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Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April
5, 1964) was an United States armed
forces|American military leader. He is the most
decorated soldier in the history of the United
States military. He served in the United States
Army|U.S. Army most of his life, taking part in
three major wars (World War I, World War II,
Korean War) and rising to the Military rank|rank
of General of the Army, one of only five people to
hold that rank in Military history of the United
States|U.S. history. President Manuel L. Quezon of
the Philippines also made him a Field Marshal in
1937, the only American to ever hold such a rank,
which he held until his death.

During World War II, MacArthur became famous for
both losing and retaking the Philippines. He was
appointed Supreme Allied Commander in the South
West Pacific Area and led a series of military
victories by Allied forces in the theatre. After
Empire of Japan|Japan Japanese Instrument of
Surrender|surrendered to the Allies in 1945,
MacArthur became the SCAP|Supreme Commander of the
Allied Powers, rebuilding Japan during the
Occupation of Japan|Allied occupation. During the
Korean War, MacArthur was removed from command for
insubordination to President of the United
States|U.S. President Harry S. Truman, causing a
national controversy.
  
MacArthur remains one of the most controversial
figures in American history. While greatly admired
by many for his Military strategy|strategic and
Military tactic|tactical brilliance, MacArthur is
also criticized by many for his actions in
command, such as his role in putting down the
Bonus Army, his command in the Philippines and New
Guinea, and his challenge to Truman during the
Cold War. MacArthur was also criticized for his
egotistical attitude. Either later in his life or
shortly before he died, he was given the nickname
"Gaijin Shogun", or "foreign military leader" - a
title which former Honor Guard and author David
Valley believed that MacArthur would have
appreciated.
==Early life and education==
MacArthur was born in Little Rock, Arkansas|Little
Rock, Arkansas on the the northwest upper floor of
The Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal
while his parents were stationed at the arsenal.
His parents were Lieutenant General Arthur
MacArthur, Jr.|Arthur MacArthur, a recipient of
the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War,
who was the son of jurist and politician Arthur
MacArthur, Sr., and Mary Pinkney Hardy MacArthur
of Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk, Virginia. In 1883,
when he was three years old, his other brother,
Malcolm, died (his older brother Arthur would
later attend the United States Naval Academy|U.S.
Naval Academy and die in 1923 as a Captain.)
MacArthur spent much of his childhood in remote
parts of New Mexico such as Fort Selden, where his
father commanded an infantry Company (military
unit)|company. In his memoir Reminiscences,
MacArthur wrote that his first memory was the
sound of a bugle.

When MacArthur was six years old, his father was
reassigned to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. Three
years later, the MacArthur family moved to
Washington, D.C. when Douglas's father took a post
at the United States Department of War|War
Department. There he spent time with his paternal
grandfather, Judge Arthur MacArthur, a member of
the high-profile Washington political culture that
had enormous influence on Douglas.

MacArthur's father was posted to San Antonio,
Texas|San Antonio, Texas in 1893. There, Douglas
attended the West Texas Military Academy, where he
became an excellent student. MacArthur entered the
United States Military Academy at West Point in
1898. An outstanding cadet, he graduated as
valedictorian of his 93-man class in 1903, with
only two other students in the history of West
Point surpassing his achievements. MacArthur
became a Second Lieutenant in the United States
Army Corps of Engineers|U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, where he was a leader in combat
engineering.

==World War I==
During World War I MacArthur served in France,
with the U.S. 42nd Infantry Division|42nd
Division. Upon his promotion to Brigadier General
(the youngest ever in the Army) he became the
commander of the 84th Infantry Brigade. 

==Inter-war years== 
In 1929 MacArthur met Isabel Rosario Cooper, a
sixteen-year old Filipina Actress, whom he later
took with him to Washington.  He later would spend
most of the inter-war period on different
assignments in the Philippines. In 1932, while in
Washington, D.C. he commanded the troops used to
disperse the Bonus Army of First World War
veterans who were in the capital protesting
against the government's failure to give them
benefits. He was accused of using excessive force
against a peaceful protest.

