Of all the great American captains of World War II, none remains more controversial than General Douglas MacArthur, whose genius and folly have taken on mythic proportions. MacArthur alone among ...
General Douglas MacArthur, 1905. Library of Congress ... surrender on board the "U.S.S. Missouri," bringing an end to World War II. His place as a leading figure of the 20th century already ...
These were Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Soldiers, who fought America's first battle of World War II — the Philippine Division — probably the best trained and possibly the best prepared U.S. Army ...
General Macarthur and other senior Army officers ... Occupation official turned historian Richard B. Finn notes, "World War II was the first major conflict in history in which the victors carried ...