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Cavalier
Vol. 4, No. 188 — Pacific Theater — Monday, August 13, 1945
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Names
• Connally, Tom (Chairman — Senate Foreign Relations Committee; predicted Japan would accept Allied surrender terms; declared ‘Japan has her neck under a raised guillotine’)
• Dargeulieu, Thierry (Admiral — appointed Governor-General of French Indo-China at recommendation of Minister of Colonies)
• Decoux (Admiral — former Vice-appointed Governor of French Indo-China; detained by Japanese since coup which deprived France of nominal control)
• Eisenhower, Dwight D. (General — arrived at Moscow Airport as Soviet Government’s guest; met by top-ranking Soviet generals, government officials, and diplomatic corps)
• Harriman, W. Averell (Ambassador — United States Ambassador; Eisenhower to stay with Harriman during Moscow visit)
• MacArthur, Douglas (General — speculated as possible Allied Supreme Commander to accept Japan’s surrender)
• Nimitz, Chester W. (Fleet Admiral — speculated as possible Allied Supreme Commander to accept Japan’s surrender)
• Perry, Matthew C. (Commodore — referenced historically as having ‘opened’ Japan in name of U.S. Government on July 14, 1853)
• Petain, Henri Philippe (Marshal — facing treason charges in French High Court; Paris prosecutor demanded death penalty)
• Ross, Charles G. (President Truman’s Press Secretary — stated he could not say who would be named Allied Supreme Commander)
• Truman (President — White House announced an American will be named Allied Supreme Commander to accept Japan’s surrender)

Locations
• Agrihan, Northern Marianas — one of five Japanese-held islands captured by U.S. task force
• Almagan, Northern Marianas — one of five Japanese-held islands captured by U.S. task force
• Arthur, Port, Manchuria — state of siege proclaimed in Port Arthur and Dairen, important Kwantung ports at southern tip of Liaotung Peninsula
• Asuncion, Northern Marianas — one of five Japanese-held islands captured by U.S. task force
• Burma — only actions at present purely defensive pending definite statement about Japanese surrender proposal
• Ceylon — officially no cessation of hostilities in Southeast Asia; order to cease firing expected forthcoming
• Chungking, China — simultaneous surrender announcements expected from Washington, London, Chungking, and Moscow
• Dairen, Manchuria — state of siege proclaimed; important Kwantung port at southern tip of Liaotung Peninsula
• French Indo-China — Admiral Dargeulieu appointed Governor-General; Admiral Decoux detained since Japanese coup
• Guadalcanal — referenced as one of the tense D-Days Americans had sweated out
• Guam — five Japanese-held islands in Northern Marianas captured by U.S. task force; military governments established
• Harbin, Manchuria — great railway hub, military center, and industrial city; Russian gains toward Harbin announced by Moscow
• Kwantung, Manchuria — martial law imposed in Kwantung section to prevent ‘traitorous acts’
• Liaotung Peninsula, Manchuria — southern tip where Port Arthur and Dairen are located
• London, England — simultaneous surrender announcements expected from Washington, London, Chungking, and Moscow; British naval authorities disclosed German submarine surrenders
• Manchuria — at least eight Soviet columns driving in along 3,000-mile front; gains of 12–105 miles; Japanese surrendering to Russians in unprecedented numbers
• Maug, Northern Marianas — one of five Japanese-held islands captured; located 44.5 miles north of Guam
• Moscow, Russia — General Eisenhower arrived as Soviet Government’s guest; simultaneous surrender announcements expected
• North Africa — referenced as one of the D-Days Americans had sweated out
• Norway — referenced as one of the D-Days Americans had sweated out
• Okinawa — referenced as one of the tense D-Days Americans had sweated out
• Paris, France — prosecutor demanded death penalty for Marshal Petain facing treason charges in French High Court
• Saipan — crew of B-29 ‘Million Dollar Baby’ based at Saipan; found Japanese dog aboard after strike on Shinizu
• Sarigan, Northern Marianas — one of five Japanese-held islands captured; located 220 miles north of Guam
• Shinizu, Japan — B-29 ‘Million Dollar Baby’ took off on strike at Shinizu; found Japanese dog blown into bomb bay
• Tokyo Bay, Japan — Japanese surrender ceremony likely to be carried out aboard U.S. Third Fleet battleship in Tokyo Bay
• Tokyo, Japan — Japanese public kept in dark by propaganda; Tokyo Asahi Shimbun urged every Japanese to do his part; Radio Tokyo warned of ‘worst crisis’ facing the nation
• Washington, D.C. — White House announcement on Allied Supreme Commander; Army and Navy ordered contract cancellations of $4 billion; simultaneous surrender announcements expected

Units
• 1st Cavalry Division — publishing unit
• 1st Cavalry Division Information & Education Section — publishing authority of The Cavalier
• 1st Signal Troop — listed as news intercept source
• R.A.F. (Royal Air Force) — maintained large carrier pigeon ‘air force’; used trained falcons to shoot down Nazi pigeons; sending falcon ‘squadron’ to Pacific
• Red Banner Armies (Soviet) — ordered to smash on mercilessly against Japanese until Allied surrender terms accepted; driving into Manchuria along 3,000-mile front
• U.S. Third Fleet — battleship in Tokyo Bay designated likely site for Japanese surrender ceremony
• United States Task Force — captured five Japanese-held islands in Northern Marianas; put three companies of Marines ashore