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JAPAN : Mac Jtlac Jtl Mac's Macs ac ' s Show ShowCool . ' Cool ai al as a cucumber . , Gen . . . Dougla Douglas DouglasMacArthur DouglasMacArthur . MacArthur ctepped stepped from a trans- trans transport tram.port tramport . - port plane plan * at Japan's Japans Japan * ' ! Atsugl Atsual Ateugl .tr- .tr air . .tr41rome - . ItsTom , 41rome drome * 20 mUe miles southwest of Tokyosmoking Tok1o Tokyo , . smoking his large , corncob pipStopping pipe * , . Stopping to look around , . he ho saw aw Ibe the Ibefield thefield thefield field abuzz abuu with activity , . as mesn mem mero-ler mero ler - . bers of the 11 llth 11th th air born borne * dlvi.lon dlvilon division divisionlanding . , , landing from . scores .core core . of aircraft aircraftbusied , . busied themselves for the tb occupa occupa- occupation occupation - . tionEvidently lionEvidently tion lion Evidently pleased , Japan's Japans ' newboas new newboss newbor boss boas then made hi bis his . way forward , . topplnff stopping to greet Lieutenant General Gen Gen- General General - eral Eichelberger chief of the theU theU theU U S 8th th army , . which bad had fought In Inthe inthe inthe the Philippine Philippines ! Hello 'Heno Heno 'Hello ' ' , . Bob , . " werehi were werehis werehie his hie * flrct first flret word words * upon his historiclanding historic historiclanding 18 landing nding oh on enemy s011 soil oil . . In landing to take over control con&rol conrol & of ofJapan ofJapan ofJapan Japan U S forces looked upon an anextensive anextensive anextensive extensive scene of devastation inTokyo In InTokyo inTokyo Tokyo and Yokohama , scorched by byrepeated byrepeated byrepeated repeated B 29 and naval carrier carrierraids carrierraids carrierraids raids Unlike Europe where splin spUn- spUn splin- spUntered splintered splintered - tered masonry cluttered every every- everything everything everything - thing charred bulks hulks and ashes were wereall wereall wereall all that remained from thousands of ofOriental ofOriental ofOriental Oriental frame buildings bui dings Wholeareas Whole Wholeareas Wholeareas areas were burned out out . , with onlybuildings only onlybuildings onlybuildings buildings encompassed by spacious spaciouswalks spaciouswalks spaciouswalks walks lawns or clearings sparedfrom spared sparedfrom sparedfrom from the roaring flames which once once&wept onceswept onceswept &wept wept swept & block upon block . . . Despite the widespread damage damageJapanese , . Japanese held their heads high In Incontrast Incontrast Incontrast contrast to the Germans Lermans , . who bad had humbled an effort eftort to toplease toplease toplease please their conquerors . . Peering Peeringfrom Peeringfrom Peeringfrom from windows as GIs G I 1 s a streamed by , , . or r walking the streets or setting settingup settingup : up temporary shelters from salvagedtin .alvaged alvaged salvaged . .alvagedtin tin the UtUe little brown people remainedperfectly remained remainedperfectly remainedperfectly perfectly composed with typical typicalOriental typicalOriental typicalOriental Oriental indifferencePromising Indifference indifterence Indifferencerr rr Promising mlsl e ' to t match MacArthur's MacAr- MacAr MacArthur's acAr'thir's acArthirs - ' - thur's thurs ' ' laaeiag IandlnC landing at Ataxgl Abaci Atsngi airfield airfieldIn airfieldin alraelaIn In sheer drama was the schetf- schetf IICbed- IICbed ached- ached IICbeduled achednled schetfleJ - uled nled leJ serreader surreuder surrender oeremonlesaboard ceremoniesaboard ceremeales oeremonles ceremonies ceremealeshar aboard har * the US8 USB Missewrl Missouri In InTokyo InTokyo taTekye Tokyo bay , . with Lt Gea GeD Gen . . Jona- Jona Jonathan Jonathan J - a-th&B a th&B thB - - than & Waliwrlght Walnwrll'bt Walnwrllbt Walnwraght ' , , . rellCued rescued rescaea froma ' from 'rom rom a . prison riser camp la In Maacharia Manchuria , present reseat to witness wl&uess wluess & th the caBltaU- caBltaU capitula- capitula capitab- capitab caBltaUf capitulatlou capitabtion - - tlou tion ( ! of f tke the haazhty haughty Iferlal Imperial Imperlal.taft Imperlaltaft Imperlal.taftwblcb staffwhich staff staffwhich . wblcb which Jctateil dictated & teraae &erms erms terms to him hi up- up upon upon - - on the th * fall faU fail of f Cerregtaer Correctdor Corregidor over overthree ver verthree verthree three years year . agoLENDLEASE af 81'0 810 ago afLENDLEASE ' LEND-LEASE LEND LEASE - : 'Asks Asks r.4sks r4sks ' . Write-Off Write Off Write-Oft Oft WriteOffIn WriteOftIn - In asking aaking : congress to write off the the42 42 billion bOOon dollar lend lease leale program