I like my MacArthur movies made by the Moonies.
Posted on 09/05/2016 9:26:14 AM PDT by EveningStar
American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964 is a 1978 biography of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur by American historian William Manchester. (1) (2)
In 1983, it was made into a four-part four-hour documentary series. It was hosted by John Huston and narrated by John Colicos. You can watch it online here on YouTube.
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understanding his actions in Korea, i find it difficult to lionize him...
I like my MacArthur movies made by the Moonies.
His self-aggrandizing in WWII was no different.
His cavalry charge and beat down of WWI vets was also another stain.
A brilliant and complex man.
With the selection we have right now, I’m liking McArthur more and more every day.
Once there was a mighty man sent to faraway Japan
To defend the liberty of peaceful nations.
While h did the best he could, there were some who thought we shoud
Let the Communists take over all creation.
Doug MacArthur is a name that will light the halls of fame
Through the ages, there will be no one above him.
Just a soldier, brave and true, to the old Red, White and Blue,
And a hundred million hearts will always love him.
His jockeying for position with Harry Truman, while landing for a meeting on Wake Island always amused me. Truman was however, unamused....
He certainly underestimated Mao's willingness to feed as many Chinese into the conflict as necessary, regardless of the losses. Mao always thought of the Chinese population as cannon fodder.
He created modern Japan and still venerated there.
MacArthur was a brilliant general; but he was an arrogant, deeply flawed human being.
Old Soldiers Never Die--Gene Autry (1951)
My dad and his brothers were in the Navy in WW II. I was named after MacArthur.
“Said Douglas MacArthur was a man among men and Harry S Truman was a horse's end “
MacArthur said to defeated Japan, “I’ve ordered Emperor Hirohito to renounce his divinity. You’ve lost your emperor god, but don’t worry, I’m giving you another one - ME!”
Old Soldier’s Never Die
Never die, never die
Old Soldier’s Never Die
They just fade away
On the seventh day of December
In the year of forty-one
The free world met disaster
At the hands of the Rising Sun
From the bastions of Corregidor
Pearl Harbor and Bataan
Came the sound of war and fury
And the Death March of free man.
Then from the land
Of way down under
A mighty voice did say
Our cause is just
In God we trust
I will return someday
From Mindanao to Tarawa
Our battle song it grew
Till on Surabachi
At last Old Glory flew
From Iwo, Leyte
And a thousand Isles
Our just cause never ceased
Until one day, he did return
And once more, there was peace
Now somewhere, there stands the man
His duty o’er and won
The world will ne’er forget him
To him we say, “Well done”
Old Soldier’s Never Die
Never die, never die
Old Soldier’s Never Die
They just fade away
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