Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te hekenga o Hapani, ka haere te 511th i raro i te Koronela Edward H. Lahti me te 11th Airborne Division hei wae tuatahi o te Allied ki te whenua i Hapani. Whai muri i te whakamana i te Atusgi Air Base e tata ana ki Yokohama i te 30 o Akuhata 1945, mo te taenga mai o General Douglas MacArthur, ka mau te ope ki nga tuunga paruru i mua i te tono ki te tiaki i nga tauranga wehe mo te Whakataunga Whakaaetanga.
i runga i te USS Missouri. I te 2 o Hepetema, ko te 11th Airborne's Division Band i te ringa ki te oha i te wehenga o te 1st Cavalry Division me nga momo "The Old Grey Mare". I muri mai ka tukuna te 511 ki te raki o Honshū ki te mahi mahi.