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No. The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 9th, 1945. MacArthur had no involvement with the development or the delivery of the atomic bomb.

He was ordered to occupy Japan by the US Government on August 29th, 1945, and arrived there to take control of his new position on May 3rd.

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