Douglas MacArthur and the Philippines
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- http://www.biography.com/people/douglas-macarthur-9390257
- http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/macarthur-leaves-the-philippines
- http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/content/445841/general-douglas-macarthur-a-man-loved-and-hated/story/
Birth Date: January 26, 1880
Death: April 5, 1964
- Douglas MacArthur attended West Texas Military Academy in 1893
- MacArthur was a U.S. military general since 1903, he served in the Army as a U.S. general for 61 years.
- MacArthur retired from the Army in 1937, but was called back in 1941.
- In July 1941, MacArthur was recalled to duty and was commander of the U.S. forces in the Pacific
- The Japanese launched an invasion on the Philippines which drove MacArthur forces from the country.
- In 1945, MacArthur was in charge of the formal surrender of Tokyo.
- MacArthur moved backed to the United States and settled in Washington D.C.
- MacArthur devoted most of his time defending his actions with Korea.
- He was a republican presidential candidate, but none of his campaigns never resumed further.
- In 1952, MacArthur met with Dwight Eisenhower, and advised him on how to end the Korean War.
- http://www.pacificwar.org.au/Philippines/Macescapes.html
- In 1937, the Japanese invaded China, and the United States responded by, strengthening the defenses on the Philippines.
- The day of the Pearl Harbor bombing the Japanese destruction of half the American aircraft base in the Philippines.
- On January 2 1942, the Philippines capital, fell to the Japanese.
- MacArthur abandoned his troops during the invasion
- http://time.com/3461755/life-with-macarthur-the-landing-at-luzon-the-philippines-1945/
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Douglas MacArthur leaving the Philippines
- MacArthur and his wife moved to New York City, and was elected chairman of the board for Remington Rand.
- MacArthur died in Washington D.C. , on April 5, 1964 at the age of 84.
- He honored with a state funeral and was buried in the Douglas MacArthur Memorial in Nortfolk, Virginia.
- On February 20, a message was sent to MacArthur demanding him to leave the Philippines immediately.
- MacArthur balked
- MacArthur was prepared to fight to the death alongside his troops.
- On March 11, MacArthur finally decided to listen to the president
- During World War I Douglas was promoted major and assigned administrative units.
- This is when the United States declared war in Germany.
- In 1930 MacArthur was promoted to general and selected as the Army chief
- Douglas MacArthur was assigned to go to the Philippines in 1935.
- MacArthur was helping the government to build an Army while the Philippines was focusing on independence.
- when the United States entered World War II, MacArthur was the chief military advisor for the Philippines.
- Former president Franklin D. Roosevelt chose MacArthur to be the military advisor.