programconstituting , constituting 15 per cent of the total totalU totalU totalU U S war expense . , President Preaident Harry HarryS S Truman Trumah declared that adequaterepayment adequaterepayment adequate adequaterepayment repayment not only on1y had bad been made madeby madby madeby * by recipients through their thei1 ' war ef- ef efforts efforts ef efforts - forts , . but also elso through their agree agree- agreement agreement agreement - - ment to promote international trade tradethrough tradethrough tradethrough through a lowering lowertnK of tariff tarlft and Dd oth- oth - other oth oth- otht'r other - er t'r tr ' barriers barriersFurther Further the chief executive said saidthat saidthat saidthat that If BO so huge a debt were to be beadded beadded beadded added to the financial Onanclal obligations al already already already ready Incurred b by , . Allied AWW AWWD D nlUops nationsit tlo , It would wowri reset react disastrously upon ourown ourown our own wn trade decreasing decreasb1g productionand production and employment at home bome homeWhereas bomeWbereas homeWhereas Whereas Wbereas there once was talk thatthe that thatthe thatthe the U S would retake tanks tanka , . trucber truckser trucks trucb er r machine tools lend leased , top of- of officials officials of official - ficial ficials * said UtUe little Utti * of such .uch uch . material materialwill materialwill materialwill will be retrieved . since .lnce lnce reclamation reclamationwould reclamationwould reclamationwould would only add to the mounting mounting6tockplles mountingstockpiles mountingstockpiles 6tockplles stockpiles of war surplus In this thiscountry thiscountry thiscountry country Of the 43 42 bnU billion n dollars of oflend oflend oflend lend lease against which the th * U . 8 S 8btained Sebtalned Sobtained btained ebtalned obtained only 5Y 5 % . & billion dollars donars In Incorresponding incorresponding Incorresponding corresponding aid ald , . half was In mili mill mili- military military . - tary supplies 1ppJea ! and th the * remainder incivilian In IndviUa.n Incivilian dviUa.n dviUan civilian . goods like food . . OCCUPY RICH LAND : The Th * first ftrst Japanele Japanese Japan * * * sod to fed feel theimpact the theimpact theImpact impact of American occupation occupationcomes occupationcomes occupationcomes comes within a . region which would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have been a prime military mWtar ) ' prize prizewhile prizewhile .hUe hUe while . the war was on . on . Atsugi Atsugl airport . , where the Yanks Yankslanded Yankslanded Tankslanded landed lies Ues in the southwest secUon section sectionof secUonot ot of the Kwanto or Tokyo plain , , maymaUy IUl\o IUl o nor ) \ IUlomally . mally mafy Japan s most productiv productive * farmand farm farmand farmand and Industrial industria ] region reaSon . . Nearly Near17 10 10n 10miles 10miles lea miles n inland Jn1and.tram Jn1andtram < n "d d " from . Sagami SagamlJbay Saaamt.bU SaaamtbU . bay'this baythis bay'thissite , .th1I th1I ' "thisait thisait " . .th1Isite site * is II only on1y 20 miles mne . southwest 01 of 01the ofthe ofthe the eapi capital aD.d aDd . and 1a.tga\ 1a.tga 1a.tgadb : . largest \ _ city db ' , Tokyo . PEABL PEARL PBARL , HARBOR : I Rap aap ReportDespite ReportDeptte ReportDespite Report Despite Deptte $ release by army a1'ln1 a1ln1 ' and navy board- board boards boardof navyboards navyboard . - : of Inquiry Inquir7 of 200,000 200000 200.000 , . word ro- ro re- re roporta reports re report - - port porta ports * covering thePearl the thePearl tb | Pearl Harbor arbor disas-I disas I dllaa- dllaa dtsas- dtsas dllaatef dtsaste - tef te ter : ; of December 7,1141 71141 7 , . S5 S5circles I 1941 1041 , . congressional congressionalc1rc1es congressionalcircles c1rc1es circles , rematned remained rematneddls.atbfted remaineddissatisfied remaineddissatisfied dls.atbfted dlsatbfted dissatisfied . o 0 T v e r rftndlns rfindings rfindings ftndlns findings , , . demand demand- demandIn8 demanding demanding - ing In8 open trials of ofpr1ncipa ofprincipals ofprincipals pr1ncipa principals Involved Involvedand involvedand Involvedand , I Imatron and ac access access ess to Infor fntor- fntor infory fntormatlon Information - matlontPOD mation matlon matron \tPOD tPOD \ upon which which&be whichthe whichtb : &be be the & * investigatorsGe investigatorsGen Investigator investigators . GeD Gen . . UftnaaU M'arabaII MarabaII Marshall ' based baled their conclu conclu- conclusions conclusions conclusions - - sionsNo sionsNo sions sionsNo No sooner .ooner ooner . had pad ad the reports beenmad been beenmade beenmade made * public/adding public