United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea (1880–1964)
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The five-star general who ruled postwar Japan, led Allied forces across the Pacific, then got fired by Truman mid-war for pushing too hard against China.
Douglas MacArthur graduated top of his West Point class in 1903, the son of a Medal of Honor recipient, and by World War I had risen to brigadier general on the Western Front, collecting two Distinguished Service Crosses and seven Silver Stars. At 45 he became the Army's youngest major general; by 1930 he was Chief of Staff, a post he held through the Bonus Army expulsion and into 1935. Recalled to active duty in 1941 as Far East commander, he watched much of his air force destroyed at Clark Field, then retreated to Bataan before escaping to Australia in March 1942 with a promise to return. He…
Sourced, dated quotes from Douglas MacArthur
Duty, Honor, Country" — those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.
I shall raise my voice as loud and as often as I believe it to be in the interest of the American people.
Only those are fit to live who are not afraid of dying.
I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.
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