One of my dear friend’s dad was a Marine in the Pacific Theater. His division hated McArthur. They said that when McArthur wasn’t trying to get them killed, he was starving them (no rations, no logistics, they ate a lot of buggy rice left by the Japanese).
Patton was also told to stand down and even back up so that Russia could advance against Germany.
We knew that Russia was communist but our communists in DC wanted to give Russian communists the victory.
War is a racket.
McArthur is the only known US general to BUG OUT and leave his troops to fight to the end. Horatio Gates at Camden was the closest but unlike the drama queen of McArthur.