Paul Caraway, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Paul Caraway

United States general

Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1905

Place of Birth: Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1985

Profession: lawyer, soldier

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Paul Caraway

  • Paul Wyatt Caraway (December 23, 1905 – December 13, 1985) was a United States Army Lieutenant General and the 3rd High Commissioner of the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands.
  • He was the son of two influential Arkansas Senators, Hattie Caraway and Thaddeus Caraway.
  • Caraway graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1929.
  • He also graduated from Georgetown University with a law degree and taught law at West Point.
  • He served on the General Staff for the United States Department of War before becoming deputy chief-of-staff to General Albert Coady Wedemeyer during World War II.
  • He served in numerous other positions, including accompanying Vice President Richard Nixon on a tour of Asia.
  • Following the Korean War, he became head of Army Research and Development.
  • He never saw combat. Caraway held major influence as High Commissioner during the 1960s.
  • He brought a new sense of economic prosperity to the island chain, turning it from one of the poorest area of Japan to one of the wealthier in east Asia.
  • He lowered electric prices and arrested several prominent banking figures for fraud, revamping the local banking industry in the process.
  • Despite this, many Okinawans saw him as autocratic.
  • He refused to allow any increase in self-rule or autonomy, vetoing any bill from the local legislature that brought the islands closer to Japan and crushing autonomy movements.
  • He resisted reform efforts from Ambassador to Japan Edwin O.
  • Reischauer and President John F.
  • Kennedy.
  • He resigned from the office and the military in August 1964.

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