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    Douglas MacArthur

    United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea
  2. Apr 3, 2014 · Douglas MacArthur died in Washington, D.C., on April 5, 1964, at the age of 84. He was honored with a state funeral and was buried in the Douglas MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia.

  3. Jun 29, 2021 · General Douglas MacArthur presided over the signing of Japan’s unconditional surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri on September 2, 1945. In his speech, MacArthur expressed his earnest hope “that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past – a world founded upon faith and understanding – a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the ...

  4. Apr 23, 2021 · Douglas MacArthur was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on January 26, 1880. He went to West Point Military Academy where he was commissioned as an engineer in 1905. He was sent to Tokyo, Japan where his father was monitoring the Japanese operations against Russia. The young MacArthur would quickly grow up and see active duty service in both World Wars and finish his career as a general officer ...

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  6. Jan 9, 2020 · A father's legacy drove WWII general MacArthur's ambition. Five-star general Douglas MacArthur had a rough and rugged upbringing that shaped him into one of history's most distinguished soldiers ...

  7. Commanding U.S. forces in the Pacific theater, he played pivotal roles in the defense of the Philippines, the Battle of Bataan, and the Battle of Corregidor. After the fall of the Philippines to Japanese forces, General MacArthur vowed, “I shall return.”. True to his word, in 1944, he led the Allied forces in the liberation of the ...

  8. Douglas MacArthur was born into the military, literally. He was born at the Arsenal base at Little Rock, Arkansas, to Arthur MacArthur, a Medal of Honor recipient for being the Army officer who led a courageous charge up Missionary Ridge at Chattanooga in the Civil War. In 1900, Arthur MacArthur traveled to the Philippines as the US governor ...

  9. Douglas MacArthur. Douglas MacArthur served in the Far East in World War Two. He famously said ‘I shall return’ when America withdrew from the Philippines in 1942. This promise was eventually kept. Born in 1880, Douglas MacArthur studied at West Point Military Academy and managed to gain a commission in 1903 for the engineers.

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