports are headed: "All ETO Troops Back Home by Feb. 1, Senator Says; Takes Ride In Troopships" "Hitler Planned to Rub Out Ambassador"... See More