Operation Blacklist Forty
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Operation Blacklist Forty was the codename for the United States occupation of Korea between 1945 and 1948. Following the end of World War II, US forces landed within the present-day South Korea to ac
The flag lowering ceremony in Seoul during the official Japanese surrender of Korea on September 9, 1945 at te Government-General of Chōsen Building
USS San Francisco off the Korean coast on September 28, 1945
John R. Hodge
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General John Reed Hodge was an American military officer of the United States Army. Hodge commanded Operation Blacklist Forty in 1945. He served as the governor of the American military government in
Army commanders in the United States and certain overseas commanders meet with Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and General J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff, in the Pentagon in routine sessions, 5 June 1952. Lieutenant General John R. Hodge is sat fourth from the right, between Secretary Pace (left) and Lieutenant General Henry Aurand (right)
The grave of General John R. Hodge at Arlington National Cemetery
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