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NAVY· BLOCKADE OF JAPAN FORCED
DISCHARGE DATA
MOIPHY ..• By Penberthy ....... ' .............. .
HER TO SURRENDER - SAYS NIMITZ By Ships' Editorial Association
If the pay of a separatee is less
SURVEYS u.s.NAVV Japs Stronger on than $75, he receives the money
AND u RE·ENL\ST- JANUARY 1 IS DATE in cash; if more than $75, he re-
SC.HARGES 0, ME.NTS Land and in Air ceives $50 in cash and the balance
Ii f1 f • Than 4 Years Ago FOR RELEASE OF by check. The first $100 of mus-
tering out pay is paid by check.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz told RETIRED PERSONNEL
Additional payments to which a
w £ ' a joint session of congress last Retired officers and enlisted discharg-ee is entitled are mailed
week that Japan was stronger on personnel, who hold temporary to his home.
land and in the air at the end of appointments as officers, will be Thirteen new staging centers
the war than she was four years practically all released from ac- have been established by the Navy
ago but was forced to surrender tive duty by January 1, 1946. to assist in sending home person-
when America smashed Nippon's Such retired personnel will be nel eligible for discharge. They
sea power. replaced by suitable, trained re- are at Dutch Harbor, Adak, San
Arriving in Washington to ac- lief obtained from with~n the Juan, Trinidad, Guantanamo, Uli-
cept a hero's welcome, the Pacific various commands. thi, Samar, Okinawa, Eniwetok,
fleet chief told legi.slators that Subic, Noumea, Guadalcanal and
victory was possible only because Nimitz paid high tribute to Espiritu Santo. Other staging
the U. S. cut the enemy's sea com- American heroes living and dead, centers include Guam, Manila,
munications while keeping her who helped make victory possible. Manus, Saipan and Pearl Harbor.
- own open. He said that his visits to Ameri- At the time of discharge a sepa-
A Surprise
can wounded reminded him that ratee r-eceives a cash travel allow-
"It may come as a surprise to "victory has been purchased at a ance of five cents a mile fr.om the
many Americans to learn that, great price." separation center to his home.
from the standpoint only of troops After debarkation in the states,
and aircraft, Japan actually was a separatee goes directly to a
"All right, you'se guys, let's even 011· these lines!" better off on V-J day than she OLDEST NAVY DD nearby receiving station to as-
was nearly four years ago, when DECOMMISSION ED semble his baggage, verify and
she initiated national hari kiri complete his record, and get
2,131,000 Naval Personnel Were Afloat Pearl Harbor," Nimitz said. FOR THIRD TIME transportation to the separation
with the treacherous attack on
center nearest his home. The 21
The USS Allen, oldest destroyer receiving stations now assigned
He pointed out that on V-J day
Or Overseas When Japs Surrendered Japan had more than 2,000,000 in the Navy, is returning from for "intake purposes" are located
troops under arms in the home- the Pacific to be decommissioned as follows:
When the Japanese surrender ing watch in Europe, North land, plus auxiliaries. Nimitz also at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia,
Armed Guard Center, Pier 92,
came men of the U. S. Navy were Africa, the south Atlantic, in Ice- said that Japan started the war Penn., for the third·time. and Flushing Avenue, all in New
on duty all over the world. land; Greenland, Bermuda, the with about 5,000 planes and ended Named in honor of two naval York ; Casco Bay, Me.; South Bos-
Almost two-thirds of all Naval Azores, China, India, the Canal up with 11,000. officers, heroes of the war of 1812, ton, Mass.; Navy Yard, Philadel-
personnel or 2,131,000 men, were Zone, Burma, Alaska, Puerto Choked Off the Allen was first commissioned phia; Navy Yard, Washington, ..
on duty afloat or beyond the con- Rico, and elsewhere. "Our enemy was forced to sur- in 1917. She served in the first D. C.; NOB Norfolk; Navy Yard, ,
tinental limits of the United As the tempo of the war in the render because J apan, a mar.itime troop convoy of Expeditionary Charleston, S. C.; Miami, Fla.;_
States, approximately 134,000 of Pacific rose, increasing percent- nation, dependent on food and ma- For::es sent from the United Key West, Fla.; Naval Repair
whom were in ._the Atlantic- the ages 9f all Naval personnel were States to France.
terials from overseas, was stripped Base, New Orleans; Naval Fron- .
remainder in the Pacific. The re- shifted to duty outside this r-f se:c:,power," Nimitz added. "On After the Armistice the Allen tier Base, Galveston, Tex.
maining one-third, or 1,252,000 country. The following figures the other hand, we had the sea- remained on duty in Europe, and
persons, were in this country. show the percentage of blue- power which made it possible to was one of the 23 destroyers Camp Elliott, San Diego; Termi-
Approximately 118,000 officers jackets on duty outside the capture - and hold - the bases which accompanied the convoy of nal Island, San Pedro, Calif. ; .
