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General Douglas MacArthur

(1880-1964)

"I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barrack ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that "old soldiers never die; they just fade away."

And like the old soldier of that 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."

Douglas MacArthur, April 19, 1951

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Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964)

General Douglas MacArthur was an American Army general who played very significant roles in both World War Two and the Korean War. As the American commander in the Philippines at the start of the Pacific War, he led the doomed defense of the Philippine Islands against the Japanese. Declaring that he would return as he was forced to leave the Philippines, he fulfilled his promise in 1944, as American forces liberated the Philippines from Japan.

Five years after the end of World War Two, MacArthur again found himself in command of a desperate defense as the Communist North Koreans attacked South Korea in 1950. His brilliant amphibious landing behind enemy lines at Inchon forced the North Koreans into retreat and set the stage for the Allied invasion of North Korea that would provoke the Chinese Communists into the war.

MacArthur publicly called for the expansion of the war into mainland China; against the policies of President Harry Truman. As a result of MacArthur's insubordination, the president removed him from command, leading to MacArthur's retirement from the military after a 54-year career.

 

 

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