Douglas Macarthur Legacy

General Douglas MacArthur’s rise in military power came at a young age. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, he was a descendant of a long line of military background. He once said, “I learned to ride and shoot even before I could read or write”. At the young age of 19 he attended West Point. With his mother always watching over him, he was the top graduate, president of the student body, and played sports such as baseball and football. After West Point he attended Engineer School of Application. For his first assignment he was sailed to the Philippines. During his fourteen year period in the Philippines he developed new defensive

This shows there was something about his past in the army he didn’t want to talk about or he was ashamed of. Later we learn that General “loved Leslie and believed in her absolutely”. (82) It is explained that Macarthur was happily married and deeply in love with this woman named Leslie. His wife had met a man named Arthur in which “They’d got along well together from the beginning.”(82) Macarthur was in charge of Richmond during the war, so when a love letter that Leslie sent to Richmond was mistakenly given to Macarthur, “It had gathered slowly, that cold murderous rage,” (83) but General’s rage got the best of him, and, “He’d sent Richmond to death.” (page) This is essentially a confession or an admission from Macarthur that he intended to kill Richmond. Richmond did die on the mission, and, as it was announced to everyone in the living room on the island, “John Gordon Macarthur, that on the 4th day of January, 1917, you deliberately sent your wife’s lover, Arthur Richmond, to his death.”

Truman was born in Missouri. He ran his family farm after high school because his family could not afford to send him to college. He soon served in World War I. Truman also served in the Missouri National Guard. He participated in many campaigns and was made captain of his artillery unit. He began his political career

President Truman’s actions during the war were most reasonable because he had been “duped” by MacArthur and his belief that China would not enter the war when their troops reached Yalu River. Truman’s response to this was firing MacArthur; the action he took was justified as MacArthur needed punishment for his blunder in the war. While MacArthur did deserve to be relieved of his position, maybe it was not the right time to do so. He was an exceptional general with experience, and surely he would not have made a mistake of the same magnitude again.

For a united nation to prosper, its people must overcome obstacles and take on numerous responsibilities. Throughout our lives, there are problems occurring continually in our world related to war and combat. During these times of hardship, we must remind ourselves to persevere and continue to defend the country. In addressing the Sylvanus Thayer Award on May 12, 1962, at the city of West Point, New York, General Douglas MacArthur urged Americans to remember the major responsibilities we have as Americans in his speech Duty, Honor, Country. With a position of authority, MacArthur powerfully stated that America will only survive through winning wars and fulfilling our duties. His main priority was to defend the nation, respect the nation,

Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch was born to Frances F McCulloch, the daughter of an esteemed Virginian Planter mother, and Alexander McCulloch, a Major of the staff of Brig. Gen. John Coffee. His father was also an attendant and graduate of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He was born on November 11, 1811. He was the fourth child of a once prestigious family that had lost a large amount of money because of the Revolutionary War. While this was one factor, the father, Alexander McCulloch, was a large part of the problem. He was irresponsible when deciding on what to do with his inherited fortune and in return cost his family many luxuries that they could have had. While young, McCulloch and his family moved often between Tennessee, Alabama, and North Carolina. Their last place of settlement was in a town in Tennessee called Dyersburg. Here he had met David Crocket who acted as one of his close mutual friends, and thus his career began.

His father was in World War II, a Marine in the Third Marine Division. He fought the Japanese in the Pacific.

In 1941, President Roosevelt recruited him to return to his duty in the US army and he was appointed as the Commander of US Army Forces in the Far East to defend Philippine against the Japanese attacks. He was unable to protect Philippines and he was directed to escape to Australia, where he became the supreme commander of Southwest Pacific theatre. Unhappy with his defeat in the Philippines, he began to plan his counterattacks towards Japan and slowly took over all of New Guinea, the Admiralties, western New Britain, and Morotai. Japanese surrendered in 1945 and he was sent to Japan to occupy it until 1951. The Korean War broke out in 1950 and he was appointed as the supreme commander of the Allied Powers. However, in 1951, President Truman and General Macarthur had conflicting policies for Korea and the President relieved him from his duties. In April 1951, he gave his farewell speech to the Congress (Gale Research).

