5 Things You Don’t Know: Douglas MacArthur
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ม.ค. 2016
- In recognition of MacArthur’s birthday, we reveal five intriguing facts about this iconic general. Hosted by Benari Poulten, a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve and veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
One of his badass quotes
"We are not retreating we are just advancing in another direction".
lol..
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I think that is Patton.
@@billboth4814 ... Nope, it was Gen. Oliver P. Smith - in Korea referring to the break out from the Chosin Reservoir.
Called a strategic retrograde movement . The Chinese had mostly animal transport & could only go 25 mii,T most under hvt artillery shelling and air superiority .
My grandfather saw MacArthur in the pacific during WW2. On one of the islands the Americans were having trouble dislodging the Japanese. MacArthur showed up, grandad saw him at a distance wearing his hat and corn cob pipe. He assessed the situation and gave a few orders then left. Within a week 500 Japanese had been killed and most of the island had been taken.
And how many Americans died carrying out his madcap orders ??
"I SHALL RETURN"
Filipinos will NEVER forget this 5 star General... His Name is all over our islands. Highways, towns, buildings.
Don't Mess up with Our Hero.
He saved our Behinds from becoming Japanese.
Maayong Aga wastytyb the reason
Japan is a developed prosperous country I think you guys regret now.
those films of him walking ashore with his support staff is actually the second time that they performed this action. There was no camera crew available the first time, but MacArthur ever the self promoter insisted on the re-enactment.
General Douglas MacArthur will always remain a deepest felt hero among Korean people.
I'm glad he saved South Korea. Today South Korea makes great appliances (LG) and great electric guitars (Sire).
“There is no security in this earth, there is only opportunities”
General Douglas MacArthur
I served as a cryptographer for the general 19 54 - 57 His staff was excellent & loyal 😃😇
jim thompson Thank you sir!The greatest generation!
He is the favourite among others here in the Philippines to the point we named a highway around the country
He will stay forever in the heart of all filipinos past and present, his irreplaceable as much as philippine history is concerned! General Mc Arthur Is simply the best with a heart, THANK YOU 🙏 SIR! RIP!
his biggest achievements.. stay in the hearth of philiphinos.. and also push for a nuclear war that would have exterminated all human kind..
I remember Him and what a great Soldier he was. Truman fired him and that was a big mistake.
"I shall return."
General Douglas MacArthur
He left your people and his men to starve and die by Japanese. All because he was simply the face of USA's propaganda machine. You do realize how badly USA treated your people when they first invaded your country right? One filipino man killed a US soldier, in return they murdered an entire village of at least 1000 Filipino... But if you want to glorify fascists that's up to you.
@@espaciofantazma901 bruh, you do know that they pretty much raised the Philippines? Commonwealth, Army, and Industry? Forgive but not Forget. Better support america than actual nazis, so yeah, no
He is a hero for Filipino. Thank you General Douglas MacArthur.
Fun Fact. In the clip where Mac is being awarded his ww1 medals by Gen Pershing. The guy next to Mac is William Wild Bill Donovan. The future 1st commanding officer of the O.S.S. also known as the father of American Intelligence.
MacArthur hated William Donnavan's guts.
Much respect to all non- combatants and all soldiers who fought & died for liberty during WW2. Thank you all for your galantry service... 😇
MacArthur handled the surrender and occupation of Japan brilliantly. His signature on the surrender document saved the lives of millions of people--including American soldiers, my dad being one of them. He is beloved by the Philippines--primarily for his insistance of coming to their rescue in 1944-45, deeply respected in Japan for his level headed handling of the post-war chaos, but utterly detested by the men who served under him. A very interesing mosaic.
Ask the Australians, who hate him to this day for needlessly sacrificing their soldiers in Borneo. Ask the thousands of families who lost their sons on Pelileu when no one else in the Pacific command thought it needed to be taken (only to satisfy MacArthur's ego). Ask the UN forces in Korea lost when MacArthur ignored orders not to approach the Yalu River after the Chinese warned against it.
They only reason this guy was different from Custer was that Custer had the balls to actually step foot on the battlefield.
McArthur was a good politician, but a piss poor General bent on glory...
Yeah further to the last comment, he hated Australians. They refused to treat him like a god and were glad when he left Australia. There are no statues or commemorations marking his time in Australia. Australians tolerated him for 6 months before all hell broke loose in Nov 1942 in The Battle of Brisbane because of his lack of respect for our battle hardened combat proven soldiers back from North Africa and he was forced to pull his head in. Sadly at the end of WWII the Australian Govt only had two words for US forces remaking, “GET OUT.” That’s how much he was hated.
phtevlin he lied to FDR about the Philippines he lied to Truman about the Chinese in Korea and he was sorry that they dropped the bomb on Japan Eisenhower was right about him
Mark Wheeler peleliu island was Nimitz as much as I would like to blame Douglas Mac Arthur ADM halsey advised Nimitz not to do that.however he fucked UP at BATAAN
Old soldiers never die they just fade on -Douglas McArthur
Fade away*
"Old soldiers never die. They just fade away."
He didn't fade away fast enough.
