MacArthur "Don't Scuttle the Pacific"

one of two people to be awarded __

5 stars

gave the speech when he was in his __

70s

likely that a good chunk of the speech was written __

Courtney Whitney, one of his generals

almost never left __ in Japan devoted to his job as an __ Japanese people developed an __ for him

Dai Ichi Building administrator affection

brings up __ and __ because they are opportunities for him to __

Japan Phillipines brag

likely that parts of the speech were written before __

Korean War

Inchon Landing

The landing of UN troops, by General Douglas MacArthur, behind enemy lines at Inchon in Korea. In order to push back the North Korean troops. a treacherous port in North Korea that he navigated through, brilliant military strategy, very dangerous dangerous port MacArthur took his troops there after a lot of convincing tried to preserve the lives of the men

defied authority and crossed the __ in a terrible decision Chinese troops __ him had to put his troops into __ many __ lost

Yalu River outnumbered retreat lives

joint chiefs of staff said they didn't __

agree

speech of

defense

his mother was a __ in his life

dominant force

MacArthur did not __ Hirohito even though he could have realized it was better to have him as a leader and __ his activities than __ him

execute direct get rid of

Hirohito treated as a __ impious to look at his __

god face

chiasmus

grammar of the first phrase is reversed in the second phrase (AB, BA)

__ war, knew how __ it was

hated brutal

did not wear __ while giving speech

medals or ribbons

called a __ of Congress not a __ of Congress

meeting joint session

met with Hirohito in an __

open shirt (no tie)

Supposedly written on the __ from Japan to Hawaii, from Hawaii to San Francisco

plane

used to write __ is __ educated

poetry liberally

MacArthur says this is a military strategy, but it is a __ because it invites China to __

political join the war

believed you had to win a war __ or you would face __

quickly attrition

__ after the Inchon Landing

threw up

takes advantage of the fact he can still wear his __

uniform

talks about things that needed to be done to __

win the war Naval blockade of manchuria Unleashing Shanghai Seks naval forces