threats of Chinese intervention. However, the general was confident that the Chinese would enter the Korean war and highly doubted that they would overturn the results. Unfortunately, MacArthur greatly underestimated the strength of the Chinese troops. American forces were pushed back behind the 38th parallel and the chinese intervention prolonged the Korean War. Enraged by the defeats, MacArthur asked America permission to use more weapons and atomic bombs to re secure their victory in the war and combat the chinese troops. Although at first the president promised that he would take “whatever steps necessary to meet the military situation”, he was against the usage of atomic bombs because he thought that it would stray away from the goal of fighting a limited war. The president feared that extending the war

"With great power comes great responsibility," said Uncle Ben to Peter Parker, who would go on and take that advice to channel his energies into being Spider Man and saving his city time and time again. What could happen when a person with great responsibilities begins disregarding them? Perhaps the most notorious civilian-military confrontation in the history of the United States could convey how such person can lose their authority and trustworthiness. President Harry S. Truman terminated General Douglas MacArthur from his position as the leader of the U.S. forces in Korea after General MacArthur escalated the conflict, going against the U.S. policy and igniting a huge argument between the Chinese and the Americans. MacArthur also went against Truman 's diplomatic policy directly and taunted the People 's Republic of China by leaking news to a congressman about his desire to involve Chinese Nationalist forces in the Korean War. Truman remained committed to his promise of keeping the conflict in Korea a "limited war" and fired MacArthur as punishment. Due to the fact that MacArthur publicly disagreed with Truman 's policies, then attempted to shape the American foreign policy with his own hands by directly going against Truman 's orders, which could have potentially escalated the conflict in Korea to World War III, President Harry S, was justified in relieving General Douglas

The general consensus is that MacArthur went back because of his father’s past, his personal ego, or because of his national duty. Many biographers or historians can agree that he went back for at least one of these reasons. Geoffrey Perret said “MacArthur saw his return to the Philippines as a way of redeeming American national pride and honor. And his own pride and honor” (PBS, 2012). If this is true then we must ask ourselves why MacArthur’s first speech back on the island was directed at the Philippines.

The wool industry in Australia boomed due the the hard work of John Macarthur and his wife Elizabeth. In 1796, John Macarthur bought his first merino sheep. Most of the farmers cross breed their merino sheep with other breeds resulting in a cross breed with very low quality, coarse fur. Unlike other farmers John Macarthur deliberating didn't cross breed his merino sheep with other sheep and as a result his efforts by 1803 his flock numbered over 4000 pure merino sheep. He then in the subsequent years bought other pure merino from other farms. Bringing in new sheep strengthen the bloodline of his flock and as a result increased both the health of his sheep and quality of their wool. Merino sheep are originally bred in Spain, a country with

General George Smith Patton Jr., born on November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California, was one of the most crucial and magnificent generals in the United States Army fighting in the war of World War 2. Unfortunately, he died in a hospital because of a car crash that broke his neck earlier on his way to a pheasant shoot, December 21, 1945. There is more more to talk about this stunning general, so let us get started! George was a strong-willed boy as well as a man, and made up his mind, when he was only ten years old, he was going to be the most grand general there ever was. He devoted all of his life to becoming the astounding general of his childhood, and soon completed it with many hardships and victories. On the ranch

General Douglas Macauthur was a great leader. He accomplished many things in his military career and people admired him for that. He took pride in his leadership rates and did what he thought needed to be done as a leader. He is defiantly one of the greatest leaders the United States has ever seen.without him the outcomes of many U.S. conflicts may have not turned into the great victories we know today. His life and his legacy can be characterized by one of his own quotes, “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.

Ferdinand Marcos was an officer of the Philippine Armed Forces during World War II. Countless officials believed that he did nothing and said “he actually played little or no part in anti-Japanese activities during World War II” (Bio). Several government officials were questioning Marcos’ war exploits. Batongbakal stated that he was the hero of the Battle of Bessang Pass during the war, earning a total of 33 medals and awards throughout his career. At that time, Marcos had a reputation as the greatest Filipino resistance leader of World