He is the only non filipino that has a rank in the philippine armed forces
Darren Walsh okay go and finish all the Muslim rebels in Southern Philippines and also Chinese naval fleets off of West PH sea
The First 5Star Rank
@@kiko9382 ne he wasnt
Actually seen the General himself when he went by a visit in our city of Iloilo, 1963 (64?). Was 4 or 5 y/o that time and my mother proudly pointed him to me while he delivered his speech at Iloilo Freedom Grandstand. What a memory.
That would have been awesome
WOW! You're very lucky!
I think 1961. That was his farewell tour and in just Manila alone TWO MILLION FILIPINOS followed his car and cheered for him! I bet the whole country of the Philippines came out and saw him and showed him their love and appreciation in that farewell tour.
He is actually a very prominent figure here in the Philippines.
True
i shall return ^^
He is revered in the Philippines because he came back. When the Japanese attacked Philippines, the order came from the president for him to evacuate Philippines, he wanted to to resign his post so he doesn't have to evacuate but nobody was as qualified as him to take over command. In reply, he wrote back that he can't just abandon his troops, it would destroy their morale. The president wanted him to leave as soon as possible, because he used to serve as Chief of Staff, and he got captured, the Japanese would parade him in Tokyo as trophy, extract information from him and very likely behead him in a public execution which would destroy American morale. He was a high valued target as far as the president was concerned. McArthur kept requesting supplies and reinforcement for months at the Battle of Bataan but he kept getting empty promises. He was told numerous times, supplies were sent and nothing came. Finally, the president told him to go to Australia because a whole army unit was dispatched there with supplies for the purpose of retaking Philippines. When he arrived in Australia, he was enraged to find there was nothing waiting for him, then he gave his famous " I shall return" speech". He enraged when he gave that speech at the president, for tricking him into abandoning his men.
It took him roughly 3 years. He contemplated running for presidency, but didn't go through with it, then after fighting his way through congress and a lot of politicking around them, he finally got to sit down with the president where he reminded the president that the elections were coming up and voters will not forgive the fact that the president left behind millions of American soldiers and subjects to suffer under the Japanese. It was essentially blackmail in a soft way that MacArthur was saying he would destroy the president's election campaign if the president didn't let him return to Philippines. So the president gave him his fleet, and successfully returned to Philippines, and retook philippines while the president took all the credit for his election.
For the Filipinos, who suffered a lot under the japanese, it was a relief when he returned and drove out the Japanese. He has overseen Philippines for years, and he kept his word to return. For the Filipinos, they saw it as him, valuing the Philippines and saving the philippines from suffering. The president hated his guts with a vengeance and could wish nothing more than to relieve him. A lot of politicians did. He also played a huge part in rebuilding Philippines afterwards. Before the war, he lived in Philippines that Filipinos got to trust him. He is also respected in Japan and I think in South Korea but Filipinos saw him as a saviour from Japanese cruelty during the war.
I don't understand you. If he had stayed, he would be disobeying orders from the President, but if he obeyed he would be coward for abandoning his men?
He respected and trusted Roosevelt as far as I know, but he hated Truman. He saw truman as inept, too political. They both served in France during WW1 so it must have something to do with that but i'm too sure. They never got along even before WW2.
But the order to evacuate came from the President. MacArthur didn't want to leave, he left under the promise that there was an army waiting for him to retake Philippine in Australia. He disobeyed the orders to evacuate first before finally leaving. The president then changed his orders from evacuate to Australia to report to command post in Australia or something like that. There was an American unit in Australia but for the defence of Australia, and not for him to command. Hence why he gave his famous "I shall return" speech because he was disappointed and enraged.
So he ordered his friend to fight to the death, while he went to Australia hoping there was a relief force waiting for him, don't you think if the president hadn't lied to him about it, he would have continued to disobey, and stayed and fought until death in Bataan the way he ordered his friend to do so?
General Douglas MacArthur :"Old Soldiers Never Die, they just fade away".
MacArthur didn't receive the Medal of Honor for his 1944 '45 liberation of the Philippines but was awarded it in March 1942 upon his arrival in Australia from the Philippines. Many in the military at the time felt he wasn't deserving of it as they felt he hadn't done anything heroic in the few months he was in those islands during the Japanese offensive.
You mean leftist low-ranking WWII Bataan soldiers and REMFs like Eisenhower and Marshall thought that he wasn't heroic. Ask all the Corregidor POWs what they thought of MacArthur. They fucking loved him. He was out with the privates and sergeants at artillery batteries and on Topside everyday risking getting bombed by Japanese airplanes and Japanese artillery. The Bataan boys sadly never received that information and stupidly got anti-Mac propaganda from leftists in DC that called him "Dugout Doug". On 12/29/1941 MacArthur almost died. A bomb from a Japanese airplane landed 10 feet from him and almost killed him on Corregidor. THAT was why he didn't go to Bataan. His staff were scared about what happened with that near miss.
Him almost getting killed for 2.5 months while at Corregidor and his daring escape via PT boat while leading a good delaying defensive campaign against the Japanese were worthy of a Medal of Honor. What other 5-star general or admiral from WWII risked themselves to daily combat and death by artillery or bombs like MacArthur did? ZERO!
