Who is Douglas Macarthur
Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as a field marshal to the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s, and he played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. MacArthur received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign. This made him along with his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the U.S. Army, and the only one conferred the rank of field marshal in the Philippine Army.Raised in a military family in the American Old West, MacArthur was valedictorian at the West Texas Milit...
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- The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
- I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
- In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
- A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.
- It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.
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Npsusa: if general douglas macarthur had kept his tongue silent, we may not be here today. words matter, even when the person who says them, gets fired.Seattletimes: michi hirata north, who made her concert debut at 6 and played for gen. douglas macarthur, will perform two concertos april 16 at town hall.
Westwingreport: harry truman said he wouldn't seek re-election - this day in 1952. the president was deeply unpopular in 1952. inflation and unemployment were rising. the korean war was stalemated, and his firing of gen. douglas macarthur was widely criticized. an irs scandal didn't help either
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Kipr15095: like the old soldier of the ballad, i now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as god gave him the light to see that duty. goodbye.,douglas macarthur,light, goodbye, military ,
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