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CWO2 Philip E. Montroy
to remember
Marine LtGen Edward Fris.
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Contact Info
Home Town Palisade
Last Address Falls Church, VA
Date of Passing May 17, 2010
Location of Interment Quantico National Cemetery (VA) - Quantico, Virginia
LtGen Fris retired from the Marine Corps on September 1, 1975..
The General passed away at the Hospice of Falls Church (VA) on May 17, 2010 and was buried with full-military honors at the Quantico National Cemetery.
Other Comments:
Each year the MarineCorps Aviation Associatio presents the Edward S. Fris Award to the Outstanding Marine Air Command and Control Unit.
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.
