![]() ![]() ![]() It is difficult, in some cases, to see the amount of influence a father has on his son, but in the case of the MacArthur’s, you don’t need much speculation. In 1901 he was a Major General and appointed the Military Governor of the Philippines. By 1899 he was a Brigadier General and at the Battle of Manila. seized and carried the regimental standard to the top of the hill and planted it. At the Battle of Missionary Ridge in 1862, Arthur MacArthur Jr. His father’s exploits hung on him like a second skin. The blare of trumpets, the clash of arms, the screams of the wounded, the bullets whizzing through the air, and the acrid smell of cannon smoke were all part of the life of Douglas MacArthur since the day he was born. “The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.”ĭouglas MacArthur at West Point. ![]()
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