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General '''Douglas MacArthur''' was one of the great military strategists in [[World War II]], and responsible for governing and rebuilding [[Japan]] during the [[Allied]] occupation. A career military officer, he spent his entire adult life in the military.

General '''Douglas MacArthur''' was one of the great military strategists in [[World War II]], and responsible for governing and rebuilding [[Japan]] during the [[Allied]] occupation. A career military officer, he spent his entire adult life in the military.

The son of the senior [[U.S. Army]] general, MacArthur graduated first in his class at [[West Point]] in 1903. After earning a chestful of medals for bravery in [[Mexico]] and the Western Front in [[World War I]], his meteoric career included a stint as superintendent at West Point in the 1920s, where he promoted athletics and modernized the curriculum. He served two terms as the Army's chief-of-staff under Presidents [[Herbert Hoover]] (a [[Pacifism|pacifist]]) and [[Franklin Roosevelt]] (a Navy man). In his 30s, he retired in 1937, then set out to create a new army for the [[Philippines]], which was in transition to independence. He was recalled to active duty in mid-1941 as war with [[Japan]] loomed.  Driven out of the Philippines in 1942, he assumed command in [[Australia]] of the Southwest [[Pacific]] Theater. He battled the Japanese through [[New Guinea]] and the Philippines, and was in charge of the invasion of Japan scheduled for late 1945. After the [[Hiroshima]] bombing, a full-scale invasion of the Japanese homeland was not deemed necessary. MacArthur received Japan's surrender in a dramatic ceremony aboard the battleship [[Missouri]] in Tokyo Bay. As supreme commander of the forces occupying Japan, he "democratized" and reformed Japan, rebuilding the nation and creating a lasting [[friendship]] between the former enemies. Unexpectedly given command of [[United Nations]] forces at the outbreak of the [[Korean War]] in 1950, he landed troops at Inchon in a daring amphibious assault that led to a routing of the North Korean army.  Ordered to unify Korea by Truman, he advanced to near the Yalu River and the Chinese border but was halted by the Chinese [[Peoples Liberation Army]] who crossed over into North Korea in warfare that saw a rout of the [[America]]ns and their allies at the [[Chosun Reservoir]]. In the wake of bitter disagreements with President [[Harry Truman]] about his desire to cross the Yalu and invade China to cut off Chinese supply lines into North Korea, he was recalled, his celebrated career abruptly ended. He wanted to [[nuke]] the Chinese invaders of the Korean Peninsula. He was considered a hero by [[conservative]]s, and a [[nuclear war]] hot head by [[liberal]]s.

The son of the senior [[U.S. Army]] general, MacArthur graduated first in his class at [[West Point]] in 1903. After earning a chestful of medals for bravery in [[Mexico]] and the Western Front in [[World War I]], his meteoric career included a stint as superintendent at West Point in the 1920s, where he promoted athletics and modernized the curriculum. He served two terms as the Army's chief-of-staff under Presidents [[Herbert Hoover]] (a [[Pacifism|pacifist]]) and [[Franklin Roosevelt]] (a Navy man). In his 30s, he retired in 1937, then set out to create a new army for the [[Philippines]], which was in transition to independence.  

 

He was recalled to active duty in mid-1941 as war with [[Japan]] loomed.  Driven out of the Philippines in 1942, he assumed command in [[Australia]] of the Southwest [[Pacific]] Theater. He battled the Japanese through [[New Guinea]] and the Philippines, and was in charge of the invasion of Japan scheduled for late 1945. After the [[Hiroshima]] bombing, a full-scale invasion of the Japanese homeland was not deemed necessary. MacArthur received Japan's surrender in a dramatic ceremony aboard the battleship [[Missouri]] in Tokyo Bay.  

 

As supreme commander of the forces occupying Japan, he "democratized" and reformed Japan, rebuilding the nation and creating a lasting [[friendship]] between the former enemies. Unexpectedly given command of [[United Nations]] forces at the outbreak of the [[Korean War]] in 1950, he landed troops at Inchon in a daring amphibious assault that led to a routing of the North Korean army.  Ordered to unify Korea by Truman, he advanced to near the Yalu River and the Chinese border but was halted by the Chinese [[Peoples Liberation Army]] who crossed over into North Korea in warfare that saw a rout of the [[America]]ns and their allies at the Chosun Reservoir. In the wake of bitter disagreements with President [[Harry Truman]] about his desire to cross the Yalu and invade China to cut off Chinese supply lines into North Korea, he was recalled, his celebrated career abruptly ended. He wanted to [[nuke]] the Chinese invaders of the Korean Peninsula. He was considered a hero by [[conservative]]s, and a [[nuclear war]] hot head by [[liberal]]s.

==Early life==

==Early life==