[fungoking]

William Manchester, JFK's liberal speechwriter was nearly killed while serving as a Marine in WWll, wrote a MacArthur biography, American Caesar.
While no fan of MacArthur the person, he claimed that counting WWI, WWII, and Korea, no general gain as much territory with as little loss of life as MacArthur.
Manchester's MacArthur book and Goodbye Darkness, a book about his personal WWII experiences and overview of the Pacific campaign, are great reading.

[Snickering Hound]

While no fan of MacArthur the person, he claimed that counting WWI, WWII, and Korea, no general gain as much territory with as little loss of life as MacArthur.

He bypassed Rabaul which had a garrison of a few hundred thousand Japanese and let disease and starvation do the work for him.

Operation Cartwheel was a masterpiece. So was the New Guinea Campaign. And Inchon.

Under MacArthur the Army conducted more amphibious assaults than the Marines. And won all of them.

Australians are still sore about him using their troops to retake Borneo in 45'.