Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1945, Strasbourg, Alsace Ill 36 Cairo Africa Middle East four cents september 1 945 dance of Joy in Jap prison Camp 35year was with 41 the Point score has dropped to 80 for men and 41 for with individual Point scores being brought up to Date from be to Vij Day enlisted personnel of 35 years of with two years will also Borj Day announcement forecast by service chiefs last week in talks with the House military affairs thus Odds eight Points for longtime overseas gis since May it 12 and corresponding Points for Arch into battered Tokyo now scheduled Lor saturday american occupation of Japan is proceeding but through the reports an impression persists that the japs dont know there Macarthur Lias at tins attitude in his general order a far reaching directive that de mands japanese give forthwith All information necessary for swiftly destroying the War machine and orders All office and transportation facilities be placed Al the disposal of the rapidly enlarging occupation by mid september half a million yanks will he billeted in Robert those eighth army is to occupy Honshu North of Yokohama and of hokkaido said that la Jap troops will he disarmed by lie plans to have eighty of the first Allied prisoners to to liberated by forces from Omari prison Camp on the japanese Mainland cheer wildly As they wave flags of the Britain and own 45 pointers will remain in states War has announced enlisted men with the following qualifications will not be sent overseas those who had or More Points As of May those who Are 37 years of those who Are in the age group ii to inclusive and have at least one year of military ser the plan does not affect Usu number of Points accessory for discharge but refers Only to the redeployment of to men to the Pacific and the overseas shipment of men now in the men now overseas and not Eli Gible for discharge May gel Home Uii furloughs or temporary duty Iwler l plan which the War announced Al the same it authorized Thaley commanders to return to the on this basis u limited number of gis who will not be eligible for discharge and Iwho can be spared from overseas such men will be returned Over seas at the end of their furloughs or temporary will be selected a wac pinup contest is under Way in outlying stations will conduct localized preliminary with War Bond prizes for the first five of the 15 preliminary candidates four winners will be picked on the stage of the Camp Huckstep theater the Well of october any enlisted woman present in die command is eligible for in both the preliminaries and final the dress is optional and May include either bathing suit or special service officers at Cairo and will conduct the individual Preli Minary contests at their stations As see fit in order to choose five candidates from the enlisted was at their preliminary winners gut 8 War Bonds and scale Down to 810 Bonds for fifth the final Winner will receive 6100 with 850 825 Bonds respectively Promisee for holders of third and fourth Zuesi wac material shows up of Camp Lee Camp Camp Lee always takes care of its said George Hork Camp to Lonis who hitchhiked Back to Camp with his three Little daughters after their Mother was hospitalized and was no one to look after Price simply want Able to find a social Agency to look after his three Little 12points when his wife became in Phi he had to get Back to Camp so he took the girls along with Camp Lee turned out to make the children at but they didst need to stay Long As the resultant publicity brought Aid to Diana and the three Earold will stay at the Home for the assistance of jewish children and will live with her Jean of the visit Only lasted a luit red Cross Grey ladies and army nurses dropped their military manners to make the Little ladies completely at and two thirds combat divisions in his area by fanning out the occupying forces have now fanned out from their original areas and will move into Tokyo itself first landings at Yokohama and guardian of Tokyo were linked with our men at Katsugi Airfield and fanning out to spread through an area of 200 Square on the yanks mud their moving into a port City some too Miles Southwest of led by mine two destroyers and six Small the yanks steamed into Kagoshima Bay to land at Iak usus at the same american planes were Landing at the base from which the launched their heavy Kamikaze attacks against american Landing Fields on British take Singapore Down in the China sea at sin the British landed a Force to take Over what once was the greatest far Eastern lord Louis mount halt in arranged the surrender in much the same manner As the occupation of the Jap Mainland was aboard he Sussex he told the Jap military officials what he wanted so that the Landing of the men would be without Over in the Philippines another surrender went Yama who had held out in the mountains of with the still ferocious remnants o his surrendered unconditionally to Jonathan this had dramatic Wainwright was flown from see March into 2 who have come overseas Mai censorship Kha ass you can write Home anything you want to now the military censorship of All personal mail and telecommunications of officers and enlisted men in amet has been effective the terms nation of censorship also applies to civilians in this theater who Are attached to the it was Vij Day but not wars says Truman Washington speaking Over the radio Hookup that linked the Missouri in Tokyo Bay with the White House and the president Truman proclaimed sep tember 2 As Vij the Day of formal surrender by we shall not forget Pearl har the president the japanese militarists will not forget the the evil done by the japanese War lords can never be repaired or but their Power to destroy and kill has been taken from answering inquiries to just what Vij Dav the president repeated his previous assertions that it has no Legal it is not yet the Day for the form Al proclamation of the pm of the War or of the cessation of Hostil but it is Day which we americans shall always remember As a Day of we re member other the Day of setting aside this Day As one of prayer and the president called on the people to move Forward toward a new and better world of peace an International to it hat the vie to by we have won shall be a Monument worthy of the dead who died to win the atomic Patch those Tjie official Vij Date is 2 which moans you get full credit for a month Between the 12th of August and Vij the department Points out that lie reduction of the discharge age to 35 on condition of two in no Way affects the policy of releasing upon application All enlisted personnel 38 or Over regardless of of transportation Only Snag the announcement said there will he no vacant space on any homeward bound ship or plane and us soon As the Pool of eligible highpoint men starts running the critical score will again he reduced s0 that there will be no slackening of the demobilization transportation is now the Pri Mary Factor governing the Speed with which the plan can be car ried Tjie of All Points earned since the defeat of Germany for overseas combat awards and parenthood will now be added to individuals original those already eligible for discharge will not have their scores the also announced the first major break in its Point sys by it plans to have discharged officers and men and Down to a peace time navys fliers Benefit about officers and men will he released by the end of the year on a set monthly naval aviators Benefit by the which reduces their critical Point score to same required for enlisted All other male Reserve officers need 49 to get several factors contribute to because of the tremendous need for Young men in the navys Fly ing Arm in the Early Days of the standards were lowered to permit the admission of Young men just out of High As a the aviation commissioned group is an estimated five years younger on the average than any other Branch of because of Beir the group could not accumulate age Points co Marabie to other commissioned officer they were also prohibited from marry ing while in school and Many went overseas immediately on graduation in that few can qualify with Points for in chairman Sabatuk of the House rules com suggested to Stim son and Forrestal thai five parti Cular categories of service men returned to civilian life fit once see Ems with Page 8 heres the new shoulder Patch which will be toured to approximately army officers and gis who worked in the atomic the army interpretation of the Patch says the Blue Field represents the the Small army service Star signifies the a question Mark indicates secrecy cloaking the project and the Lail of the question Mark becomes a lightning stroke split Ting an press Washington the Pacific War Cost the at least casualties exclusive of prisoners of More than half the Ca sual were suffered by the latest though still figures show wounded and 511
