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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
                                                                                                                                   S
                                                                                                                                               l  R
                                                                                                                                                  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~':.
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