Douglas MacArthur Military Commander
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: United States
- Born: Jan 26, 1880
- Died: Apr 5, 1964
Douglas MacArthur was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur, Jr., the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five men ever to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the U.S. Army, and the only man ever to become a field marshal in the Philippine Army.
Raised in a military family in the American Old West, MacArthur was valedictorian at the West Texas Military Academy, and First Captain at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated top of the class of 1903. During the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz, he conducted a reconnaissance mission, for which he was nominated for the Medal of Honor. In 1917, he was promoted from major to colonel and became chief of staff of the 42nd Division.
In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.
war
In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
dreams & war
Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear.
fear & war
I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
death
They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
history & men
A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.
faith
In war there is no substitute for victory.
war
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
war
The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
best
The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
peace & war
Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
age