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After the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II in Asia, the United States Armed Forces assumed administrative authority in Japan. The Imperial Japanese Army and Navy were decommissioned, and the U.S. Armed Forces took control of Japanese military bases until a new government could be formed and positioned to reestablish authority.
Logo displayed on the front gate of US Fleet Activities-Sasebo, Japan. The Imperial Japanese Navy had approximately 60,000 people working in the dock yard and associated naval stations at the peak of World War II, outfitting ships, submarines and aircraft. Sasebo was a popular liberty port for navy personnel.
The Seabees in World War II built most of the airfields used by the United States Army Air Forces and United States Marine Corps, as they had the ships and cranes needed to transport the vast amount of equipment needed at the advance bases. The US Army and United States Coast Guard also operated out of many
This is a list of facilities outside Japan and under Japanese control: Piso Point, Eastern portion of Davao Gulf, Philippines; Takeshiki (in Tsushima) Mekong (Pescadores) Ominato; Alicante Naval Air Base, Negros, Visayas; Amboina Naval Air Base; Anibong Point Leyte; Bacolod, Negros, Visayas; Ballale, Fauro Island, Solomon Islands
Naval Base Marshall Islands were United States Navy advance bases built on the Marshall Islands during World War II to support the Pacific War efforts. The bases were built by US Navy after the Marshall Islands campaign that captured the islands from the Empire of Japan. By February 1944 the United States Armed Forces had captured the islands.
Olympic (planned for 1945, not executed) — first of two prongs of the invasion of Japan; Coronet (planned for 1946, not executed) — second of two prongs of the invasion of Japan; Fall River (1942) — reinforcement and airfield construction at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Ferdinand (1942) — coastwatchers on Japanese-occupied islands
Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. U.S. Base Facilities Summary, Advance Bases, Central Pacific Area - U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas Headquarters, 30 June 1945
Pages in category "Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Occupied Japan" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .