Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthurwas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth26 January 1880
CityLittle Rock, AR
CountryUnited States of America
Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
No army has ever done so much with so little.
Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
There's no security on this earth, only opportunity.
On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory
Old Soldiers Never Die (Farewell Address to Congress),
Up to fifty atomic bombs should be dropped on Chinese cities,
Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear.
While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other.
I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.