Douglas MacArthur(1880-1964)

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 was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s, and he played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. MacArthur received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign. This made him along with his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the U.S. Army, and the only one conferred the rank of field marshal in the Philippine Army.

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Known for

Uppdrag i Korea

Self

1951

Attack! Battle of New Britain

6.4

General Douglas MacArtur (in New Guinea, just before attack on New Britain)

1944

This Is Korea!

6.3

Self (arrives by car)

1951

World's Middleweight Championship: Randy Turpin vs. Sugar Ray Robinson

TV Special

Self - Spectator

1951

Trivia
Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. on June 11, 1903 and later returned to head the school (1919-22) before returning to his military career.

Quotes
I am closing my fifty-two years of military service. When I joined the army, even before the turn of the century, it was the fulfillment of all my boyish hopes and dreams. The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point, and the hopes and dreams have long since vanished, but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barracks ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away. And like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Good-bye.

Trademarks

Nicknames
- American Caesar
- Beau Brummel of the Army
- D'Artagnan of the A.E.F.
- Disraeli of the Chiefs of Staff
- Dougout Doug
- Napoleon of Luzon