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. * * * * * 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.