Civil Affairs in Popular Media
- A Bell for Adano (movie) and A Bell for Adano (Pulitzer Prize winning novel by John Hersey) depict a U.S. military government officer in occupied Italy during World War II.
- The Teahouse of the August Moon (play), The Teahouse of the August Moon (novel), and The Teahouse of the August Moon (film) depict U.S. military government personnel in occupied Okinawa during World War II. These were also adapted into the 1970 musical Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen.
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