Original sentence: In a book about Yamashita's gold, authors Peggy and Sterling Seagrave postulated that Prince Chichibu led from 1937 to 1945 what the authors called the “Golden Lily (Kin no yuri) Operation” by which members of the Imperial Household allegedly were personally involved in stealing treasures from countries invaded by Japan 1939 to 1945.Like al members of the imperial family, he was exonerated from criminal prosecutions before the Tokyo tribunal by Douglas Mac Arthur.These allegations are contrary to official version, as told in her memoirs by Princess Chichibu (Setsuko), according to which the prince retired from active duty after being diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis in June 1940, spent most of World War II convalescing as major general at his villa in Gotemba, Shizuoka prefecture, on the eastern foot of Mount Fuji and never really recovering from his illness (Princess Chichibu, The Silver Drum, Global Oriental, 1996)
Edited sentence: He retired from active duty in 1940, and was given the rank of major general on retirement.In a recent popular pseudohistory, authors Peggy and Sterling Seagrave postulated that Prince Chichibu led what the authors called the “Golden Lily (Kin no yuri) Operation” by which members of the Imperial Household allegedly were personally involved in stealing treasures from countries invaded by Japan 1939 to 1945.These allegations were strongly denied by Princess Chichibu (Setsuko) and are contrary to official history, as the prince retired from active duty after being diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis in June 1940 and spent most of World War II convalescing at his villa in Gotemba, Shizuoka prefecture, on the eastern foot of Mount Fuji, never really recovering from his illness (Princess Chichibu, The Silver Drum, Global Oriental, 1996)