and 1,151,000 enlisted men were United States on the dates in- within Japan's system of inner President Woodrow Wilson and Treasure Island, San Francisco;
Camp Shoemaker, Calif.; Navy
aboard ships at sea. These men dicated: defenses from which our army's party to Brest, France, in Decem-
were assigned to the following December 1943 .. . . ........ 45 % very long range bombers and ber, 1918. Yard, Puget Sound, Wash. : Naval
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ese'rve
Station,
eattle; Nava
types of vessels: June 1944 ... . . . .. ..... ... 51% other craft operated. Placed out of commission in Armory, Chicago, and Farragut,
Naval combatant units {battle- December 1944 . ......... .. 62 % "We had the seapower which 1922 she was again put in peace- Idaho.
ships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, June 1945 ...... .. . ....... 63 % made it possible to cut the enemy's time service in 1925 and decom-
destroyers, submarines and oth- The 1,252,000 personnel on duty lines of overseas communications missioned for the second time in
ers) .... . ........ . ... .. 472,600 in the continental United States to points on the Asiatic continent 1928. N o t recognizing t h e ~~°1J)f', :,
Mine craft . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,200 were in the following types of and in the Southwest Pacific, fighter's final bell she took to the
Patrol craft (including sub- activities : denying him access to needed re- sea in 1940 and during World War
chasers, gunboats, rescue craft In training, includes in- sources. His industry was strang- II has been in service with the Se/W.icu Jo,,. ~ .1.
and others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,700 structors and new re- ling and . his people were at the Hawaiian Sea Frontier at P earl
Attack transports, 1 anding cruits .. . ... .. ........ 556,500 point of starvation." Harbor. P~l.
craft and other amphibious ves- , , I
sels ..... .. . .... .... .... 370,500 In shore establishment *
billets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453,300
Auxiliaries (such as tenders, re- BANKING ,P ACI{ITIES
pair ships, _hospital ships, float- In transit ... .. . .... .... 160,200
ing drydocks and others) 226,300 In Naval hospitals ..... . 68,000 WESTERN UNION"'
District a n d local defense In brigs .............. . . 14,000 PosT OFFICE ·
craft ........ . ......... . 25,700 w AR BOND OFFICE ..
Administrative and command NEW EXPLOSIVES , All 4 services located in Bldg.
staffs afloat . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,000 258, Ave. H, near 4th St.
Miscellaneous craft . . . 16,000 SHORTEN WORLD
The Naval air arm had approxi- *
mately 35,000 officers and 186,- WAR II FOR NAVY SMALL STORES
400 enlisted men serving with the Bldg. 215, 10th St., between
Powerful new explosives, em-
fleet. In addition more than 5,000 Aves.Mand N .
officers and 88,600 enlisted men ployed by the Navy in its war-
were serving on armed merchant- time operations, wiped out Nazi *
men throughout the world. .submarine packs in the Atlantic TELEPHONE CENTERS
When victory came bases were and reduced the Jap fleet to im- , Recreation Bldg. 263, 9th St.
potence. I
being maintained by some 38,000 and Ave. H.
Naval officers and 509,000 enlisted The familiar TNT has been · Bldg. 174, 4th St. and Ave. C.
men at over 400 different places in superseded, on the lips of Naval (Band Circle)
the Pacific. Bulk petroleum stor- Ordnance men by such names as
age facilities with a total capacity RDX, Torpex, HBX, Tritonal an~ *
of over 40 million barrels were Compositions "A," "B" and "C." RAIL AND Bus TICKETS
maintained at 200 strategic points These explosives, far more potent AIRLINE RESERVATIONS
outside the United States. Over 90 than any military explosives in TRAVELERS' CHECKS
million square feet of warehouse use at the start of the war, have INSURANCE
storage and supply facilities increased the fighting effective-
abroad, such as advance base con- ness of the Navy's ships and 1 Bldg. 174, 4th St. and Ave. C.
struction depots, spare parts de- planes by making it possible for · Bldg. 221, 11th St., between
pots, medical supply establish- them to carry a more destructive Aves. G and H.
ments, and aviation supply depots, load in a given space. *
were operated to serve the fleet RDX is too sensitive· to be used SHIP's SERVICE No, 1
and advance base units. Navy alone, but used with other ex- Bldg. 152, 9th St. and Ave. C.
ammunition magazines, torpedo plosives it has increased the dev-
depots and mine assembly depots astating power of bombs, mines, *
are located in 40 scattered points torpedoes and depth charges. Tor- SAL TY NANCY. Judging by the yardag:! of gold braid, cu~c Smi>s SERVICE No. 2
in the Pacific. Though the great pex is the most important under- Nancy Gates must be an Ad11,ir;1J, though her first r,,~te of salt spray Bldg. 8, 5th St., between Avts.
majority of Naval personnel over- water explosive developed during came during the filming of RKO Radio's Technicolor deep sea
MandN.
seas were in the Pacific areas, the war and is a mixture of TNT, romance "The Spanish Main," starring Paul Henreid, Maureen
men of the Navy were also stand- aluminum powder and RDX. . , O'Hnra and \'{!niter SJ~7~':.