Douglas MacArthur-Liam Thomassen
Douglas MacArthur moved around a lot to military bases because of his father.
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Douglas MacArthur said,"It was here I learned to ride and shoot even before I could read or write-indeed, almost before I could walk or talk."
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Douglas MacArthur was born in the Little Rock Barracks in Arkansas.
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Douglas MacArthur was recalled to active duty in 1941, and was made commander of the U.S. forces in the Far East.
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In December 1944, he was promoted to general of the army.
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Douglas MacArthur attacked Morotai, Leyte, and Mindoro in autumn 1944.
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Douglas MacArthur graduated from West Point in 1903.
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Douglas MacArthur's mom greatly influenced him, and made him who he was.
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He launched an attack in New Guinea and drove the Japanese out of Papua by January 1943.
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He retired from the U.S. army in December 1937.
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Bad judgement by MacArthur led to few supplies on the Bataan Peninsula which led to the suffering of his men.
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Douglas MacArthur's intelligence chief was a German immigrant who MacArthur called his lovable fascist.
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In 1914 Douglas MacArthur participated in a reconnaissance mission, and his way of taking care of things was very controversial.
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In 1930 MacArthur's darker side appeared when he violently controlled the Bonus March, which caused two infants to die to tear gas.
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In February 1942 MacArthur received a bonus of half a million dollars from the Commonwealth government which violates Army regulations.
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Lieutenant Gerald Wilkinson said this about MacArthur, "He is shrewd, selfish, proud, remote, highly strung and vastly vain. He has imagination, self-confidence, physical courage and charm, but no humor about himself, no regard for truth, and is unaware of these defects. He mistakes his emotions and ambitions for principles. With moral depth he would be a great man; as it is he is a near miss which may be worse than mile.... His main ambition would be to end the war as pan-American hero in the form of generalissimo of all Pacific theaters.... he hates Roosevelt and dislikes Winston's control of Roosevelt's strategy. He is not basically anti British, just pro-MacArthur."
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MacArthur always had to live up to his mother's expectations.
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MacArthur believed he should be thought of when his son prayed the "Our Father".
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MacArthur did terribly in the Philippines and some believed he should have been relieved of command.
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MacArthur hated having publicity being taken away from him.
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MacArthur strongly disliked the US navy since they didn't do enough to help him out in the Philippines.
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MacArthur though he could defend the Philippians from any Japanese invasion.
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MacArthur thought operations in North Africa were slights against him.
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MacArthur treated Australian troops poorly and had them do mopping-up duties.
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MacArthur was paid right before he evacuated the common wealth president by submarine.
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When commander Thomas Hart tried making plans with MacArthur he was told to get a real fleet, which made Hart think MacArthur was crazy.
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While MacArthur was stationed in Australia he asked the Australians to get him a private train with a flat car for his limousine.
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Douglas MacArthur did not put Emperor Hirohito on trial after the war.
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Douglas MacArthur had the idea of island hopping where they would take back the bigger islands before the smaller ones.
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In the Korean War, Douglas MacArthur mad a risky landing at Inchon which was very risky and some would argue defied military logic.
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Losing the Philippines made Douglas MacArthur more determined to take them back from Japan.
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MacArthur protested one of President Truman's orders since it wasn't what he wanted which then got him relieved of his command.
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Most politicians disliked Douglas MacArthur for the power he was given rebuilding Japan.
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When WW1 MacArthur was the youngest divisional commander in the field.
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Without island hopping an estimated 1,000,000 American soldiers would've died.
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Growing up in remote areas in New Mexico allowed for Douglas MacArthur to ride and shoot at a very early age.
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MacArthur learned life skills from his grandfather while him and his family were living in D.C.
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The death of MacArthur's father is what really got him a high position in the military.
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Douglas MacArthur said this about his strategy, "With the scant forces...at my disposal, they could not be employed to defend all the beaches. The basic principle of handling my troops is to hold them intact until the enemy has committed himself in force."
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Even though he was ordered to leave the Bataan peninsula MacArthur didn't want to leave, it took multiple orders to get him to leave.
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General MacArthur stood to lose nearly half the forces with which he expected to defend Bataan and Corregidor.
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MacArthur held back his main force while in the Philippines waiting for a large attack made by Japan, which then led to the loss of the Philippines.
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MacArthur thought it would be smart to have the Soviet Union attack Japan from the north.
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The forces at General MacArthur's disposal included regular United States Army units, regiments of the Philippine Scouts which were a part of the Army of the United States, the Philippine Army, and the Philippine Constabulary units.
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A 19th Bomb Group ship was sent to fly MacArthur and his family out to Australia, but the apparent youth of the pilot, and the already war- weary appearance of the aircraft, were not good enough for MacArthur and he demanded that a different pilot and newer aircraft be sent up from Australia.
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MacArthur had one of his generals award him the Distinguished Flying Cross at age 71, all for taking a single ride in an airplane over Korea, and managing an air cargo mission.
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MacArthur put himself in for the Congressional Medal of Honor for his cowardice and failing to defend the Philippines.
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MacArthur stole an Air Medal, never having completed the requirements of flying five combat missions.
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Macarthur awarded himself the very first Purple Heart medal more than 20 years after his alleged war injury. He claimed to have been wounded in WWI.
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The young pilot he refused was eventually shot down and beheaded by the Japanese.
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After a talk with Roosevelt MacArthur puked on the white house steps.
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Douglas MacArthur's dad was a union soldier and his mom was a confederate and her brothers fought for the confederacy.
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His mom moved to a hotel on the West Point grounds and told him he had to become a great man, like Robert E. Lee.
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MacArthur wanted to run for president, however, people preferred Eisenhower.
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MacArthur's mom was a confederate, and his dad was in the union.
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After he was forced out of the Philippines, for the next two years he was determined to gather enough troops to take back the Philippines.
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MacArthur eventually got the military to go with his plan and he received the additional forces to attack the Philippines.
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MacArthur had to get the help of Nimitz fleet, since most Allied forces in the Pacific were going into Nimitz fleet.
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MacArthur told the boat commander, John D. Bulkeley, "You've taken me out of the jaws of death, and I won't forget it." He said this after he and his family were moved out of the Philippines to Australia.
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MacArthur was moved out of the Philippines but his men on the Bataan Peninsula weren't, around 70,000 soldiers were captured by the Japanese and at least 7,000 of them died during a death march.
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On October 20th 1944, General MacArthur wades back onto the island of Leyte in the Philippines to take it back from the Japanese.
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Once Douglas MacArthur made it to Australia he was disappointed on how few Allied Forces there were. He then soon told the press that, "I shall return."
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