Prior to the inauguration of the Commonwealth of
the Philippines, the man widely expected to become
the first popularly-elected President of the
Philippines was Manuel L. Quezon. He asked
MacArthur to supervise the creation of a
Philippine Army preparatory to independence.
MacArthur accepted and was present at the
inauguration of the Commonwealth of the
Philippines. Legislation approved by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt permitted active duty
American officers to serve as military advisors
overseas, and MacArthur took up residence in the
Manila Hotel. Among MacArthur's assistants as
Military Advisor to the Commonwealth of the
Philippines was Dwight D. Eisenhower. 

When MacArthur retired from the U.S. Army in 1937,
he was made a Field Marshal of the  Philippine
Army, by President Quezon but returned in July
1941 as commander of USAFFE|United States Army
Forces Far East (USAFFE), based in Manila when he
was recalled to active duty for fear of impending
war with Japan.

==World War II==

After the United States entered World War II,
MacArthur became Allied commander in the
Philippines. He courted controversy on several
occasions, especially when he overruled his air
commander, General Lewis H. Brereton, who had
requested permission to launch air attacks against
Japanese bases on nearby Taiwan. Consequently much
of the US Far East Air Force was destroyed on the
ground in the Philippines, the prelude to a Battle
of the Philippines (1941-42)|Japanese invasion.
His headquarters during the period of defeat in
the Philippines was in the island fortress of
Corregidor, while his making only one trip to the
front lines in Bataan led to the disparaging
moniker and ditty, "Dugout Doug." In March 1942,
as Japanese forces tightened their grip on the
Philippines, MacArthur was ordered by US President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt to
relocate to Melbourne, Australia. MacArthur's 
famous speech, in which he said "I came out of
Bataan and I shall return", was made at Terowie,
South Australia on March 20. During this period
President Manuel L. Quezon decorated him with the
Philippine Distinguished Conduct Star.

MacArthur became Supreme Commander of the Allied
Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) and
took command of Australian, US, Netherlands|Dutch
and other Allied forces defending Australia,
fighting mainly in and around New Guinea and the
Dutch East Indies. He later moved SWPA
headquarters to Brisbane, Australia. Australian
and American forces under MacArthur's command
eventually achieved success, overrunning Japanese
resistance in 1943 and 1944.

MacArthur's handling of the Australian forces
under his command during this time has been the
subject of much criticism, both by his
contemporaries and subsequent historians. During
1942, MacArthur controlled more Australian than US
forces. However, it has been claimed that he
decreed that all Australian victories would be
reported as "Allied victories", while American
victories would be reported as American. It is
also a widely-held view that, from mid-1943
onwards, MacArthur confined the Australian Army
divisions under his command to tough and largely
irrelevant actions, while reserving the more
prestigious actions for his own nation's troops.
As a result, there is an enduring
antipathy towards MacArthur in Australia. 

American forces under MacArthur's command Battle
of Leyte|took back the Philippines in October
1944, fulfilling MacArthur's vow to return to the
Philippines and consolidating their hold on the
archipelago after heavy fighting. In September
1945 MacArthur received the Japanese Instrument of
Surrender|formal Japanese surrender which ended
World War II. 

He was awarded and received the Medal of Honor for
his leadership in the Southwest Pacific Theater.
Philippine President Sergio Osmeña also decorated
him with the Philippines' highest military award,
the Medal of Valor.

==Post-World War II==
After World War II, MacArthur served as Supreme
Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP). His first
responsibility was overseeing the reconstruction
in Japan. Though it was officially an effort of
the Allies, the US was firmly in control, and
MacArthur was effectively the dictator of Japan
during this period. In 1946, MacArthur's staff
created the Constitution of Japan|constitution
that is in use in Japan to this day. MacArthur
handed over power to the newly-formed Japanese
government in 1949, and remained in Japan until
relieved by President Truman on April 11, 1951. 
Truman replaced SCAP leader MacArthur with General
Ridgway of the Armed Forces.


