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
Old Soldiers Never Die (Farewell Address to Congress),
I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?
The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
A soldier plods and groans, sweats and toils, he growls and curses, and at the end he dies.
The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point?but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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.
Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
By profession I am a Soldier and take pride in that fact, but I am prouder to be a father
And like the old soldier in that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the sight to see that duty.
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
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.