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Marine BGen James Blais.
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Contact Info
Home Town Eugene
Last Address Cupertino, CA
Date of Passing Oct 09, 2005
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
BGen Blais retired from the USMC in 1957. In his retirement, he worked for years for Lockheed and was the Chief Business Officer for Menlo School and College from 1973 to 1978.
Other Comments:
BGen Blais died at his home, Cupertino, on Oct. 9, 2005. He was buried with full- military honors at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery (CA).
US Occupation of Japan
From Month/Year
September / 1945
To Month/Year
April / 1952
Description The Allied occupation of Japan at the end of World War II was led by General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, with support from the British Commonwealth. Unlike in the occupation of Germany, the Soviet Union was allowed little to no influence over Japan. This foreign presence marked the only time in Japan's history that it had been occupied by a foreign power. It transformed the country into a parliamentary democracy that recalled "New Deal" priorities of the 1930s politics by Roosevelt. The occupation, codenamed Operation Blacklist, was ended by the San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed on September 8, 1951, and effective from April 28, 1952, after which Japan's sovereignty – with the exception, until 1972, of the Ryukyu Islands – was fully restored.
