Word: proconsular
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Atsugi airfield and into a veteran's dream of victory, the general was smiling. Behind him lay thousands of miles of ocean, the conquered Pacific which U.S. soldiers, sailors and airmen had made an American lake. Before him lay the submission of a God-Emperor and proconsular rule over Japan. A man less wise than Douglas MacArthur might have thought that, at 65, he could relax and enjoy the fruits of hard-won victory...