MacArthur performed miracles in occupying Japan.
That brings up a story.
I moved a house of 30 years, sold it year and half ago, moved full time to a lake house. Went thru a *lot* of stuff.
Came across a little clay jewelry keeper, something you might keep on a vanity. It had been my mother’s, she had passed in 2019, and we hadn’t noticed this then, but on the back were the words “Made in Occupied Japan.” I’m sure my Dad had gotten it for Mom when he was in Korea for a year with the U.S. Army c. 1963. He was probably in Japan on leave for a short time.
So I took a picture and messaged it to a friend who is a former state house rep in GA, who is political advisor to the Japanese business community in GA. He is always meeting with the Japanese consul and the people he’s meeting with, that sort of thing. Well, apparently he got the pic of that when he was having lunch with a bunch of Japanese businessmen, he shared it around, they thought it quite funny and historically interesting, it was quite the conversation starter.