Remember, under Hoover he decide to attack the Bonus Marcher, i.e. U.S. veterans of World War II. He disobeyed Hoover, and then blamed him. More on WWII later.
Ok. He was an arrogant pain in the rear, that is for sure. I always thought the Army’s island-hopping strategy in the Pacific made more sense than the very costly Navy / Marine strategy such as seen at Iwo Jima. But how accurate that is, IDK.
“Remember, under Hoover he decide to attack the Bonus Marcher, i.e. U.S. veterans of World War II.”
Again, history can be confusing but the Bonus Army was made up of Worl War ONE veterans, not WWII.
“He was insubordinate to three different presidents: Hoover, Roosevelt, and and Truman.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_summary_of_Douglas_MacArthur#Orders,_decorations_and_medals
And Truman appointed him to be SCAP leading the post-war Japanese reconstruction and to lead the UN Effort in Korwa. Why? Because he was an inspired and inspiring military leader.