Talk:Type 0 Fighter Model 53 (Iwamoto Squadron)/@comment-139.194.76.150-20180313060151/@comment-37387872-20190213161252

That was when Japan was still occupied by the Allied powers. The US had him banned from employment in the public sector, and private companies didn't want to have anything to do with him out of fear his stigma might rub off on them.

He was able to become employed again after the US left -- unfortunately, he quickly became ill and did not grow old. Quite a tragic fate for such an esteemed pilot. I don't know how he was like as a person, but it does seem like an extremely unfair fate.