Why did MacArthur deserve Japanese praise

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Why MacArthur deserved Japanese praise

He softened horrors of defeat giving a welcoming sense of continuity by keeping Hirohito

1946, when the Japanese people were near starvation because of food shortages MacArthur diverted surplus US army supplies to civilians ( this allowed occupation force to decrease from 600,000 to 200,000)

He persuade US Congress to grant Japan more financial aid than the Truman administration originally planned

ensured tha Japan payed minimal reparations

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