United States Far East Command

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The United States Far East Command was a major unified military command of the U.S. armed forces responsible for overseeing American military operations and occupation duties in East Asia, particularly during and after World War II and through much of the Korean War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
United States Far East Command canonical 3
Far East Command 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf theater command ⓘ
unified combatant command ⓘ
activeDuring early 1950s ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs FECOM ⓘ
Far East Command ⓘ
commander Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
Mark W. Clark ⓘ
Matthew B. Ridgway ⓘ
linked to: Matthew Ridgway
conflict Korean War ⓘ
World War II aftermath ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateDissolved 1 July 1957 ⓘ
dateFormed 1 January 1947 ⓘ
establishedBy United States Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
firstCommander Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
garrison Tokyo, Japan ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo
hasHeadquartersLocation Japan ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War early period ⓘ
legalStatus major unified command ⓘ
operatedIn East Asia ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Korea ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
oversaw U.S. combat operations in the Korean War ⓘ
implementation of Allied occupation policy in Japan ⓘ
partOf U.S. military command structure ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
purpose administration of occupation and security in East Asia ⓘ
command and control of U.S. forces in the Far East ⓘ
replacedBy United Nations Command (Korea) for Korean theater functions ⓘ
United States Forces Japan ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Forces Japan
reportedTo Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
responsibleFor U.S. military operations in the Far East ⓘ
occupation duties in East Asia ⓘ
occupation of Japan ⓘ
serviceBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
subordinateUnit Eighth United States Army ⓘ
Far East Air Forces ⓘ
Japan Logistical Command ⓘ
Korean Communications Zone ⓘ
Philippine-Ryukyus Command ⓘ
U.S. Naval Forces Far East ⓘ
linked to: Seventh Fleet
theaterOfResponsibility Far East ⓘ
linked to: East Asia

Western Pacific ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Army Forces in Korea → subordinateTo → United States Far East Command ⓘ
X Corps → higherCommandDuringKoreanWar → Far East Command ⓘ
linked to: United States Far East Command
Far East Command area during Korean War → partOf → United States Far East Command ⓘ
Camp Drake → controlledBy → United States Far East Command ⓘ
United States Far East Command → alsoKnownAs → Far East Command ⓘ
linked to: United States Far East Command