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In this video, we delve into the remarkable life and illustrious career of General Douglas MacArthur, a pivotal figure in American military history. Join us ...
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May 17, 1999 · Aired May 17, 1999. MacArthur. No soldier has ever captured the American imagination like Douglas MacArthur. He led Americans into combat for a half-century, through glorious victories and...
- Douglas MacArthur’s Early Years
- Between Battles
- World War II
- ‘Dugout Doug’ Returns
- Korean War
- Macarthur Dismissed
- Douglas MacArthur’s Later Years
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Douglas MacArthur was born on January 26, 1880, at the Little Rock Barracks in Arkansas. MacArthur’s early childhood was spent on western frontier outposts in New Mexicowhere his Army officer father, Arthur MacArthur, was stationed. The younger MacArthur later said of the experience, “It was here I learned to ride and shoot even before I could read...
From 1919 to 1922 Douglas MacArthur served as the superintendent of West Point and instituted a variety of reforms intended to modernize the school. In 1922 he wed socialite Louise Cromwell Brooks. The two divorced in 1929, and in 1937 MacArthur married Jean Faircloth, with whom he had one child, Arthur MacArthur IV, the following year. In 1930 Pre...
In 1941, with expansionist Japan posing an increasing threat, Douglas MacArthur was recalled to active duty and named commander of U.S. Army forces in the Far East. On December 8, 1941—one day after the Pearl Harbor attack—his air force was destroyed by the Japanese, who soon invaded the Philippines. MacArthur’s forces retreated to the Bataan penin...
In April 1942, MacArthur was appointed supreme commander of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific and awarded the Medal of Honor for his defense of the Philippines. He spent the next two-and-a-half years commanding an island-hopping campaign in the Pacific before his famous return to liberate the Philippinesin October 1944. Wading ashore at Leyte,...
In June 1950, communist forces from North Korea invaded the western-aligned Republic of South Korea, launching the Korean War. Douglas MacArthur was put in charge of the American-led coalition of United Nations troops. That fall, his troops repelled the North Koreans and eventually drove them back toward the Chinese border. MacArthur met with Presi...
On April 11, 1951, Truman removed MacArthur from his command for insubordination. In an address to Americans that day, the president stated, “I believe that we must try to limit the war to Korea for these vital reasons: To make sure that the precious lives of our fighting men are not wasted; to see that the security of our country and the free worl...
In April 1951, Douglas MacArthur returned to the United States, where he was welcomed as a hero and honored with parades in various cities. On April 19, he gave a dramatic televised address before a joint session of Congress in which he criticized Truman’s Korean policy. The general ended with a quote from an old army song: “Old soldiers never die;...
MacArthur: Three generations. PBS: American Experience. Douglas MacArthur Is One of America's Most Famous Generals. He's Also the Most Overrated. TIME. MacArthur, Douglas: General of the Army (1880-1964). Naval History and Heritage Command. Digging Out Doug. The New York Review of Books. Dugout Doug. Bataan Project.
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As his grandfather entertained Washington's elite, Douglas learned another valuable lesson: a MacArthur is a scholar and a gentleman. Douglas, who had always been an unremarkable student, first ...
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147. 2.6K views 1 year ago. In March 1942, General Douglas MacArthur was forced to flee the Philippines in the face of an aggressive Japanese invasion. MacArthur had been appointed Field...
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MacArthur, Douglas. “‘I Have Returned’ Speech.” October 20, 1944. Leyte Island, Philippines. Video, 2:15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptVKbN27_4g. “MacArthur’s Pearl Harbor.” The MacArthur Memorial. December 18, 2020. Video, 36:32. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqdruQSatnI.
