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People & Events

People

• Emperor Hirohito (1901-1989)
• Admiral Ernest J. King (1878 - 1956)
• Judge Arthur MacArthur (1817-1896)
• Lt. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, Jr. (1845 - 1912)
• General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)
• Mary Pinkney Hardy MacArthur (1852 - 1935)
• General George C. Marshall (1880-1959)
• Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (1885 - 1966)
• General John J. Pershing (1860-1948)
• Manuel L. Quezon (1878-1944)
• General Matthew B. Ridgway (1895-1993)
• Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru (1878-1967)

Events

• The Battle for Manila (February-March, 1945)
• The Bonus March (May-July, 1932)
• Creation of the Japanese Constitution (1945-1946)
• MacArthur and the Japanese Occupation (1945-1951)
• The Secret Payment (January -F ebruary, 1942)
• Senate Hearings on Korea (May-June, 1951)
• The Spanish-American War in the Philippines (1898)
• The Tokyo War Crimes Trials (1946-1948)

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