After the surprise attack of the North Korean army
in June 1950 started the Korean War, the United
Nations General Assembly authorized a United
Nations (UN) force to help South Korea. MacArthur
led the UN coalition counter-offensive, noted for
an amphibian vehicle|amphibious landing behind
North Korean lines in the Battle of Inchon. As his
forces approached the Korea-China border, the
Chinese warned they would become involved. During
his trip to Wake Island to meet with President of
the United States|President Harry S.
Truman|Truman, MacArthur was specifically asked by
President Truman about Chinese involvement in the
war. MacArthur was dismissive. 

On October 25, 1950, the People's Liberation Army
attacked across the Yalu River, forcing the U.N
forces to embark on a lengthy retreat. MacArthur
sought an extension of the conflict into China,
but President Truman refused his request. Later
declassified documents indicate that MacArthur
wanted to use nuclear weapons on Chinese
territory, some sources suggesting as many as 50.
A nuclear strike might have drawn the Soviet Union
into the war and perhaps launched a Third World
War. Truman feared a nuclear exchange and needless
Chinese deaths. After heated arguments between the
two men, Truman relieved MacArthur of his duty on
April 11, 1951. General Matthew B. Ridgway
replaced MacArthur and stabilized the situation
near the 38th parallel north|38th parallel.

==Post-dismissal==
MacArthur returned to Washington (his first time
in the continental US in 11 years), where he made
his last public appearance in a farewell address
to the Congress of the United States|U.S.
Congress, interrupted by thirty ovations. In his
closing speech, he mused: "Old soldiers never die,
they just fade away."

On his return from Korea, after his relief by
Truman, MacArthur encountered  massive public
adulation, which aroused expectations that he
would run for the US presidency as a United States
Republican Party|Republican in 1952. However, a
United States Senate|Senate Committee
investigation of his removal, chaired by Richard
Brevard Russell, Jr.|Richard Russell, contributed
to a marked cooling of the public mood and his
presidential hopes died away.

In the 1952 Republican presidential nomination
contest, rumors were rife that Sen. Robert Taft of
Ohio offered the vice presidential nomination to
MacArthur. Had a Taft-MacArthur ticket defeated
Democrat Adlai Stevenson in November, the general
would have become President upon Taft's sudden
death eight months later in July 1953. Taft, who
was initially favored to win the GOP nomination,
lost the nomination to Dwight Eisenhower.

MacArthur spent the remainder of his life quietly
in New York, except for a spectacular "sentimental
journey" to the Philippines in 1961, when he was
decorated by President Carlos P. Garcia with the
Philippine Legion of Honor, rank of Chief
Commander. During one of his visits, the
Pan-Philippine Highway was renamed to MacArthur
Highway in his honor.

President John F. Kennedy solicited MacArthur's
counsel in 1961. The first of two meetings was
shortly after the Bay of Pigs fiasco. According to
White House staffer Kenneth P. O'Donnell,
MacArthur was extremely critical of the Pentagon
and its military advice to Kennedy. MacArthur also
cautioned the young President to avoid a U.S.
military build-up in Vietnam, pointing out that
domestic problems should be given a much greater
priority. Kennedy was said to have come out of the
more than three-hour meeting stunned and
enormously impressed.

MacArthur and his second wife, Jean Faircloth, are
buried together in downtown Norfolk, Virginia;
their burial site is in a small museum dedicated
to his memory, and there is a major shopping mall
named for him across the street from the burial
site. The couple's son changed his surname and now
lives anonymously as a saxophonist in the New York
area.

MacArthur's nephew, Douglas MacArthur II, served
as a diplomat for several years.

