Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur was an American general who served as a top commander during World War II and the Korean War, achieving the rank of General of the Army. He served with distinction in World War I; as chief of staff of the United States Army from 1930 to 1935; as Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area, from 1942 to 1945; as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers overseeing the occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1951; and as head of the United Nations Command in the Korean War from 1950 to 1951. MacArthur was nominated for the Medal of Honor three times, and awarded it for his WWII service in the Philippines.
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Background
- Born in
- Little Rock
- Educated at
- Milwaukee High School of the ArtsUnited States Military AcademyUnited States Army Command and General Staff College
- Awards
- 🏆 Distinguished Service Medal🏆 World War II Victory Medal🏆 Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal🏆 Victory Medal🏆 Philippine Legion of Honor
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"Late in the war, General Marshall, while returning from an Allied conference between Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at Tehran, stopped over a day in the Southwest Pacific Area. We had a long and fra…"
"There are many who have lost faith in this early American ideal and believe in a form of socialistic, totalitarian rule, a sort of big brother deity to run our lives for us. They no longer believe tha…"
"I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country. The issues are global and so interlocked that to consider the proble…"
"The MacArthur Memorial - The MacArthur Memorial at Norfolk, Virginia"
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1880
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Birth1964
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