European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The 150 extra policemen called out to handle the sailors swarmed up to Street cars As they kissing willing girls through the open a loaded Watermelon truck stalled in traffic on the big and sailors took handing out the melons to passing As every Type of except toilet which was notably fell to the streets in ankle deep the commissioner of Public works announced that three extra Street Crews would be put to work cleaning up the in direct contrast to the shouting in the streets was the quiet of a Jesuit Church in the business District crowded with and Sweet hearts of offering prayers of thanks giving for the end of hostilities and the safety of their loved men and women clutching newspapers with the ban Nerline peace mingled in front of the wiping their eyes in with All the bars the French Quarter was deserted As both civilians and servicemen hurried to canal Street to Jom the a scattering of foreign soldiers and sailors were seen among the Joyful a Young French seering Refuge in a recruiting spread a newspaper on the floor in an Effort to translate the a seeing his shouted la Guerre est Finie and the aviator jumped to his feet with a shout and Dis appeared into the aircraft plants and other War industries ceased operations shortly after the news was the times Picayune weather forecast read peaceful showers and Clouds will be enjoyed by new in where the War began for the the first news of its ending reached a sleepy eyed chinese american radio technician shortly after 1200 hours when he had just finished Mak ing his regular weekly Check on Kolfs Sta Tion transmitter and was ready to leave for when technician Harry Chu received the Flash that the japs had offered to accept the Allied peace he put the transmitter Back on the telephoned the assistant station Man Ager and marked time until an announcer could arrive by playing records interspersed with the following announcement stand by for important news about the Potsdam the assistant station manager and two announcers arrived at the studio at about 0245 ten minutes later the first real broadcast of the news went on the and reaction from the lat listening radio audience was one of the most spontaneous celebrations was Victory didst Stop the draft the Day Jap surrender these Mon inducted Honolulu at Hickam where planes and bar Racks were strafed by the japs december Crew technicians and passenger terminal per working on a 24hour shift to keep bomb ers and supplies flowing to the Battle heard the first news Flash and quickly spread the gis in jeeps and command cars and trucks raced up and Down the roads with their horns held a Soldier woke up six members of the aah band and their noise soon woke up when the first Parade started Down Fox Avenue there were 40 assorted musicians playing the gangs All flight was and gis All streamed from their Barracks and joined the howling procession forty lined up three abreast in Back of the loaded with shouting women and must have looked pretty puny com pared with a times Square but Noth ing Ever surpassed them in Waikiki where the army has its rest fort and the Navy has the Royal hawaiian at first took the news quietly simply because nearly everyone was but soldiers and sailors who heard the Flash went from door to door pounding and and within 15 minutes All lights were on and groups had gathered to talk Over the historic in the replacement training command depot where men Are assigned to combat units in the Forward jubilation was even though men realized that Jap capitulation would not necessarily cancel their trip they knew now it would be for occupation duty and not for actual by 0600 hours thousands of civilian Many of them of japanese began to arrive at the they talked excitedly As they went about their but now it was beginning to look like just another routine As Busy As Ever with nothing slowed downtown Honolulu didst seem to be changed much by the news soldiers and sailors filed along hotel Street doing the same old things they always done on pass staring at shopping in curio having their Pic Tures taken with Hula but there was a Broad Grin on the face of Nobuichi Masats a japanese american As he read the 4 i i always knew we had them but i never thought the end would come this he he wore a purple heart won in where he had fought with the 34th i guess my 76 Points will be Good after commented t4 Cyril Robinson of Klamath another Soldier on pass in pvt Mitchell a new York City Marine who saw action at iwo was taking the news you can credit the the atomic bomb and the russians for bringing the japs to their he and he emphasized the word Tom the gis had managed to keep their Vij spirit bottled up through most of the phony but when the real thing was announced the Cork popped with a a spontaneous including jeeps and trucks and was and gis and officers and nurses and enlisted snaked from the red Cross club at Rainbow Corner Down to the place de opera and jeeps crawled along in the Victory Celebration so loaded Down with cheering gis that the shape of the vehicles could hardly be some gis showed up with flags to add both color and an official note to the by the time the demonstration hit its full stride trucks and cars were moving five abreast with pedestrian Cele brants marching before and behind and the most unusual note of the Day was the spontaneous contribution Campaign for the red Cross which started up out of nothing at Allex cent Good humor when a i at the Rainbow Cor Ner pinned a couple of franc notes to a announcing this is for the red his idea caught on and soon other gis were unloading their spare the sport was enlivened considerably by kissing French girls at the whether As a Bonus for contributions or just for the hell of at any a late after noon Check showed some raised for the arc by what had begun purely As a half gag gesture of Good the whole show was a Soldier especially an american French civilians were Happy and and they showed i