==Summary of Service==
===West Point===
* June 13, 1899 – appointed as a Cadet at the
United States Military Academy, West Point, New
York
* 1900:  Is the victim of hazing and becomes
involved in a serious scandal where one Cadet is
left dead by upperclassman abuse.  Maintains his
honor, and does not appear as a "snitch", by only
naming cadets who hazed him who were already
expelled from West Point or had previously
confessed
* June 11, 1903 – Graduates first in his class,
commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Corps
of Engineers
===Early Career===
* June 1903: Serves with the 3rd Battalion of
Engineers in the Philippine Islands
* 1904: Assigned to the California Debris
Commission.  
* April 1904: Promoted to First Lieutenant,
becomes acting Chief Engineering Officer for the
Army Pacific Division based in San Francisco,
California
* October 1904: Reports to Tokyo, Japan to serves
as an aide to his father (Major General Arthur
MacArthur) in the Far East
* December 1906: Serves as aide-de-camp to
Theodore Roosevelt|President Theodore Roosevelt
* August 1907: Attends the "Engineering School of
Application" in Washington, DC
* February 1908: Assigned as the Ofifcer-in-Charge
(OIC), Improvements Commission, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
* April 1908: Appointed as Commanding Officer,
Company K, 3rd Battalion of Engineers.  Later that
year becomes an instructor at the Mounted Service
School, Fort Riley, Kansas
* April 1909: Becomes Quartermaster for the 3rd
Battalion of Engineers 
* February 1911: Promoted to Captain and serves as
the Officer-in-Charge of the Engineering Depot at
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
* November 1912: Assigned to the General Staff
Corps, Washington DC, for duty as a Member and
Recorder of the Board of Engineering Troops
* April 1913: Appointed as Superintendent of
State, War, and Navy Buildings as a member of the
General Staff
* April 1914: Becomes the Assistant Engineering
Officer of the Mexican Expedition|military
expedition to Veracruz (city)|Veracruz, Mexico
* December 1915: Promoted to Major, serves as an
Engineering Officer on the Army General Staff 
* August 1917: Advanced to the temporary rank of
Colonel in the National Army.  Reports to Camp
Mill, Long Island, New York to begin forming the
42nd Infantry Division.
===World War I===
* 1917 - 1918: Becomes Chief of Staff of the US
42nd Infantry Division|42nd Infantry Division and
is credited with naming it the "Rainbow Division".
 Joins the American Expeditionary Force bound for
France
* June 1918: Appointed a Brigadier General in the
National Army and serves as Divisional Chief of
Staff, 84th Infantry Brigade, and is later
appointed as the Divisional Commander
* 1918 - 1919: Cited for extreme battlefield
bravery and also is wounded in combat and gassed
by the enemy.  Was known for personally leading
troops into battle, often without a weapon of his
own.  Begins to develop a negative relationship
with General of the Armies John Pershing, after
feeling that Pershing is wasting the lives of his
troops with bad military tactics.
* May 1919: Returns the United States a hero, but
is distraught over the lack of recognition his
Rainbow Division receives for actions in France.

===Inter-war Years===
* June 1919:  Becomes the Superintendent of the US
Military Academy, West Point
* February 1920: Reverts to peacetime rank, but is
one of the few officers who does not lose his
World War I position.  Becomes a brigadier general
in the Regular Army.  Receives a negative
evalution report from Pershing, now Chief of
Staff, who ranks Macarthur 38 out of 45 generals
and states that MacArthur has an "exalted view of
himself and should remain in his present grade for
several years".
* October 1922: Becomes Commanding General,
District of Manila, in the Philippines 
* July 1923: While still serving as District of
Manila Commander, also becomes Commanding of the
23rd Infantry Brigade
* January 1925: Promoted to Major General,
becoming the youngest two-star general in the U.S.
Army.  Returns to the United States to become a
Corps Commander
* May 1925: Assigned as IVth Area Corps Commander,
U.S. Army, encompassing areas of Atlanta and
Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia
* 1926 - 1927: Serves as 3rd Corps Commander,
based in Baltimore, Maryland
* 1928: Leads the US Olympic Games|Olympic Team to
Amsterdam and is then assigned as the Commanding
General, Philippine Department, based in Manila.
* October 1930: Becomes the commander of the Ninth
Corps Area based in San Franciso, California
*November 21, 1930: Appointed as a full General
and becomes Chief of Staff of the United States
Army
* June 1932: Presides over the destruction of the
"Bonus Army", deemed a low point of his tenure as
Army Chief of Staff
* October 1935: Completes his tour as Chief of
Staff and declines retirement from the Army.  Per
Army regulations, reverts to his permanent rank of
Major General and becomes the Office of the
Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government
(Philippines)|Chief Military Advisor to the
Commonwealth of the Philippines|Commonwealth
Government of the Philippines
*December 31, 1937: Decides to retire from the
United States Army.  Is advanced back to the rank
of General for listing on the U.S. Army retired
rolls

