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A Short Biography of Douglas MacArthur

Author Name:

Douglas MacArthur

Born As:

Douglas MacArthur

Other Names:

General Douglas MacArthur GCB

Born:

26 Jan 1880

Died:

5 Apr 1964




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General                          
                          
Mother Mary Pinkney Hardy MacArthur
Father Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur, Jr.                          
American general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and later played a prominent role in the Pacific theater of World War II, receiving the Medal of Honor.
MacArthur cautioned the young President, John F. Kennedy  to avoid a U.S. military build-up in Vietnam, pointing out domestic problems should be given a much greater priority.