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Aug 10, 2017 · Ted MacArthur: Homicidal Detective. A Nice Woman Marries a Bad Hombre. (“All The World’s a Stage,” Forensic Files) On the outrageous meter, Ted MacArthur’s explanation for his wife’s death would pretty much make the needle fly out of the machine. Pilar Sones MacArthur. A detective for the Miami-Dade police force, MacArthur, 38, told ...
- MacArthur’s Father Was A Union Veteran, His Mother from A Confederate Family.
- He Was Part of The First Father-Son Duo to Both Receive The Medal of Honor.
- Only Robert E. Lee and Another Cadet Surpassed His West Point Performance.
- Macarthur Was President of The American Olympic Committee (AOC).
- He Assisted in Establishing The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
- He vomited on The Front Steps of The White House.
- Macarthur Had Presidential ambitions.
- Macarthur Received A Ticker Tape Parade After His firing.
- A Trophy in His Honor Is Awarded Annually to College Football’S Top Team.
- Macarthur Designed His Trademark Corncob Pipes.
When Mary Pinkney Hardy wed distinguished Union general Arthur MacArthur Jr. in 1875, her Virginia family hardly approved. Two of Hardy’s brothers who had attended the Virginia Military Institute and fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War even refused to attend the nuptials.
Although just 18 years old, Arthur MacArthur Jr. displayed such valor at the 1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge that he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Although nominated twice before, Douglas MacArthur did not receive the same accolade until 1942 for his service in defense of the Philippines during World War II. (When Theodore Roosevelt posthumously ...
When MacArthur enrolled at the U.S. Military Academy, his mother moved to West Point as well and stayed at a hotel on campus grounds. MacArthur’s mother had told him he “must grow up to be a great man,” either like his father or like Lee, and her watchful eye apparently worked as MacArthur graduated first out of 94 cadets in the class of 1903 by ea...
When the AOC president died suddenly in 1927, the organization recruited MacArthur, who was a booster of amateur athletics, as his replacement to prepare the U.S. team for the 1928 Summer Games in Amsterdam. MacArthur paraded with the team during the opening ceremonies and exhorted the athletes like a general leading his men into battle. When the A...
Although best known for his wartime exploits, MacArthur played a crucial role in the formation of one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signature New Deal programs. After Congress authorized the creation of the CCC in March 1933, the president wanted to enroll 250,000 men by July 1, an ambitious goal that only the military could implement. The t...
When Roosevelt proposed large military cuts in 1934, MacArthur visited the Oval Office for a heated meeting. The general later recounted that he “spoke recklessly and said something to the general effect that when we lost the next war, and an American boy, lying in the mud with an enemy bayonet through his belly and an enemy foot on his dying throa...
Although on active duty and prohibited by military regulations, MacArthur did little initially to tamp down a movement to draft the general to be the Republican Party’s nominee against Roosevelt in 1944. MacArthur even won the Illinois primary before the party nominated Thomas Dewey. Four years later, MacArthur again flirted with the presidency but...
On April 11, 1951, President Harry Truman relieved MacArthur from his Korean War command for insubordination after the general publicly criticized the president’s conduct of the war. Truman, who favored a “limited war” over MacArthur’s more aggressive approach, told the country he fired the general in part “to prevent a third world war.” MacArthur,...
Although MacArthur played on the West Point baseball team, football was his true love. He was the student manager for the military academy’s football team and one of the founders of the National Football Foundation, which since 1959 has awarded the MacArthur Bowl to the top college football team in the United States. The 25-pound silver trophy is s...
The publicity-conscious general personally fashioned his signature look that included his ornate hat, aviator sunglasses and corncob pipe. A long-time cigarette smoker, MacArthur provided the Missouri Meerschaum Company with precise specifications for the deep-bowled, long-stemmed pipe that he used as a distinctive prop during public appearances. T...
General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) ... One of Douglas's next assignments included service as an aide in Theodore Roosevelt's White House. But when he found himself in a tedious engineering ...
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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 served with distinction in World War I, was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific ...
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Dec 20, 2012 · 8. Eleanor Roosevelt held the first press conference by a first lady. In fact, between 1938 and 1945 she held 348 of them. Encouraged by both her husband and good friend Lorena Hickok, an AP ...