===Civilian service===
* 1937 - 1941: Civilian advisor to the Philippine
Government on military matters.  Is appointed a
Field Marshal (Philippines)|Field Marshal in the
Philippine Army.  Begins wearing the cap which is
so often associated with him, that being a Field
Marshall cover with U.S. Army crest
* April 1937 - marries Jean Faircloth
* February 21, 1938 - Arthur MacArthur IV is born

===World War II===
* July 26, 1941: Recalled to active service in the
United States Army as a Major General
* July 27, 1941: Appointed a Lieutenant General in
the Army of the United States and becomes
Commanding General of USAFFE (United States Army
Forces in the Far East)
* December 1941: Following the attack on Pearl
Harbor, is promoted to General in the Army of the
United States and ordered to defend the Philippine
islands from a Japanese invasion
* February 22, 1942: President of the United
States|President Franklin Delano Roosevelt orders
MacArthur out of the Philippines as the American
defense of the nation collapses. Upon leaving
MacArthur says, "I shall return."
* 1942 - 1943: Begins the conquest of New Guinea
and is generally credited with halting an invasion
of Australia by Japanese forces
* 1943 - 1944: Begins a series of arguments with
the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding a return to
the Philippine Islands.  The majority of the Joint
Chiefs want to bypass the Philippines and take
Formosa.  MacArthur makes a personal appeal to
President Roosevelt that, should the Philippines
be bypassed, he would publically denounce the war
effort as betraying captured U.S. soldiers and
leaving a large enemy flank to the rear of U.S.
forces attacking the Japanese home islands.
* December 1944: Becomes a General of the Army and
is ranked the second highest ranking officer of
the U.S. Army, second only to George Marshall
* 1944 - 1945: Due to logistics issues the Joint
Chiefs decided to invade the Philippine Islands. 
MacArthur again must fight to convince his
superiors to invade the entire Philippine Islands,
whereas initial plans call for only an invasion of
the south.  The Joint Chiefs at last agreed that
MacArthur is to invade the Philippine Islands at
Leyte Gulf and strike towards Manila.
* February 5, 1945: MacArthur fulfills his promise
to return and liberates Manila
* August 1945: Is considered for promotion to Six
Star General (General of the Armies) to lead to
massive invasion force which will attack Japan in
1946.  Is outraged when the atomic bomb ends the
war abruptly, quoted that "this apparatus will
make men like me obsolete"
* September, 1945: Presides over the surrender of
Japan and becomes military governor of Japanese
home islands.  Threatens the Soviet Union with
armed conflict should Red Army soldiers attempt to
occupy any part of Japan.

===Occupation of Japan===
* December 15, 1945 - Orders the end of Shinto as
the state religion of Japan
* 1945 - 1948: Begins sweeping reforms, drafts a
new constitution for Japan, and puts an end to
centuries of Emperor god-worship
* 1948 - 1950: Becomes second man in Japan to a
new Ambassador-Extraordinary, appointed by
President Harry Truman.  Attempts to run for
President in 1948 but withdraws his candidacy
after the news media states that MacArthur would
be disloyal to his Commander-in-Chief if he ran
against Harry Truman.

