macarthur and hirohito signed three copies of this picture. two of them are here and one in the imperial palace. this is a tremendous moment. macarthur later said the success of the occupation was in large part to the attitude of hirohito. the japanese people are fascinated by their new ruler. this is what this little panel shows here. some of the tribute artwork you would find with general mac arthur. one of the first things macarthur does, notice in the picture how destroyed japan is. japan faces a famine in the winter of 1946. macarthur orders his men to eat their own rations. this is at variance with all previous occupation policies in asia and endears the japanese forever. elementary and middle school kids send an album to general macarthur, tribute artwork .they doing they start editorial cartoons about what he is doing. this is just a very small tip of the iceberg type look. we will show you a few more here in a few minutes. there is some guidance from the state department. he has plenty of freedom of action to do what he needs to do to

great for hitler, mussolini, hirohito, hildegard ... - all i meant was that it was a swell year for me personally. i was a young guy in the army without any responsibilities. they must have been hard up to go out with a 235 pound pfc. (audience laughing & applauding) - they were, that's what i liked about them. (audience laughing) - oh, come on, walter, '42 was a grim year. - daddy. - [maude] vivian! - my fingers were too stubby to hold a basketball. - [maude] vivian, will you grow up? - oh yeah? well, that year you're celebrating, 1945, was the worst year of your life and you know it. - that is not true, vivian. - i remember your complexion, maude. you were the campus zits queen. (audience laughing) - [maude] vivian! - and the entire sigma chi fraternity didn't chase you across campus. it was harold farquhar, the zit king! (audience laughing) and, let's not forget that was the year you met your first husband, ha-ha! - i don't want to hear about '45 anymore, ever again. - what was wrong with meeting your first husband? he was my father. - for that i will always love him, carol. and you

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