[Tainan]

In reading the autobiographies of several well-known war corespondent photographers of the WWII era, it was made very clear that there were no "candid" photography of MacArthur allowed.
Every photo of him released was first cleared by his aides. The famous pictures of him "Returning" were the results of multiple re-shoots.
He was a very vain person. Quite unlike Gens. Wainwright and Stillwell.

[PzLdr]

And he always: [1] Referred to himself in the third person,
[2] Never gave public recognition to any to of his subordinates resulting in a MacArthur success.
[3] Never took personal responsibility for any failures, blaming instead, the now named subordinates.
[4] Surrounded himself with toadying ‘Yes’ men on his staff [see, especially his G-2, and Ned Almond].

He also lobbied to deny Wainright the CMH, and wanted to have him court-martialed for surrendering against his [MacArthur’s] orders.