I was thinking the other day about the people who have crossed my path from whom I have learned much and so appreciate, maybe you could call them hero's. Douglas MacArthur certainly was one, a soldire,s soldier. Having served in the US Army years ago and having seen the post war destruction of Europe and the devastation of the Pacific, MacArthur stands shoulders above our present day Commanders. He was relieved of his command by President Truman which ended distinguished career second only to George Washington. The following post should be of interest to you:
American Minute with Bill Federer
January 26
Douglas MacArthur was born JANUARY 26, 1880. He commanded in World War I, was superintendent of West Point, and the youngest Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army.
A four-star general, he retired in 1939, but returned in 1941 to defend the Philippines.
When Japan invaded, President Roosevelt ordered him to Australia, but not before he promised "I shall return."
In 1944, he returned with an American army and freed the Philippines. Promoted to Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific, he received Japan's surrender on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Harbor.
Promoted to five-star general, he was Supreme U.N. Commander during the Korean War until President Truman made the unpopular decision to remove him for wanting to free China from Communism.
Douglas MacArthur told West Point cadets, May 1962:
"The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training-sacrifice.
In battle and in the face of danger and death, he discloses those Divine attributes which his Maker gave when He created man in His own image.
No physical courage and no brute instinct can take the place of Divine help which alone can sustain him."
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