Douglas MacArthur

The same kinds of words come to mind when people think of veterans: courageous, brave, heroic, bold,and patriotic, but what about the word sacrificial. Veterans don’t just risk their lives on the battlefield, but their lives afterwards are affected too. They suffer the hardships that no one else will bear and see the horror no one else sees, and because of this I cannot thank them enough. A total of 357,122 veterans have been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain…

had aspirations to achieve something great would be doing. Melvin was unsatisfied with small town life, and was determined to make a difference. He told his sister that he was going to be like Douglas MacArthur, the famous General that fought in both of the World Wars. In World War II General MacArthur was famously known for his campaigns in the Pacific and in Asia, a place where Melvin would soon have his own mettle tested. Having the desire to walk in a General’s shoes can quickly lead a man…

On November 26, 1950, 300,000 Chinese soldiers attacked and left the United States shocked and drastically weakened (Calkins, 1975, p. 457). By 1951 the United Nations had driven the communists back further into the north in retaliation. General MacArthur became increasingly more expressive in his opinions on bombing the Chinese and ending the…

Korea. Therefore, America won the UN’s support to assist South Korea. General Douglas MacArthur was appointed by Truman to lead the UN forces; they managed to push back North Korea beyond the 38th parallel in attempt to prevent communist power from spreading. The Chinese government soon joined with the Soviet Union and North Korea, they sent the U.S and the UN troops retreating beyond the 38th parallel. General MacArthur wanted to attack China directly; his public disagreement with the President…

On the 25th June the fragile peace in Korea was shattered when North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel, invading South Korea and ultimately leading to a conflict that would span three years and cost an estimated 2.5 million lives. Korea had been liberated from Japanese control in 1945 by Soviet troops who moved down into the north of the country and US troops who landed in the south. After this the country was divided along the 38th parallel of latitude until the country could be…

OIS P/O Stephen E. Farquharson 2nd July 2014 As a leader your action must be a forward thinker and your traits should be aligned with courage and integrity your word should be your bond.…

the lead of Mao Ze Dong. Rhee had no choice, but to write a letter to one of the U.S military general, Douglas MacArthur, who was also an extreme anti-communist. Rhee wrote a letter to MacArthur sharing his insights on why communists should never take control of Korea and how the U.S troops should temporarily invade Korea to establish a democratic country. After reading Rhee’s letter, MacArthur was convinced and he quickly ordered the deployment of U.S troops to the Korean peninsula, this led to…

During the Cold War era, American’s foreign policy was focused on the regression of communist expansion. The primary political objective was its containment. Presidents’ administrations were worried about communism spreading through the “domino” theory, the communism spreading and the zero sum game., Each loss of a country in Southeastern Asia would have a negative impact on America’s prestige. Since 1947, strategy had the the greatest impact on the employment of American airpower and…

the existing troops and delay further DPRK advances. The North Korean forces were well trained and made large advances initially but their momentum slowed as more UN reinforcements arrived. Under the direction of the famous American General, Douglas MacArthur, two divisions made a surprise landing at Inchon behind the advancing DPRK forces which effectively cut off their supply lines and made them withdraw. The North Korean forces were then pursued across the 38th parallel moving close to the…

General Douglas MacArthur and President Ronald Reagan all acknowledged their belief in extraterrestrials during speeches: Professor John Dewey (Philosophy Columbia University) stated in 1917: “Someone remarked that the best way to unite all the nations on this globe would be an attack from some other planet. In the face of such an alien enemy, people would respond with a sense of their unity of interest and purpose.” In 1955, while speaking to West Point cadets, General Douglas MacArthur stated:…