Read about his WW1 service too. The French and U.S. grunts and officers thought he was the bravest and craziest brigadier general in the war. He kept leading his soldiers in the first wave at the very front during offensives into no man's land while not wearing a helmet and he did numerous dangerous night trench raids to kill or capture German soldiers. "Dugout Doug" my ass.
That is true
He really should have received the Medal of Honor in both Vera Cruz and WWI.
Darn right he did not deserve it!
MacArthur ignored the pleadings of his air arm to attack the Japanese air force on the ground in Formosa & elsewhere. Aka a pre-emptive strike. The $1,000,000 bribe that he took ensured that he stayed in his dugout for FOUR crucial days! The Dugout Doug moniker, btw, was bestowed upon him by his own men.
My grandpa used to tell me a story about how at the end of WWII he was stationed in U.S. controlled Japan and once accidentally fender bended MacArthur’s Jeep and when the general yelled out my grandfathers name he basically wet him self this is the most amazing thing I know
In war there is no substitute for victory.
@James Estelle don't care we just nuke em
Did you nuke them?
Great video! Have been waiting for something like that for ages!
Hey General MacArthur Sir! "Americans Never Quit!" - Douglas MacArthur Thank you for your Service! All the best for you
Respect from Canada but i am from Korea. he is true hero ! Korea makes movie about him and release this year !!
Johnlim Male but the movie of general macarthur. Philippine army not involved. Why?? Bcoz many of them didnt accpt philippine army is best. I respect this general and all pilipino loves him. Im pilipino
Fun fact: I’m actually related to him by blood, (somewhere down the line, he was related to my great (or great x many more idk) grandfather) I just learned this today through my father lol
Ok barney
AccessRequested : And Berne’s is half Chinese.
Related you say
That means I am related to you if your related to him
Do u love him
My father served in the pacific under General McArthur and deeply admired him. McArthur gave big respect to black soldiers, McArthur awarded a unit citation to my father's regiment. My father was a black man. We need more general's like Douglas McArthur not the woke types prevalent today.
He is a legend here at my country Philippines as helped us win the WWII and our General Luna
He was the last American heroic figure. Just look at the politicians and generals after MacArthur's era. Bunch of losers who are too cowardly to win wars.
PILIPINO Soldiers who Fought During the Korean War are Called the Forgotten Heroes.
@Norbero Fontanez lol
forgotten assholes you mean lol
@@theroldan8675 and how do you know?
@@theroldan8675 You sound like the type of person to pronounce Nuclear "Nucular" and Library as "Libary"
@@helloimskip you mean... someone like your mamma? lol
Hardly ever mentioned, when still a Major in WW 1, used to personally lead small quiet patrols at night to bring back captured enemy or two for information.
His WW1 service should put all doubts to the idiots who call him "Dugout Doug". "Dugout Doug" was a leftist politician game done by all the people angry about Mac stopping the Bonus Army rioters with very minimal bloodshed and for him not exactly being politically the same as FDR or Truman even though FDR still loved Mac. Truman OTOH is a worthless sack of shit who thought he was the greatest military genius of all time.
Actually he was a brigadier general when he led troops over the top.
They named a park after him.
But then it melted in the rain.
With that sweet green icing flowing down...
Who doesn't know he received a hero's welcome when he came home from Korea. Give me a break.
His homecoming tour was absolutely insane. All throughout 1951 he went to like 30 large U.S. cities and like 90% of each city turned out and gave him ticker tape parades. The NYC parade took SEVEN HOURS for him to finish because the people kept rushing to his car and hugging him and shaking his hand, haha!!! THAT is why Truman/Eisenhower/Marshall/FDR historians and their fans HATE MacArthur. He was really loved by the people and they really weren't. They like to blame it on Mac's "PR machine" but all those generals and politicians had "PR machines" too but they failed because Mac resonated with the American people due to his charisma and personality. The others were a bunch of rear-echelon MFers.
@@nogoodnameleft, People in Germany loved Hitler, due to his charisma and personality. And I am not aware of any of the other Generals that had there on Propaganda dept. People that knew MacArthur despised him because they knew him for the fraud he was. He was the root cause of the fiasco in the Philippines, The American Empire's Disastrous Defeat in 1942
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He wanted to run for president in 1952.
Here is a little unknown fact, Douglas MacArthur was considered for the extremely rare Six Star general rank ( also called "General of the Armies"), But the honor was given to George Washington for the bicentennial of the formation of the united states by President Gerald Ford, the rank was also given to General Jhon J. Pershing but it is disputed.
They say Pershing was "higher ranked" officially than 5-Star generals but he was officially a 4-Star general. So it is very muddy on what that exactly means.
My grand father's hero and our family's hero forever!
Gen douglas MacArthur Is your Grandpa?
He was the last Shogun of Japan..
MacArthur was terrified of his mother. He was afraid that she would find out that he kept a mistress.
@James Estelle Did it really happen? LOL
@@juantagayoutube3542 William Manchester's book American Caesar describes it, It's a fantastic biography.
He had a great mother!
George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Henry H. Arnold and Omar N. Bradley were with Douglas MacArthur the only ones to ever recieve the 5 star general rank.
