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 ...

The reclusive only child of five-star Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur made a rare public statement Saturday to honor the Americans and Filipinos who fought to liberate the Philippines from Japanese ...

"You couldn't shrug your shoulders at Douglas MacArthur," observes historian David McCullough. "There was nothing bland about him, nothing passive about him, nothing dull about him. There's no ...

Gen. Douglas MacArthur walked out onto the porch of his cottage on the battered island of Corregidor in the early evening of March 11, 1942, joining his wife Jean and the couple’s four-year-old ...

American military leaders, including General Douglas MacArthur, were caught off guard by the entrance of the People’s Republic of China, led by Mao Zedong, into the five-month-old Korean War.

The story of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander during World War II and United Nations Commander for the Korean War. "MacArthur" begins in 1942, following the fall of ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Douglas MacArthur is a General for the U.S. Army with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1952 Speech. Appearances by Title:c. July 7 ...