09/02 Sun. Japanese surrender documents are signed on board the  
           battleship MISSOURI (BB-63) at anchor in Tokyo Bay, Japan.    
           General of the Army Douglas MacArthur signs for the Allied  
           Powers, and Fleet Adm. C. W. Nimitz signs for the United  
           States. Army forces are landed at Yokohama, Japan, by naval  
           task force (Rear Adm. J. L. Hall). 
           Truk in the Caroline Islands, Pagan and Rota Islands in the 
           Marianas Islands, and the Palau Islands surrender to  
           United States Naval and Marine officers on board naval  
           vessels. 
 
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3 September to 31 December, 1945: 
           The period between the signing of the capitulation  
           documents on board the battleship MISSOURI (BB-63) and  
           the end of the year 1945, witnessed the surrender of  
           Japanese garrisons on the Asiatic mainland, and on  
           by-passed islands scattered throughout the western Pacific.  
           Occupation of Japan progressed and the administrative  
           organization of the United States naval forces in the area 
           was adjusted where necessary to enable the Navy to carry out  
           its assigned occupation and demilitarization duties. Naval  
           combat strength contracted as demobilization procedures were  
           set in motion. On 10 October 1945 Headquarters of the  
           Commander in Chief United States Fleet (Fleet Adm. E. J.  
           King) was disestablished.