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To: DManA

I knew a guy who fought in WW II in the South Pacific.
They were all disarmed an hour before MacArthur mysteriously showed up.


4 posted on 03/14/2012 8:09:08 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

And for good reason


6 posted on 03/14/2012 8:09:54 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
LOL

Dougout Doug (that's what he was called)--a legend in his own mind. On the other hand, he was pretty smart. The Inchon landing caught the NK/Chinese by surprise.

Eisenhower couldn't stand him.

16 posted on 03/14/2012 8:18:08 AM PDT by OldCorps
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To: Buckeye McFrog
They were all disarmed an hour before MacArthur mysteriously showed up.

Ha! Eff you, Dugout Doug!

20 posted on 03/14/2012 8:26:08 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Buckeye McFrog; RJS1950; Hemingway's Ghost; hoosierham; OldCorps; AppyPappy
I knew a guy who fought in WW II in the South Pacific. They were all disarmed an hour before MacArthur mysteriously showed up.


43 posted on 03/14/2012 9:04:36 AM PDT by fso301
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To: Buckeye McFrog

MacArthur was not generally respected.


76 posted on 03/14/2012 12:29:18 PM PDT by SatinDoll (No Foreign Nationals as our President!)
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