General+Douglas+MacArthur


 * Background Information:**
 * Born on January 26th 1880 in Little Rock, Arkansas to parents General Arthur MacArthur Jr. and Mary Pinkney Hardy**
 * MacArthur. After college he was a junior officer and aide for U.S troops for 10 years. In 1914 he served for several months**
 * with U.S. troops in Veracruz, Mexico. He again served from 1917-1919, on the [|The 42nd Infantry] staff as the chief of staff**
 * and divisional commander in France during World War I.The 42nd Division, nicknamed The Rainbow Division,was a group**
 * of U.S. troops that were sent to France and other parts of Europe.General MacArthur became Major General, after seven**
 * years of service, from a Brigadier general in 1918. After two marriages that ended in divorce he married his third wife, Jean**
 * Faircloth, and had his only son Arthur.**
 * -General Douglas MacArthur-**

**__World War II:__**


 * In July of 1941, he again served his country and conducted an attack on the Japanese in the Philippines after war broke out. **
 * Then he was called to Australia March of 1942 to lead forces in [|the Southwest Pacific Theater].From 1943-1944 general**
 * MacArthur's troops captured major tactical points in New Guinea to Sansapor. While maintaining control over the south pacific**
 * forces in the Solomons(located east of Paupa, New Guinea),he missed many Japanese units.One of his largest operations was the**
 * seven month Luzon campaign in 1945 that he undertook.That spring he conquered again the southern Phillippines and Borneo,**
 * as he left the clean up of operations in New Guinea and the Solomons to the Australian Army. MacArthur was appointed the**
 * commander of all the U.S army forces in the Pacific four months after being promoted to general of the army. He was the one**
 * in charge of the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, on September 2nd, 1945. After taking apart the Japanese military forces**
 * he directed the restoring of the Japanese economy, and the writing of a new,liberal,constitution.**



__**The Korean War:**__

 * The Korean war began in 1950, shortly after WWII ended and MacArthur was chosen to command the United Nations(UN). The United**
 * nations was formed in 1945, to replace the league of nations. [|The Korean War] was between North and South Korea and only lasted**
 * three years(1950-1953). When advancing into North Korea, MacArthur's troops were attacked by Chinese forces and so his troops had**
 * to retreat. After this occurred the president, Harry S. Truman at the time, "relieved" the General of his command, because of his unruliness**
 * and his reluctance to keep the war limited on April 11th, 1951. When first coming home to the United States after being away sense WWII**
 * he was met with admiration, but after news got out about why he was dismissed support soon died. Republican groups tried to get him**
 * nominations for presidency but ,after three failed attempts in 1944, 1948 and 1952, he spoke rarely in public. General Douglas MacArthur**
 * died in Washington D.C. 1964 after living in seclusion in New York city. He was buried in Norfolk, Virginia. General MacArthur dedicated**
 * his life to serving the United States and was known for his courage and bravery.**

**__Citations/Annotated Bibliography:__**
"Papua New Guinea." //Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia//. Web. 11 Dec. 2011. . -I used this source just for the picture, not the information :)-

"Douglas MacArthur Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com." //Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com//. Web. 11 Dec. 2011. . -I used this site because it had a great profile picture of him-

"Douglas MacArthur (United States General) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia." //Encyclopedia - Britannica Online Encyclopedia//. Web. 11 Dec. 2011. . -This is the site that i used the most,because it had the most information and because the information was not just about WWII but his whole life-

"Korean War." //Naval History and Heritage Command//. Web. 12 Dec. 2011. . -used this site to check dates and to add a link-