This week in Pacific history

August 9th - August 15th

Marine Stretcher Bearers carry a wounded Marine from the front lines to a forward aid station, in Korea, circa August 1950.

Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the All Hands collection at the Naval History and Heritage Command.

By Staff | Stars and Stripes August 9, 2020

August 9th, 1945 – World War II: The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
August 9th, 1945 – World War II: The U.S.S.R. invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
August 10th, 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Guam effectively ends.
August 11th, 1972 – Vietnam War: The last U.S. ground combat unit, the Third Battalion, Twenty-First Infantry, departs South Vietnam.
August 12th, 1950 – Korean War: 75 American POWs are murdered in the Bloody Gulch massacre by the North Korean Army.
August 15th, 1945 – World War II: Emperor Hirohito gives the Jewel Voice Broadcast (玉音放送, Gyokuon-hōsō), announcing the surrender of Japan to the Allies.
August 15th, 1948 – The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel.