Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his family left the Philippine island of Corregidor on this day in history, March 11, 1942. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered MacArthur to leave the island after ...

In the darkest days of World War II, Gens. Douglas MacArthur and Jonathan Wainwright faced unsurmountable odds. Only one of them, however, was responsible for their dilemma. Against the threat of ...

Eighty years ago today, Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia, three days after retreating from Corregidor in the Philippines under withering Japanese assault. Another three days later, at ...

The reclusive only child of five-star Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur made a rare public statement Saturday to honor the Americans and Filipinos who fought to liberate the Philippines from Japanese ...

Typhoon Haiyan has toppled many things – homes, schools and even one of the soldiers in a group of statues memorializing Gen. Douglas MacArthur's landing in the central Philippines on Oct. 20, 1944.

Excerpted from "Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila" by James M. Scott (W.W. Norton & Company, 2018). Reprinted with permission from W.W. Norton & Company. “I consider him an ...

General Douglas MacArthur, 1905. Library of Congress. One of the most controversial moments in the controversial life of Douglas MacArthur came in early 1942, when he received $500,000 from the ...

If in 1946 or after any hungry nation makes a grab for the 7,083 islands that will then be the free and independent Philippine Republic, she will find her hands full. Whipping through the water at 60 ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The MacArthur Memorial is partnering with the Filipino American National Historical Society and the Council of United Filipino Organizations of Tidewater to host a ...

Many a U.S. citizen has mixed feelings about General of the Army Douglas Mac-Arthur. But to Filipinos, MacArthur is a hero without flaw. “I shall return,” he promised in retreat before the Japanese in ...

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