"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 was relieved of all his commands today while he was fighting his third war as an American soldier. President Truman fired the nation's senior five-star general because ...

General Douglas MacArthur, 1905. Library of Congress. One of the most controversial moments in the controversial life of Douglas MacArthur came in early 1942, when he received $500,000 from the ...

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 ...

Even though the war was over, General Douglas MacArthur was embroiled in one final complex campaign. Japan’s public surrender ceremony was a momentous occasion that required flawless execution.

When Douglas MacArthur reached Australia, the U.S. and all the United Nations breathed a sigh of relief and hope: By God, they got him out! Goodbye to Bataan. The siege of Bataan was 53 days old ...