Douglas MacArthur Essay -- essays research papers

Douglas MacArthur was a US soldier, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. The intelligence of a Union phalanx hero during the Civil War (they are the only father and son to win the Congressional Medal of Honor) and a mother ambitious for his success, he trained at western Point (1903), rose steadily in the army, and demonstrated his bravado on a secret mission to Mexico (1914). In World War 1 he commanded a brigade in combat in France (1918), where he earned a reputation for intrepidity (wounded three times) as well as foppery - he carried a damper and a riding crop into the line, but not a helmet or a gas mask. After serving as the superintendent of West Point (191922), he completed his second tour of duty in the Philippines. Appointed army chief-of-staff in 1930 (the youngest ever), he offended liberal-...