===Korean War=== 
* July 8, 1950: Following the invasion of South
Korea, MacArthur is named Commander of all United
Nations forces in Korea.
* July 31, 1950: Travels to Taiwan and conducts
diplomacy with Chiang Kai-Shek
* September 15 1950: Leads UN forces at the Battle
of Inchon, seen as one of the greatest military
manuveers in history
* October 15 1950: Meets with President Truman on
Wake Island after heavy disagreements develop
regarding the conduct of the Korean War.  When
meeting Truman, it is very noticeable that
MacArthur does not salute his Commander-in-Chief
but rather offers a handshake
* November - December 1950: Advocates for full
scale war with China upon that nation's entry into
the Korean War.  Is outraged when military leaders
in Washington restrict the war to only the Korean
theater.
* April 11, 1951: After he publicly criticizes
White House policy in Korea, Harry Truman removes
MacArthur from command and orders him to return to
the United States
* April 19, 1951: At a farewell address before
Congress, MacArthur gives the famous Old Soldiers
Never Die speech
* May 1951: Retires a second time from the U.S.
Army, but is listed as permanently active duty due
to the regulations regarding those who hold Five
Star General rank.  For adminsitrative reasons, is
assigned in absentee to the Office of the Army
Chief of Staff

===Later life===
* 1951 - 1952: Losses a great deal of public
support after Senate hearings investigate into why
MacArthur was relieved and it is revealed
MacArthur had advocated a full scale war with
China and, if necessary, nuclear war with the
Soviet Union as an escalation of the Korean
conflict.
* 1952: Runs for President on the Republican
platform.  Loses badly in the Wisconsin Primary
and withdraws from the Presidential race.  Is
distraught when his former aide, Dwight Eisenhower
secures the Republican nomination and later
becomes President of the United States
* January 1955: Is nominated by the United States
Congress for promotion to General of the Armies. 
Declines the promotion as it would have meant a
loss of retirement pay and benefits associated
with being a Five Star General.
* May 12 1962 - Gives famous
Wikisource:Duty%2C_honor%2C_country|Duty, Honor,
Country valedictory speech at United States
Military Academy|West Point
* April 5 1964: Douglas MacArthur dies at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC.

===Dates of rank===
* Second Lieutenant, United States Army: June 11,
1903
* First Lieutenant, United States Army: April 23,
1904
* Captain, United States Army: February 27, 1911
* Major, United States Army: December 11, 1915
* Colonel, National Army: August 5, 1917
* Brigadier General, National Army: June 26, 1918
* Brigadier General rank made permanent in the
Regular Army: January 20, 1920
* Major General, Regular Army: January 17, 1925
* General for temporary service as Army Chief of
Staff: November 21, 1930
* Reverted to permanent rank of Major General,
Regular Army: October 1, 1935
* Retired in grade as a General on Regular Army
rolls: December 31, 1937
* Recalled to active service as a Major General in
the Regular Army: July 26, 1941
* Lieutenant General in the Army of the United
States: July 27, 1941
* General, Army of the United States: December 18,
1941
* General of the Army, Army of the United States:
December 18, 1944
* General of the Army rank made permanent in the
Regular Army: March 23, 1946

In 1955, a bill passed by the United States
Congress authorized the President of the United
States to promote Douglas MacArthur to the rank of
General of the Armies (a similar measure had also
been proposed unsuccesfully in 1945).  However,
due to regulations involving retirement pay and
benefits, as well as MacArthur being junior to
George C. Marshall (who had not been recommended
for the same promotion), MacArthur declined
promotion to what many view would have been seen
as a Six Star General.

===Awards and decorations===
During his military career, General MacArthur was
awarded the following decorations from both the
United States and other allied nations. The awards
listed below are those which would have been worn
on a military uniform and do not include
commemorative medals, unofficial decorations, and
non-portable awards.
====United States====

* Medal of Honor
* Distinguished Service Cross (USA)|Distinguished
Service Cross with one oak leaf cluster
* Distinguished Service Medal (USA)|Army
Distinguished Service Medal
* Navy Distinguished Service Medal
* Distinguished Flying Cross (USA)|Distinguished
Flying Cross
* Silver Star with one silver oak leaf cluster
* Bronze Star Medal with Valor device
* Purple Heart with one oak leaf cluster
* Presidential Unit Citation with 1 silver and 1
bronze oak leaf cluster 
* Air Medal
* Mexican Service Medal
* World War I Victory Medal with five Campaign
clasp|battle clasps
* Army of Occupation of Germany Medal
* American Defense Service Medal with
“Foreign Service” clasp
* Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two silver
service stars and arrowhead device
* World War II Victory Medal
* Army of Occupation Medal with
“Japan” clasp
* National Defense Service Medal
* Korean Service Medal with three bronze service
stars and arrowhead device
* United Nations Service Medal
* United States Aviator Badge|Command Aviator
Badge
* Combat Infantryman Badge
* Army General Staff Identification Badge
* Fourteen Overseas Service Bars
* Weapons Qualification Badge|Expert Badge with
Rifle and Pistol bars

