Iejima, then called Ie Shima by US military and media, was the major starting point for the Surrender of Japan. It was the home of the 413th Fighter Group which comprised the 1st, 21st and 34th Fighter Squadrons, the 345th Bombardment Group , consisting of the 498th, 499th, 500th and 501st Squadrons, along with the 548th and 549th Night Fighter ...

Ie Shima Auxiliary Airfield (伊江島補助飛行場, Iejima Hojo Hikōjō) is a training facility, managed by the United States Marine Corps and a former World War II airfield complex on Ie Shima, an island located off the northwest coast of Okinawa Island in the East China Sea.

The second phase of the Okinawa Campaign consisted of the objectives of Ie Shima, which housed the big airfield of the islands, and Motobu Peninsula. With Rear Admiral Lawrence F. Reifsnider,...

On 13 August 1945, the 318th flew 1,680 statute miles (2,700 km) from le Shima to Tokyo and back, an 8½ hour non-stop flight. The 318th Group was officially credited with 164 air combat victories by 15 August cease fire, with less than 6 pilots shot down by enemy planes.

The images show the arrival of the original Japanese surrender delegation on the island of Ie Shima, Okinawa in two "Betty" bombers (Mitsubishi G4M-1) shortly after noon on 19 August 1945.

Feb 14, 2025 · Le Shima, a nine-square-mile island a few miles off the Motobu Peninsula, is also a parachute training site for the Air Force and Marine Corps.

Apr 6, 2015 · In fact, the Japanese first surrendered — and unconditionally at that — on August 19, 1945, in the Philippines after flying to the island of Ie Shima on board two specially-marked Mitsubishi G4M-1 “Betty” bombers.

Dec 22, 2024 · The sun hasn’t even risen in Okinawa, Japan, and the USO Camp Foster team is preparing to catch a ferry to deliver holiday cheer to service members on Ie Shima island. Ie Shima, located northwest of Okinawa’s main island, is one of the one hundred and sixty-two islands making up the Okinawa archipelago.

The assault was to commence on 16th April with a minor landing on Minna Shima the day before. Nowhere else in the ICEBERG Campaign did the native Okinawans fight so hard and successfully as they did on Le-Shima, more than 1,500 men and …

On August 19th 1945, from the Armed Forces Radio, I, CWO James Chastain was the Assistant Photo Lab Officer of the 36th PRS learned that the Japanese were sending Peace Envoys in white Betty bombers stripped of armament, marked with green crosses to the Philippines to arrange for Japan’s surrender.