TOKYO -- Gen. Douglas MacArthur tonight ordered the Japanese government to withdraw its sponsorship and financial support from state Shintoism which embraces the belief that the emperor is a god ...

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.

ON THIS DAY IN 1945, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The safety of Gen. Douglas MacArthur when he makes his first appearance in Japan is one of the chief worries for officers in charge of ...

Excerpted from "Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila" by James M. Scott (W.W. Norton & Company, 2018). Reprinted with permission from W.W. Norton & Company. “I consider him an ...

The reclusive only child of five-star Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur made a rare public statement Saturday to honor the Americans and Filipinos who fought to liberate the Philippines from Japanese ...

This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. The article below was originally published at HNN. Douglas MacArthur has been ...

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 ...

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