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Hunter Suo Yes to an extent. I remembered 3/5.
+SgTQuadratEnte Alright, I only remembered 3 as well, lmao.
Hunter Suo Marshall, Eisenhower were pretty obious or better said easy to guess then MacArthur of course, boom you have 3. The other ones are a bit less known.
+SgTQuadratEnte Yeah, I don't even know what era the other 2 are from.
My dad's hero. He collected all about him, books, pictures, magazines.
@James Estelle It did though. He was the most ingenius and luckiest (lucky is great, btw) soldier ever. Funny how the grunts and officers who loved MacArthur and served under him in WW1, WW2, and Korea were never asked for their opinions, huh? We always get spam from generals who never worked with him during combat operations or butthurt marines and sailors who hate Mac for being Army.
MacArthur's most valuable contribution to the United States took place when he addressed a joint session of Congress at his retirement from active service. During his speech, he stated that "If man is to survive, war must go".
I agree but unfortunately, "Only the dead have seen the end of war." (Plato)
@@DesertRat332 Spot on comment. At the rate we're going and the direction that we're headed, that will be the epitaph of the human race.
I’m looking through the comments and it’s literally the same three people commenting shit about MacArthur. He took a boat to Australia, so what? I mean like what would he have done if he stayed in the Philippines? Die, be taken prisoner, both? It was a losing battle from literally the beginning, the Japanese Navy cut them off from supply, the Japanese Air Force destroyed his Air Force on the ground. I seriously don’t get these people, are they so blinded by “honor” that they don’t see the big picture? And let’s not forget he came back like he said he would.
Space Marine Chaplain I basically agree with you but Douglas ordered a counter attack that depleted resources and men. Even if not for that, according to history, no reinforcement was possible. All the men should have escaped into the jungle to become guerilla fighters not just a small band of men. At least they would have a chance. But I would guess that the politicians at the time made them surrender.
I've always admired Douglas MacArthur
I like his quote "Give me 20,000 filipinos and i shall rule the world" idk if i got it right but it was truly great that he trusts us filipinos a lot
he said only 10,000
You guys are beautiful and kind people in the world. I was next to you ( BNO Hongkonger).
I think MacArthur was very cognizant of the New Media, how "M TV" it was, which is the reason he wore the sunglasses and the corncob pipe, to project an aura of confidence, and so the newspaper journalists and those under his command might not say that he looked kinda like Bela Lugosi.
Excellent comment!
Absolutely genius move by him. Don't forget his against regulations "Philippine Army Field Marshal Hat" that he always wore. Remember that Mac was SIXTY-ONE YEARS OLD at the beginning of WWII and he was retired. He was never meant to serve in WWII and the Korean War but FDR and then Truman knew he really was the only man for the job in the Asia-Pacific region.
He had his on publicity department.
Honorable Mc Arthur has experienced 3x wars.
He also organized and led the writing of the constitution of post-war democratic Japan...
He didn't write it, just took credit for the doc.
@@jimclark6256 No, he wrote it, He was good at taking credit for other peoples' efforts, but the greatest part of the work was his own.
@@jimclark6256 Nope he wrote it. He was not a lawyer so he didn't draft it but that constitution did not pass until he read it and said he liked it. He read every single article and personally ordered what he wanted written in the constitution.
@@Thepourdeuxchanson Not his responsibility to promote other people since those people always backstabbed him and refused to give him credit. Mac did come up with Operation Cartwheel and Hollandia/Aitape and the leapfrogging strategy in contrast with Nimitz' bloody and stupid island hopping that led to massive casualties by directly invading well defended islands. It's funny because the Navy created Mac's leapfrogging strategy on paper in the 1920s as war theory but Nimitz, the Navy guy, refused to follow that strategy while Mac was the only one who practiced it in real life, HAHAHA.
Hap Arnold, Omar Bradly, George Marshall, Dwight Eisenhower. Lets not forget the navy, Nimitz, Halsey, King, and Leahy
@@chriswebb1148 Your understanding is terribly wrong. Read a history book once in a while.
How the Hell did Halsey get it? Spruance deserves it more. If the Japanese at Leyte Gulf had been able to tell the difference between Fleet Carriers and Escort Carriers then the Japanese Battleships would have wiped out the US Landing force while Halsey was chasing down Empty Japanese Aircraft Carriers hundreds of miles north. Halsey should still have been sacked after that fiasco and probably would have been if the Japanese hadn’t Chickened out.
The USN knows who their truly great Admirals are. Nimitz, Spruance, Fletcher, Burke, Leahy, Perry, Zumwalt have all been immortalised by having major Ship classes named after them. Halsey finally had a BURKE class Destroyer named after him in 1997.
He passed me by just a couple f feet. I was part of the honor guard (ROTC) when MacArthur gave a speech at the University of Hawaii on his way to Washington after his dismissal.
"Upon the fields of friendly stripes are sown the seeds, that in some other days, in some other fields, will bear the fruits of victory". . .Gen Mac
Answer to Question: George Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hap Arnold and Omar Bradley
+Military.com Don't forget George Washington. He was promoted posthumously twice.
