The task of reconstructing Europe after World War II was divvied up among the handful of victorious nations. But in the Pacific, the job of rebuilding Japan fell, effectively, to a single man: U.S.

Sailors aboard the USS Missouri watch as dignitaries correct an error on the Japanese copy of the Instrument of Surrender. Many of the sailors had spent days cleaning ...

Aug. 30 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 30 B.C., Cleopatra, queen of Egypt and lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, killed herself following the defeat of her forces by Octavian, the future ...

ON THIS DAY IN 1945, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Tokyo, Sept. 21 (U.P.) — Japan will never again become a world power, Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today in an interview with the United Press. ...

Dec. 15 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1791, the Bill of Rights, comprising the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, took effect. In 1890, Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull was killed in ...

It almost happened twice and is long overdue. It was time for General Douglas MacArthur to be awarded the rank of General of the Armies of the United States. Though not an actual Six Star General, the ...

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 ...

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. has opened to the public a room at its Tokyo headquarters that was used by Gen. Douglas MacArthur during the U.S. military occupation of Japan following World War II. The ...