Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na II a Turai a ranar 7 ga Mayu, 1945, an umurci Hodges da Sojoji na Farko da su shirya don a aika da su zuwa Pacific Theater don mamayewar da aka shirya na Japan a ƙarshen 1945 zuwa Maris 1946. Koyaya, wannan matakin ya zama ba dole ba lokacin da Daular Japan
sun mika wuya, tare da takardun mika wuya da aka sanya hannu a Tokyo Bay a ranar 2 ga Satumba, 1945. Hodges yana ɗaya daga cikin mutane ƙalilan da ke wurin a lokacin da Nazi Jamus ta miƙa wuya a Reims, Faransa, da na Daular Japan a Tokyo Bay.