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Frank Kowalski Author

Frank Kowalski, Colonel, United States Army, member of Congress from Connecticut, died in 1974. He was Chief Military Governor in Kyoto, Japan, 1948-49 and Deputy Chief of Civil Affairs in Japan 1950-52. He retired from the Army in 1958.

Robert Eldridge earned his Ph.D. in Japanese political and diplomatic history at Kobe University, and is the author of numerous works about U.S.-Japan relations including Fighting Spirit (Naval Institute Press, 2011). He currently serves as the deputy assistant chief of staff, G-7 (Government and External Affairs) for Marine Corps Installations Pacific.