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    LEADERS & COMMANDERS

    Aug 06, 2020 4 minutes

    GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

    SUPREME COMMANDER SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA, MACARTHUR PRESIDED OVER SURRENDER PROCEEDINGS 1880-1964 UNITED STATES

    “MACARTHUR RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HEROISM DURING THE DEFENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES IN 1941”

    General Douglas MacArthur was the son of Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur, a recipient of the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War. He was a 1903 graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point, and served as the academy superintendent from 1919 to 1922. Known for his towering ego and a flair for the dramatic, MacArthur was sometimes the focus of harsh criticism during his 60-year military career. One of his aides, Dwight D. Eisenhower once said of MacArthur, “I studied dramatics under him for five years

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