General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore on Leyte in 1944, two years after Japan had defeated American and Philippine forces. (photo: National Archives) During the 1920s and 1930s, prominent ...

Brigadier General Arthur MacArthur, then a Colonel in the Adjutant General's Office, was given command of the 1st Brigade of General Wesley Merritt's 8th Army Corps, which arrived in Manila on ...

Goodbye to Bataan. The siege of Bataan was 53 days old when General MacArthur got his orders to leave last February 22. The orders came from President Roosevelt, who had heeded the plea of ...

General John J. Pershing, Chaumont, France. NARA But to a young Douglas MacArthur entering West Point in 1899, the name John Pershing most likely elicited fear and loathing, not admiration.

A ceremonial event involving General and Mrs. MacArthur in the Philippines, where they pay tribute by placing a wreath at the American Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The scene includes newspaper ...

President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur at President Truman's arrival at the Wake Island Conference. Credit: Department of State On April 25, 1951, the Senate unanimously approved ...