+MrMaximfox negative, the five star rank was created during world war two. You may be thinking of the rank /general of the Army that was held by G Washington and Grant. Those were four star ranks. There is a book that talks about the five star rank created during world war two for the Navy called "The Admirals".
+Gilbert Nadeau, Nope. The reason that the U.S. Army only had 3 star generals for 100+ years was that they did not want to promote anyone higher then George Washington. To rectify this and promote a 4 star and later a 5 star general, they promoted Washington way after he died.
+Gilbert Nadeau, here is a link you may want to see: en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Public_Law_94-479
patton is not included?
General Douglas MacArthur is a hero to Korean people. For he saved Koreans from communist invasion in 1950. We will always remember him as a guardian of freedom and liberty here in Korean soil.
An executive suite in Manila Hotel in the Philippines was named for General Douglas McArthur. The only executive suite of the hotel
You forgot one thing, MacArthur invented thug life and swag
The 4 other 5 stars were Dwight Eisenhower, George Marshall, Omar Bradley, and Hap Arnold.
Douglas MacArthur is & was my favorite General.
I did a report on him for a school project. Wish I had kept it. I miss that typewriter. Also, took forever drawing that eagle seal and stars, for the cover. Typewriter font looks personal, whereas word processor font can drive you crazy - soo many choices. Umm, strawberry? The typewriter made the report look more historical. I think I got a 90 on it.
Never throw away stuff from your youth. Memories cannot be bought - though one may try.
Because of these 5 star generals.... George Washington was promoted to 6 star.
SasquatchVideos that’s not quite correct; there is no 6 star rank. Washington was promoted to General of the Armies (plural), a rank only previously given to John Pershing. 6 stars has only ever been proposed, not made official.
Salute to the late gen. D. McArthur n all those u.s. servicemen WW2 Pacific theater
Yep. I am proud to be American 🇺🇸! God bless thise who love democracy, freedom and rules of law.
His name is always in Philippine history books.
I don't know where he got his info, but I remember reading from a few sources, biographies, that Douglas MacArthur's GPA at Westpoint was actually 98.89, the highest ever GPA from Westpoint.
Macarthur reminds me of a Hollywood actor playing the part of a military man. He was mostly concerned about his image as far as I can tell.
Left out gave the order to open fire on the bonus army, Patton carried out the order .
I love history and I watched footage of how they attacked the bonus Army. It was a disgrace to treat veterans in that way, especially during the Great Depression. President didn't offer help to anyone then either. I am a womean, but my father and uncles all fought and back down the line. If you can give info and where to look it look to correct my view I would appreciate it.
@@DebbiesSanctuary49 Communists infiltrated the Bonus Army, though. Wasn't a 'nutjob theory' also. The Bonus Army for some reason attacked the DC police first who were so kind to the Bonus Army for the previous 3 months and the DC police defended themselves and shot back. Also Mac was ordered by Hoover to pacify the rioters and their human shields with the army, which they did with minimal bloodshed and one death (who died while inside the shantytown when the fire started). Hoover later ordered Mac twice to not cross that bridge but Mac's deputy chief of staff (who peddled that complete lie that Mac received the orders but ignored them) refused to give the two orders to Mac for unknown reasons. Eisenhower and the ground forces brigadier general confirmed that Mac never received the orders to not cross the bridge.
@@nogoodnameleft Thank you for the info!!
He respects the Philippines his said "I came to Bataan I shall return!"
He did say I shall return as he was deserting the Philippines and his American troops to certain torture,starvation and death at the hands of the approaching Japanese army. He was a deserting coward
@@stevenwayne9231 He was ordered 3 times to evacuate which he protested. He was a high ranking general with years of experience working for the White House. I think he held the 4th highest office from the President before he was deployed in Philippines. If he was captured, he would be paraded in Tokyo as war trophy in humiliation of the US and they would get valuable state secrets from him.
He actually evacuated on the promise by the President that there would be a new army unit in Australia waiting for him to command and retake Bataan and drive out the Japanese. His "I shall return" speech was a speech made in anger to the President after he was told there were no new units whatsoever. The President ignored him for 3 years. He finally gave him his units after threatening to run for President himself and blackmailing Roosevelt that he will not let the American public forget the President abandoned millions of Americans in Philippines in the upcoming election.
The sad thing is while taking a high level Military Course we learned that prior to the War the US Military believed that if we went to War with Japan! The British would loose Singapore 🇸🇬 and the US would loose the Philippines 🇵🇭. I could not understand how McArthur got trapped there. My best guess is he loved the Country and was determined to prevent it from falling into the hands of Japan 🇯🇵. There are people who believe that the reason he was relieved in Korea was his plan was to Nuke China 🇨🇳. He had done it to Japan so maybe there is some truth in that Theory.
As Memorial Day ApproachesI I say God Bless our Military.
As I say in Church Soldiers Pray for Peace.
