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To: C19fan
Douglas MacArthur was also the victim of that sort of smear. There were jokes made about how he hid in a cave during the battle of Corregidor.

In reality, MacArthur was a brave man. I recall reading a story about an infantryman in the Pacific. I believe it was during the New Guinea campaign. Anyway, the infantryman was advancing through hostile jungle, and he glanced to his side. There was MacArthur, doing a little recon of his own with a few staff officers.

7 posted on 04/28/2016 8:19:49 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

I knew someone who was a survivor of the Bataan Death March and a Japanese POW camp. He didn’t have a high opinion of General MacArthur.


10 posted on 04/28/2016 8:22:00 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Leaning Right

“In reality, MacArthur was a brave man. “

MacArthur was a pompous idiot.


18 posted on 04/28/2016 8:39:57 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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