american caesar douglas macarthur 1880 1964

Douglas was a momma’s boy, but in no way did that make him weak or unsure of himself. William Manchester’s book covers MacArthur from cradle to grave. He also knew a good photo opportunity when it saw one. He promised when he was forced to leave the Philippines that he would return and liberate that nation. MacArthur’s famous ‘I will return’ photograph. Douglas MacArthur’s own son, Arthur MacArthur IV, went his own way, a polar opposite direction from his father, even to the point of being a recluse and avoiding the spotlight his father craved so much. It would have been perfectly understandable if Douglas had decided to go into a profession that was different from his father’s, but in many ways they are cut from the same cloth. It is difficult, in some cases, to see the amount of influence a father has on his son, but in the case of the MacArthur’s, you don’t need much speculation. In 1901 he was a Major General and appointed the Military Governor of the Philippines. By 1899 he was a Brigadier General and at the Battle of Manila. seized and carried the regimental standard to the top of the hill and planted it. At the Battle of Missionary Ridge in 1862, Arthur MacArthur Jr. His father’s exploits hung on him like a second skin. The blare of trumpets, the clash of arms, the screams of the wounded, the bullets whizzing through the air, and the acrid smell of cannon smoke were all part of the life of Douglas MacArthur since the day he was born.

“The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.”ĭouglas MacArthur at West Point.

American caesar douglas macarthur 1880 1964