====Foreign awards====
* Order of the Bath|Knight Grand Cross of the
Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of
the Bath
* Légion d'honneur|French Legion of Honor
* Croix de Guerre|French Croix de Guerre
* Medaille Militaire|French Medal of Merit
* Pacific Star|Australian Pacific Star
* Philippine Medal of Valor
* Philippine Distinguished Service Cross
* Philippine Legion of Honor
* Philippine Defense Medal with one service star
* Philippine Liberation Medal with four service
stars
* Presidential Unit Citation|Republic of the
Philippines Presidential Unit Citation
* Philippine Independence Medal
* Order of the Crown|Order of the Belgium Crown
* Croix de Guerre|Belgium Croix de Guerre
* Order of the Cross|Belgian Order of the Cross
* Order of the White Lion|Czechoslovakian Order of
the White Lion
* Virtuti Militari|Polish Virtuti Militari
* Polonia Restituta|Polish Grand Cross of Polonia
Restituta
* Presidential Unit Citation|Republic of Korea
Presidential Unit Citation
* Order of Orange Nassau|Grand Cross Netherlands
Order of Orange-Nassau
* Order of the White Eagle|Yugoslavian Order of
the White Eagle
* Order of the Rising Sun|Japanese Order of the
Rising Sun
* Presidential Unit Citation|Republic of Korean
Presidential Unit Citation
* Korean War Service Medal
* Korean Grand Cross of the Order of Military
Valour and Merit
* Italian Grand Cross of the Military Order
* Italian War Cross
* Cuban Grand Cross of Military Merit
* Ecuadorian Grand Cross Order of Abdon Calderon
* Chinese Cordon of Pau Ting
* Greek Medal of Honor
* Guatemalan Cross of Military Merit
* Hungarian Grand Cross of Military Merit
* Order of Mexican Military Merit
* Grand Cross Order of Romanian Military Merit

==Trivia==
* MacArthur Park located in western Los Angeles,
California is named after General MacArthur. The
park was also the basis of the MacArthur Park|song
of the same name written by Jimmy Webb.

* MacArthur had no middle name, though some
internet sources variously ascribe him a middle
initial of "A", "B", "C", "D", "M", or "S". An
archivist at the MacArthur Memorial asserts that
MacArthur did wear a monogrammed handkerchief with
a middle initial of "A", possibly chosen to
indicate his father, but the general had no
official middle name.

*Arthur and Douglas MacArthur were the first
father and son to each be awarded a Medal of
Honor. They remained the only pair until 2001 when
Theodore Roosevelt was awarded a posthumous Medal
of Honor for his service during the Spanish
American War. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. had won one
for his service during World War II.

*While MacArthur was famous for smoking a corn cob
pipe, in private he actually preferred cigars.

*MacArthur was considered a very good Contract
bridge|bridge player, and played often during his
years in Australia.

==References==

* United States Army service record of Douglas
MacArthur, National Personnel Records Center, St.
Louis, Missouri

==Sources and further reading==
*Breuer, William B. MacArthur's Undercover War:
Spies, Saboteurs, Guerrillas, and Secret Missions.
Wiley: 1995. ISBN 0471114588.
*Connaughton, Richard. MacArthur and Defeat in the
Philippines. Overlook Press: 2001. ISBN
1585671185.
*Dower, Jown W., et al. Dear General MacArthur:
Letters from the Japanese During the American
Occupation. Rowman & Littlefield: 2001. ISBN
0742511154.
*Green, Michael. Macarthur in the Pacific: From
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==External links==
*
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/index.html
Check out PBS's special site on MacArthur
 

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