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Apache Powwow / Air Apache Weekly Newsletter, Page 6, 345th Bombardment Group, Ie Shima, 9 August 1945

Apache Powwow / Air Apache Weekly Newsletter, Page 6, 345th Bombardment Group, Ie Shima, 9 August 1945

Dated just days after Japan's surrender, this page from 'An Air Apache Weekly' — the unit newsletter of the 345th Bombardment Group on Ie Shima — captures the moment World War II ended for one Pacific bomber group. Commanding officer Lt. Col. Glenn A. Doolittle's victory message credits the group's relentless anti-shipping raids with helping strangle Japan's war economy, while an announcement for the 'Apache Powwow,' the unit's new weekly publication, and a notice of the Army's forthcoming Post Hostilities education program reveal how quickly servicemen's attention turned from combat to occupation duty and the long road home. Project: 218204