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Fellers, Bonner, BG USA(Ret).
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Contact Info
Date of Passing Oct 07, 1973
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
BG Fellers is featured in the 2013 movie, Emperor, starring Mathew Fox (as BG Feller) and Tommy Lee Jones (as GEN MacArthur).
Feller was instrumental in helping MacArthur decide to exonerate Japanese Emperor Hiroito of any and all war crimes; thus allowing Hiroito to remain Emperor after WW2.
1943-1945, 2162, US Army Forces Pacific (AFPAC)
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MOS 2162-Operations & Training Staff Officer (G3 A3 S3)
Base, Fort or City Not Specified
State/Country Australia
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US Army Forces Pacific (AFPAC) Details
There was a major reorganization in April 1945 for the planned invasion of Japan. All Army forces in the Pacific were placed under MacArthur's command, including those in Nimitz's Pacific Ocean Areas. A new command was formed, Army Forces Pacific (AFPAC), with GHQ operating as the headquarters of both AFPAC and SWPA. However, units in POA remained under Nimitz's operational control, and the first major formation, the Tenth United States Army, did not pass to AFPAC control until 31 July 1945. SWPA, together with the Allied Air Forces, Allied Naval Forces and Allied Land Forces, was abolished on 2 September 1945, but GHQ remained as GHQ AFPAC.
