It had him in full uniform, saluting, with a quote underneath that said, "We shall fight, or we shall die."
It has always stuck with me.
God Bless.
Wow! Thanks for your post! When my son was in the seventh grade he met Jeane MacArthur, the widow of General MacArthur on a school field trip to the MacArthur Memorial.
He was very impressed with her and she was very gracious to him. Asked him where he was born and when he said Arkansas she mentioned that General MacArthur was also born in Arkansas. She asked my son what he wanted to do with himself when he grew up and encouraged him to go to West Point.
Drew was so impressed with her that he asked for her autograph but only had a dollar bill for her to sign. He kept that autograph and in his yearling year at West Point he hung it on the wall. Cadets would go in and touch it before big exams for luck.
I am touched by your story.
My father was a pilot during WW2. He flew B-29's out of Guam, and literally was one of the last pilots to return from a mission at the end of the war. (He lost an engine coming back from a bombing mission, landed at Iwo Jima, and then came back the day after Japan announced it's surrender in 1945.)
My great Uncle served under MacArthur in the Pacific as a Catholic Chaplain in the Far East.
I am touched by your son's committment, and autograph.
May God speed your family, and all those who are serving, and those in harm's way.
God Bless!