Aboard USS Tillman (DD-641). On 6 September 1945 at Tamil Harbor, the commanding officer of the Imperial Japanese Army garrison on Yap Island formally surrendered to the American atoll commander from Ulithi on board Tillman. [1836 x 1391]
>During World War II, Japanese-held *Yap* was one of the islands bypassed in the U.S. “island-hopping” strategy, although it was regularly bombed by U.S. ships and aircraft, and *Yap*-based Japanese bombers did some damage in return. The Japanese garrison comprised 4,423 IJA men under the command of Colonel Daihachi Itoh and 1,494 IJN men.
KapitanKurt
[Source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Tillman_(DD-641)_Japanese_atoll_commander_on_Tillman.jpg#mw-jump-to-license)
>During World War II, Japanese-held *Yap* was one of the islands bypassed in the U.S. “island-hopping” strategy, although it was regularly bombed by U.S. ships and aircraft, and *Yap*-based Japanese bombers did some damage in return. The Japanese garrison comprised 4,423 IJA men under the command of Colonel Daihachi Itoh and 1,494 IJN men.
Simple chart of [Yap Island](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Yap.png) located in the Carolines.
krezreal
“Which island did you come from?”, Naval Officer.
“Yap”, Japanese Officer.
“Where?”, Naval Officer.
“Yap”, Japanese Officer.
“Yap?”, Naval Officer.
“Yep”, Japanese Officer.
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^(edit: punctuation)