Gen. Douglas MacArthur was a hero from two World Wars who had served as the supreme commander of the Allied forces in the Pacific. He personally accepted the surrender of Japan, oversaw the Allied ...

U.S. occupation policy in Japan was neither timid nor confused. Douglas Mac-Arthur knew what he was doing, and was prepared to insist that his critics did not. Most uncomfortable was the way Red Army ...

NORFOLK, Va. — A new exhibit on the U.S. occupation of Japan after World War II opens Aug. 23 at the MacArthur Memorial, paired with a special lecture series on the war’s final weeks in the Pacific.

War's end -- The old Japan -- The new Japan -- Occupation diplomat -- The United States job -- Working with Macarthur -- Allied council for Japan -- War crimes trials -- Korean war -- Dismissal of ...

Taking control. A President rolls the dice ; Flying nine hundred miles from Okinawa to Atsugi ; "The most courageous act of the entire war" ; Sword sheathed, but gleaming in its scabbard ; "Down but ...