God Bless
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, George Marshall and Henry Arnold. I thought Pershing was one too? My cousin graduated with Ike and Bradley from West Point 1915. My cousin retired a Colonel in 1950 and lived in Chevy Chase, MD right outside of DC. When Eisenhower was President he would call my cousin up at home and invite him to White House for lunch or dinner. Ike would also host, at the White House, class reunion dinners at the White House for his West Point class. My cousin died in 1995 at 104 years old. The first time I met my cousin was 1981 and then in 1993, he was 91 and 103 respectfully. Just bought I would that bit of trivia.
Pershing held the equivalent rank of five stars....General of the Armies....but wore four stars to meet dress code of the era
I'm touched, old soldier never die but simply fade away
How about a Five Things You Don't Know on General George "Blood n' Guts' S. Patton and General James 'Mad Dog' Mattis
Many people have a different opinion on him even here in my country (ph) and they may be true, but i think the greatest thing he did for my country was to be a symbol of hope. Under heavy losses he did his best to still boost morale and give people hope for victory. It may be based on lies and media manipulation but i believe he had to do it for the sake of morale. What do you want him to say "sorry guys, your on your own, i shall NOT return". That would have crushed the people who were still fighting.
HE WAS TRYING TO SAVE HIS BREWERIES IN MANILA
Gen. McArthur was born a hero, a legend here in the Philippines
Another thing that very few people know about Gen. MacArthur is that he is an engineer and was inducted into the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers { as all lst 3rd of all graduating class are}. Upon his appointment as Field Marshal Of the Philippine Army, his first priority was to recruit civil engineers to strengthen defense and gun emplacement in Corrigidor and Leyte. Fortunately for my father, he was one of only 2 civil engineers in the Philippine Army at that time and was commissioned into the U.S. Army by Gen. MacArthur himself with the same rank of lst. Lt.. and was one of the survivors of the Bataan death march. His name was lst. Lt. Alejandro S. Ramos Sr and was buried in Seattle. Wa. and was honored wit a 21 dun salute.
Five Star Recipients 1944 -ff. General Arnold, General Eisenhower General Mac Arthur,General Marshall, General Bradley, Admiral Nimitz
You forgot Fleet Admiral Leahy.
The senoir ranking officer of all.
The first 5star recipient.
The five star rank went beyond the army. Does Chester Nimitz ring a bell? And others.
Adm. Ernest J King, for example.
He said Generals, and as anyone knowledgeable would tell you Admirals and Generals while equals, are not the same. Furthermore, if we follow your trail it too is incomplete. You did not mention, Admirals Leahey, King, and Halsey.
The author W.E.B. Griffin featured the General in several of his books. His treatment of MacArthur was gently sarcastic.
General Douglas Mc Arthur is indeed a part of our Phil. History.
I don't know where you received your information from to make such outrageous assertions regarding General MacArthur? My Father served in the General Staff. I and my younger brother were in Manila at the outbreak of the War. In the beginning, Intelligence was often vague and slow in coming. Three different Intelligence reports mislead the General in believing that time was on our side otherwise massive amounts of people and assets would have been relocated outside of the Philippine Islands. As for as you say wasting time recapturing the Philippines, the General was being briefed about the war crimes and atrocities that were occurring. As a result of island hopping, food was being cut off to the Japanese Military Forces. Where there were POWS, it was not uncommon for Japanese Soldiers cutting off large sections of the Buttocks in order to cook what would be a meal. Some Soldiers were held down while their stomach was cut open with a bayonet, and their liver and kidneys were cur out of them leaving them to bleed out.
General MacArthur wanted to return to the Philippines because as the war continued POWs would been killed in revenge.
All military historians say that was a military blinder that prolonged the war! In the first place, he caused the debacle in the Philipines. The American Empire's Disastrous Defeat in 1942
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So brave and brilliant... maraming salamat po.
For all those who criticize him for losing in the Phillipines, there was no way the Phillipines could have been defended in early 1942. The Japanese had complete Air and Naval superiority right through South East Asia, any attempt by the US Navy to supply or reinforce the Phillipines would have resulted in the complete destruction of that force. It was only after the crippling of the Japanese Carrier forces at Coral Sea and Midway long after the fall of the Phillipines that finally allowed the US Navy to go into SE Asian Waters.
Because he lost his airplanes. He lost his planes because he left them as sitting ducks hours after he was informed of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Mario Sena It still would not have made any difference, you can have all the Planes you like but without the Fuel, Bombs and Ammo they need they are nothing but Paper Weights. The US Forces in the Phillipines were effectively cut off from any logistics it was only a matter of time.
Dwight Eisenhower, George Marshall, Omar Bradley, Douglas MacArthur and Hap Arnold held 5 stars each.
General MacArthur is South Korea's hero. Do not insult him
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hated by his own men, respected by the world
A friend Lonnie Davis, Stephenville, Tx. (RIP) served under him and said he was not particularly well thought of by many rank and file soldiers.
