General Douglas MacArthur - West Point, New York
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 41° 23.566 W 073° 57.529
18T E 587043 N 4582882
Statue of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur located on the grounds of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Waymark Code: WM486E
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/20/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Mark1962
Views: 115

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964) was an American general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and later played a prominent role in the Pacific theater of World War II, receiving the Medal of Honor for his early service in the Philippines and on the Bataan Peninsula. He was designated to command the proposed invasion of Japan in November 1945. When that was no longer necessary, he officially accepted the nation's surrender on September 2, 1945.

MacArthur oversaw the Occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1951. Although criticized for protecting Emperor Hirohito and the imperial family, he is credited with implementing far-ranging democratic changes in that country. He led the United Nations Command forces defending South Korea against the North Korean invasion from 1950 to 1951. On April 11, 1951 MacArthur was removed from command by President Harry S. Truman for publicly disagreeing with Truman's Korean War Policy.

MacArthur is credited with the military dictum, "In war, there is no substitute for victory" but he also warned, "The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war." He fought in three major wars (World War I, World War II, Korean War) and was one of only five men ever to rise to the rank of General of the Army.~ Wikipedia

As a personal note my room as a Plebe was just over MacArthur's should on the 2nd top floor (5th) in the default photo and just over his right same floor when I was a First Class (senior).

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