Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur, at their first meeting, at the U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, 27 September, 1945. U.S. Army. The Japanese Occupation (1945-1951) On the morning of September 8 ...

In each phase of MacArthur's Philippines campaign, guerrillas provided invaluable help, not only harassing the Japanese from behind their lines, but supplying much needed intelligence and guidance ...

MacArthur’s besieged garrison would soon fall. The promised reinforcements had never arrived, and each day the Japanese noose tightened. If he did not leave tonight, MacArthur might never escape.

Some welcomed it as Japan’s "peace constitution," while others decried it as "MacArthur’s constitution." The future of Japan was a source of contention among the Allied powers as they began to ...

Acheson “had frequently exhibited petulance” because of MacArthur’s interference with the State Department’s “socialistic concepts” for Japan. As for Bradley, his enmity “undoubtedly ...

But William Sebald, the chief of the diplomatic section of GHQ, said in his book, “With MacArthur in Japan: A Personal History of the Occupation,” published by Asahi Shimbun Co., “The ashes ...

Macarthur confirmed it had granted Germain's request for a release from his contract. He is expected to continue his playing career in Japan. "It's disappointing that any player, a marquee player ...

Gen. Douglas MacArthur delivered his "Old soldiers never die" speech to a joint session of Congress on this day in history, ...