Today we're looking at Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur (1/26/1880 - 4/5/1964) was an American army general and supreme Allied commander in the Pacific during World War II. He is only one of five men to hold the rank of general-in-chief of the US Army.Notable feats or facts include:>born to a military family--his father Arthur was an Army officer who had been decorated for service in the Union army during the Civil War>was very close to his mother Mary, who closely managed his life until her death in 1935>entered West Point in 1899, was bullied as a mama's boy, testified before Congress on hazing at the academy>graduated first in his 1902 class and made the prestigious Army Corps of Engineers>served in the Philippine conflict and various peacetime postings until WW1 service>led the infamous Army attack that dispersed the Bonus Expeditionary Force in Washington D.C.>posted in the Philippines by the 1930s, married his wife, and had a son>was famous for his ego, vanity, and publicity machine which always had a team of photographers to take flattering, heroic photos of him>the Japanese attacked the islands in WW2, MacArthur left, boasted he would return, and commanded the expedition that retook them three years later>ruled over occupied Japan as an unofficial emperor after the war>when the Korean War began, took command of the UN war effort despite questions over his age (70)>exhibited poor planning and judgement that allowed the UN forces to be attacked and driven into retreat by the Chinese>fired by President Truman, returned to the continental US for the first time since 1938, and said old soldiers never die>passed away in retirement in 1964 at age 83What do you think of the man with the corncob pipe?Previous thread: >>18701313
>>18704105Perhaps he would have made a good President.
>>18704105Seems like a huge fag who got by on nepotism and politics
>>18704112Welcome to the military, now enjoy your stay.
>>18704105He and Ulysses Grant's grandson were bullied and hazed at West Point by Southern cadets. MacArthur testified before Congress on hazing as OP said, it led to regulations being put in place to prohibit it and penalize cadets who did it.
Brilliant. Excellent military commander. Hated being subordinate.
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he was the guy who mandated censored Japanese porn crotches and made their women wear underwear (prior to that they went commando under their kimonos)
or as Eisenhower put it, "Not only do I know MacArthur, I studied theatrics and drama for three years under him in the Philippines."
>>18704105The skeptics who said perhaps he was too old to command the Korean War effort maybe were right. He was still brilliant, but he was making sloppy mistakes the MacArthur of WW2 wouldn't have done.
>>18704116all army ranks above major are political
>sending troops into the mountains of North Korea with no warm clothes as winter is approaching
>>18704161That monster!
Truman approved the occupation of Best Korea, then blamed MacArthur when China attacked. Truman also ran nukes out to Guam, but blamed Macarthur for threatening nuke war. Mac was right about Truman, who was a retard and the first neocon.
>>18704105he's revered as a god in South Korea and Japan lol
>>18704105Before leaving the Philippines, he made sure to go against the established defensive plan (retreat to safe, easily defendible zones and wait for reinforcements) and instead try to defend the coasts. His forces got overextend and overrun. Thousands died for no reason because of him. And it was not even the last time he went to do an easily avoidable mistake that cost thousands of lives
>>18704105FDR should have left him to die on Corregidor like he wanted.
>>18704105Cool smoke pipe
>>18704283those who didn't die ended up in the Bataan Death March
>>18704110maybe that could happen if if he hadn't been thrown out by Truman
>>18704283His defense far surpassed the bongs' disaster in Singapore and Burma, and interrupted the Jap timeline by months. If FDR wasn't a good goy, relief was possible.
>>18704105>He is only one of five men to hold the rank of general-in-chief of the US Armythe others being Scott, McClellan, Halleck, and Grant i think
>>18704105He would have been a better president than Eisenhower.
>>18704510too old by the 52 election. he had a decade on Eisenhower, who was hardly a kid himself.
