Word: burdened
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...after the Japanese had capitulated. Said TIME : "Forces directly under MacArthur's command must take the surrender of Japan's home armies, occupy the four 'home islands,' and perhaps Korea. Upon these forces (which would include token groups from other Allies) would fall the burden of implementing plans to secure the peace of the world, and of Asia in particular...
Creeping Mobilization. But total mobilization at this juncture would put under arms millions of men whose military services are not yet required. The U.S. would be top-heavy with a military burden which indeed might wreck...
MacArthur himself seemed to thrive under the new burden. Said one of his subordinates, "The added responsibility seems to have peeled ten years from his shoulders." Inside the Dai Ichi Building, once the heart of a Japanese insurance empire, bleary-eyed staff officers looked up from stacks of paper, whispered proudly, "God, the man is great." General Almond, his chief of staff, said straight out, "He's the greatest man alive...
...Heirs of Colin Kelly. It was upon the reverent Stratemeyer and his Far East Air Forces that MacArthur placed the first heavy burden of U.S. operations in Korea. FEAF's 400-odd fighters, 60-odd bombers and one troop carrier group were scattered halfway across the Pacific. From bases in southern Japan, Stratemeyer sent out jet F80 Shooting Stars and F82 Twin Mustangs to strafe North Korean trucks, locomotives and armor. From Guam he called up B-29 Superfortresses to pound Seoul's Kimpo airfield...
...whether Germany would continue on the right path. It was during the question period, following his calm, factual address, that trouble started. Led by Theodor Goldschmidt, president of Essen's Chamber of Commerce, a group of Germans began firing complaints about high occupation costs, high taxes, the costly burden of refugees from the East, U.S. interference with German trade...