adding pubUcJ public / ) adding the names name . ofGen of ofOeD ofGen OeD Gen . . George Geo.ge Geoge . C Marshall Mar.han Marhan . , . Adm . Adm.Harold AdmHarold . . Harold C . C . . Stark and IIDd former fonner Secre Secre- SecretarY Secretary Secretary - - tary : of ot State stabt Cordon Cordell Hun Hull to thoseof those thoseof thoseof of Uaj Maj Mai Gen . . Walter C . C . Short and andRear andRear andRear Rear Adm Husband E Kimmel tor for forfailure forfailure ! faUure failure to take proper precautions precautionsthan , . than Chairman Ma May , . ( Dem , . Ky ) of ofthe ofthe ! the house military m1Utary affairs commltte committee committeedeclared committeedeclared declared be would not stand atand tor for tor"any for"any for"any forany "any any " whitewash whltewah whitewaeh , ; " " Thq Tb The people eople are areentitled areentitled areentitled entitled to . know bow thelVbole the whole \lVbole lVbole \ truthbased truth truthbased truthbased based on all the facts he said saidOn saIdOn saidOn On the other side of congressSenator congressS congress , / S Senator ator Tatt Taft ( Hep Rep Ohio ) assertedthe assertedthe asserted the h _ reports r nnrf left I ft a lot Int to tn be ho told tnlrl . , ' I Iand and full tun evidence studied by the thecourts thecourts thecourts I ] courts of Inquiry should be revealed revealednow revealednow revealednow ) now that military mUitary security no long- long longer longer long-jer long jer - , er is Involved Issuance of ot the report had bad other otherrepercussions otherrepercussions otherrepercussions repercussions too President Harry HarryS S Truman and Secretary of War WarHenry WarHenry WarHenry Henry Stimson took strong excep excep- exception exception exception - - tion to the censure of General Mar Mal- Mal Marshall MalshaU Mar- Mar Marshall ' - - shall shaU , . the two terming criticism ofthe of ofthe ofthe the army anny chief of staff staft . ' entirely entiret , . an- an anJustified un unjustified . - justified just1fted ' while praiting praising bis his * ' great greatskll1 greatskill greatskill skll1 skill . , energy and efficiency efficiency"throughout efficiencythroughout " throughout the Pearl Harbor epi- epi episode episode epi episode - sode sodeIn In naming General Marshall Marshan the theInvestlgatora theinvestigators theinvestigators Investlgatora investigators charged he failed to tokeep tokeep tokeep keep General Short Hawaiian army armycommander armycommander armycommander commander , . fully tully advised as al to the thegrowing thegrowing thegrowing growing tenieriesi tenserless tenseness of the Japanese Japanesesituation Japanesesituation Japanesesituation situation failed to send him additional addi addi- additional additional - tional instructions after the U Sultimatum S Sultimatum Sultimatum ultimatum to Tokyo made war In Inevitable in- in inevitable inevitable - evitable failed taUed to furnish turnlsh him on onthe onthe onthe the evening of ot December 6 a and andmorning andmorning androoming morning of ot December 7 with critical criticalintelligence criticalintelligence criticalintelligence intelligence indicating a rupture of ofrelations ofrelations ofrelations relations with Nippon , , and failed taUed to tolook tolook tolook look Into and determine the state of ofreadiness ofreadiness ofreadiness readiness In Hawaii HawaU during the crit crit- critIcal critical critical - - ical periodThen period periodThen periodThen Then chief of 01 naval operations but butsince butsince butsince since retired , . Admiral Stark was wascensured wascensured wascensured censured for .delaying delaying . , . a warning ofan of ofan ofan an Impending attack on Pearl Har Har- Ray- Ray - Harbor Harbor Raybor bor by sending it by b , . cable rather ratherthan ratherthan ratherthan than telephone The two hours bours dif dU- dU dUference dif- dif difference difference - - ference to In transmission would have haveenabled haveenabled haveenabled enabled the navy to make mllke preparations preparations prepara- prepara preparatlons - \ tlons tions for the assault . . In singling out Hull Huii Itun . , the boards boardsaverred boardsaverred boardsaverred averred that he be might have conduct conduct- conducted conducted conducted - - ed negotlatipns negotiaU9ns negotiatipns withJap withSap with withJap -Jap Jap - Jap Sap Emissaries Nomura Nor NoF Noa No- No Nofmura - - - fmura r F a , mura and Kurusudifferently Kurusudifferently Kurusu differently to lainprecious gain lain Iprecious r rprecious precious time tor for forthe tthe s sthe the army and navy naV1 ' $ .to to . , to gird for action . . . | [ To crown thenavy thenavy the navy s negligence neghgence , |