September 6th - September 12th
Raising the U.S. flag over Wake Island on 4 September 1945, as a U.S. Marine Corps bugler plays Colors. This was the first time the Stars and Stripes had flown over Wake since its capture by the Japanese on 23 December 1941. The officer saluting in the right foreground is Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese commander on Wake. Colors carried by the U.S. party, right background, include the U.S. Marine Corps flag.
By Staff | Stars and Stripes September 6, 2020
September 6th, 1976 – U.S.S.R pilot, Viktor Belenko, lands his jet at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum.
September 7th, 1945 – World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, surrender.
September 7th, 1965 – Vietnam War: U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha.
September 8th, 1945 – U.S. troops arrive in the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part a month earlier and the division of Korea begins.
September 9th, 1948 – Kim Il-sung establishes the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
September 11th, 1950 – Korean War: President Truman approves military operations north of the 38th parallel.