On April 5, 1964, General Douglas MacArthur died from kidney and liver diseases at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Georgia Ave. The general was 84 years old. He had been hospitalized for ...

Joann Atkinson, Solomon Atkinson’s widow, welds her initials into a keel plate with assistance from Austal USA welder Rufus Lord. Austal USA photo.

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 ...

Now that I know the answers, I cannot understand why these facts are not more widely known within our cultural heritage. Before we get to the story of General Douglas MacArthur, I need to give a brief ...

Now that I know the answers, I cannot understand why these facts are not more widely known within our cultural heritage. Before we get to the story of General Douglas MacArthur, I need to give a brief ...

BOONE — The Appalachian State University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, known as the Mountaineer Battalion, has been awarded the U.S. Army’s General Douglas MacArthur Award, recognizing the ...

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 ...

Maj. Nathaniel Atkinson, U.S. Army Cadet Command 4th Brigade, far right, displaying the General Douglas MacArthur Award conferred to the university’s ROTC program, the Mountaineer Battalion.