If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, it was the image of General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito standing side by side during their historic first meeting on September 27, 1945.

Emperor Hirohito ... MacArthur, at their first meeting, at the U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, 27 September, 1945. U.S. Army. The Japanese Occupation (1945-1951) On the morning of September 8, 1945, General ...

If Hirohito was so involved, how did he avoid prosecution for war crimes? That was largely thanks to General Douglas ...