I don't doubt that - his ego was even larger that the whole nation of China, of which he viewed himself as being the next Emperor, of all presumed destinies! The famous shot of him coming ashore in the Philippines, took something like 27 takes, with him requiring a brand new uniform each time. He was certainly one of the single most arrogant human beings that has ever lived, and it was on that basis, that Dwight D. Eisenhower gave a literal ultimatum to FDR to keep him the hell out of Europe altogether - indeed, a most prudent decision! As it was, in the Pacific, get this - his plan was to take all of the Islands under the Nimitz plan, and then take all of Malaysia, Indochina, Formosa (Taiwan), and China, and then mount an invasion of Japan from China. Generals S. B. Buckner and Curtis LeMay, would have both gained an additional star if this plan had actually been accepted, and they, among others, both balked, and went with the Nimitz plan. "Doug-out-Doug", indeed, had no shortage of ambition, and mostly on the blood of however many others. It's time we recognized that fact. Geoff Rohde
My Father and two of my uncles was in the Pacific theater under General MacArthur where they worked harder than any other soldier. They were lead by southern white officers that refused to issue them weapons when they went on guard duty. They had defend them self's with what ever they could get their hand on, he may have been a good General to many but he had serious social issues that was prevalent at the time.
I am not surprised to hear that. The biggest irony there, of course, is that in that day in age, white or black, a whole lot larger portion of the population back at home was armed, than is the case at present. As far as the issue of weapons is concerned, in WWII, owing to the political maneuverings of the NAACP following WWI, when the famed "Buffalo Soldiers" were incorporated into the newly formed, US Army (with there being state units until then, with the first actual US units being formed by Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War), all black soldiers were incorporated into segregated, non-combat units.
The entire military emphatically objected to this arrangement from the very first instant of it, but it was not up to them to change it either - that was the purview of Congress. MacArthur very probably took his spite for the whole situation out on the black soldiers themselves - they have their consolation in the fact that they were certainly not alone in this respect - he did that with plenty of others, most notably the entire US Marine Corps, especially in Korea.
As far as I know, with their being in non-combat units notwithstanding, black soldiers in WWII were certainly supposed to be issued weapons. The entire 94th motor transport regiment, in Europe, was about 75% black, and with note to the fact that there were absolutely no racial differences within the ranks. General Eisenhower frankly made sure of that. MacArthur was a lousy general, because he was first and foremost, a lousy human being.
Geoff Rohde
I don't exactly know how, but he seems like the stereotype of a general. Especially here in the Philippines
Great Book to read or listen to. American Caesar, Douglas MacArthur 1880 -1964 . He could have been our greatest president but we will never know.
next you should put 5 things you don't know about George S.Patton
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5 Things You (probably) Don't Know about Patton:
1) Patton foresaw the future conflict (ie: cold war) with Russia, as a result of its dictator (Stalin), and its Communist ideals, where a centralized government had total control of everything, and wanted to push beyond Germany and overthrow Russia's government, and replace their government with a democratic one.
2) Patton believed in reincarnation, and that he had been a great warrior and military leader in all his previous lives.
3) Patton was physically and verbally abusive to his wife and family.
4) Patton was a bit of a primadonna, considered to be difficult to work with, picky, and overly aggressive (but this is also part of what made him such a great military leader).
5) Patton was a decorated war hero and former Olympian, just like General Macarther.
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5 things you didn't know about col. cotton hill
Omar Bradley, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chester Nimitz, General Marshall and of course Douglas MacArthur.
If he wanted to keep his "star" he took the Commandant position. That is a BG position back then.
But he did do a lot of good things there.
6th Bruce Willis Almost Have Resemblance To Douglas MacArthur Lol
They didn't include the Navy in the question of five star rank. Chester Nimits was a five star admiral for example. Rosevelt was very much aware of this. He promoted both of them at the same time.
Does anyone know who the other two cadets that scored higher than MacArthur?
The video is wrong the top 5 graduates were Irving Hale 1884, Charles Mason 1829, Alexander Bache 1825, Henry Newcomer 1886, and Eveleth Winslow 1889. All had scores above 99%. Even old Bobby Lee beat MacArthur's score, According to the history of West Point, MacArthur didn't rank in the top ten academically. He was one of only two cadets at teh time who graduated without having a single demerit. The other of course and the first to accomplish it was Bobby Lee.
They had their little vanities, Patton with his ivory handles pistols and MacArthur with his officers cap embroidered with a US army badge, no common old metal emblem for him.
How about Elizabeth Cooper his Filipina mistress? He dumped her and it wasn't about a scandal it was because of his fear that his mother would find out.
Did it in Australia too.
@@georgepantazis141 ike had that army girlfriend too. they all had problems like that. so what?
He is A Genius Man. We call Him "Uncle Doug" and He loves the Philippines. 98 percent out if 💯 GPA. Let's just round it to GPA 4.0! 🐵🐵🐵🐵🐵🐵🐵🐵🐵🐵🐵🐵
You look like a little hornbag but WTF are you talking about?.
they are Omar Bradley, Dwight Eisenhower, George C. Marshal, Chester Nimitz, Admiral Ernest King... the other five star recipients...
Question if General at Pearl Harbor was relieved because of being taken by surprise on December 7 why was the MacArthur promoted instead of relieved when his command in the Philippines was taken by surprise on December 8 ?
MACARTHUR WAS A HERO,He is the brilliant tactician.
