[alexander_busek]

Chose to memorize this speech and deliver it to my HS speech class 40 years ago (other kids were reciting excerpts from "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," etc.).

William Manchester's "American Caesar" ought to be required reading.

Regards,

[onedoug]

Agreed.

[Ammo Republic 15]

Another pretty good book on MacArthur is Old Soldiers Never Die by Geoffrey Perret. I bought and read it entirely back in the 90’s.

[DPMD]

When Life Magazine published the speech in 1964, my HS history teacher read it to our class, but was unable to finish, so overcome was he with emotion. And with good reason. It’s a staple on my PC’s desktop.