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Marine Sgt John Adams.
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Last Address Thorton
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Last Known Activity:
Served in the Marine Corps then went into the Army Finally Retired from the Air Force Served his country well
Other Comments:
This was my uncle
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.