I loved MacArthur and despised Truman. When Marshall was asked under oath whether MacArthur was insubordinate, he said simply, "No." And he didn't. Everything he did was above board. A military commander isn't just answerable to the executive, he's answerable to Congress, and at the time he was fighting a war with his hand tied and he was being blamed for the horrible casualty rate in Korea. Every time he beat back the enemy, Truman would cut off his momentum by holding peace talks. Once the enemy had fortified itself and reestablished supply lines, the talks were off until they began losing again. They eventually had to replace MacArthur to bring about losing the war. And in my view Ridgeway was a coward for not standing up and pointing out to the American people that their kids had died for a lousy stalemate. And China never would have intervened had Truman not told British enjoys Burgess and McLean that he wasn't going to let MacArthur use atomic weapons. Once Burgess and McLean passed on that info to their Soviet masters, it soon got to the Chinese. So next time someone says MacArthur was for war in that part of the world, tell them we were already at war!
At West Point, MacArthur wrote an essay on Einstein's Theory of Relativity, which in itself was impressive because Einstein was not that well known in the public's mass media consciousness yet, for the A-bomb had not yet been invented, but his essay impressed his teacher much, and he asked MacArthur if he really understood Einstein's theory. Whereupon he replied, No. And his teacher replied back, Neither do I.
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No worry! I am not Dimples Cooper. Though I would like to read their story.
Ike, Omar Bradley, Douglas MacAruther, George Washington, John jay “Black Jack” Pershing
He was relieved of duty in Korea as he wanted to use nuclear force against the Chinese. Due to Cold War tension, Truman relieved him of his command to avoid further escalations.
Well not exactly. Yes, MacArthur did want to escalate to a nuclear war, but mostly he was politic'ing for a presidential slot to run against Truman in the next election.
He was also getting his ass kicked AGAIN.
The Vostro Gamer he could have beat them back if he was not relieved
You are right on going north to China, never Rembering) nuking him saying that Truman did not start a third world War. Think back ,less than 10 yrs. Back was the end of W.W.2 .
That´s why you´ve got the actual situation with North Korea now.
George Washington has been promoted to six star, out of respect, as no other General can out rank him.
+Douglas Ferrell Excellent observation, but not actually a six star rank. Pershing was given the one and only General of the Armies rank while active duty in 1919, and while authorized to create his own "badge of rank", never wore more than 4 Gold Stars. In 1976 General Washington was also promoted to General of the Armies, and will, by an act of Congress, be the highest ranking General ever. In 1945 Mac was to be promoted to the rank of "General of the Armies or Six Star General" for the invasion of Japan. This due to the fact that he would have commanded and been senior to several 5 star officers. The surrender of Japan cancelled the promotion and Mac by law, would have been junior to Pershing in any event.
Ulysses Grant was also only 3 stars out of respect to Washington.
Isn't Washington the father of his country, that beats any amount of stars.
i dont care about this info but I have to watch it for school
We Filipinos love Douglas McArthur❤
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunities, General Douglas MacArthur,
Oh how we need that spirit today, !
Great man. Even went through the shit storm and insults from his peers just to liberate a strategically unimportant Philippines just to fulfill his promise that he shall return.
Philippines was "strategically unimportant "? Lol better read more history books pal
+ApexPredator_ I'm so sorry that you're misinformed since the Phils is indeed rich with oil at that time with a refinery based in Bataan. Other resources such as steel were provided by cebu, the near island where Gen. McArthur landed (Leyte)
Ph was strategic in its place since it covered the central domain of the south eastern occupied region of Japan in Asia, giving them that huge FOB in Clark, allowing them to strike Japanese occupied places east and south of the PH.
The battle of leyte gulf wouldn't have happened if they didn't capture the PH since a filipino had broken the japanese naval code and had no other means to safely secure him.
Yeah why do you think he went back and the phlipines was well guarded by japanesse even the greatest naval battle happend there
+ApexPredator_ you must be chinese......
+ApexPredator_ He was a terrible man who focused on the spotlight. He refused to give the 4th Marines, the last unit to hold out in the Philippines a Presidential citation because of the Marines' actions in WWI. He ended needless lives in Korea by refusing to retreat from Chosin Reservoir and created the great retreat for 8th Army. Then he demanded to Nuke the advancing Chinese, even though various U.S. units were mingled up with them. Truman, while not the best president, made the best decision with firing him.
His mother was very involved in his life and she lived close by when he was at West Point, often pressing his shirts and ensuring her son had time to study. Also he was a key player in crushing the Bonus Army protest in 1932. William Manchester in his book American Caesar said MacArthur's hates were as huge as his ego: hating all of Europe, hating the United States Navy and hating China save General Chang Kai-Shek who thought was "the model of a proper Chinese Gentleman". One of his jobs before and after WWI was as basically publicity man for the U.S Army. In total summary, it was the U.S. Navy and Marines who were the chief combat forces in the Pacific--the SW Pacific while important was secondary to victory. Even Mountbatten and Stillwell thought MacArthur's role was puffed up a bit by him and his staff.
I will do the same if I have the same son. How much money you spend to send your kids to school and be a General to save a country?
If MacArther helped Chang to fight back communist then China won’t be red. Poor country- No luck!
Omar Bradley, Dwight D Eisenhower, William Halsey, Chester Nimitz, and Hap Arnold.