Douglas MacArthur

To defend the US, JFK tripled the US’s nuclear capability, increased the number of troops, ships, and artillery, and established the Green Berets, a special force squad. JFK also turned toward aiding third world countries where communism would be fought in the future. A plan similar to the Marshall Plan called the Alliance for Progress was created as a series of projects for peaceful development in Latin America, and the Peace Corps was established to send young volunteers to third world…

in the military are risking their lives for ours, we are proud to have such a brave country and we’re not ashamed to show it. The General of the army Douglas MacArthur's Sylvanus Thayer award speech, he says “Duty, Honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.” General MacArthur implies that having honor and putting your country first will make you into someone with a lot to honor. And we all think being in the military is…

June 1945, the United States was preparing for a massive scale invasion of mainland Japan. Military leaders in America were planning an initial invasion of Kyushu with 750,000 US soldiers and an additional 1.5 million troops to complete the invasion of Japan. The estimates from Navy and Air force generals said that it would have taken months to complete the invasion and there was also a chance the the US would lose. If only there was another option to end the war faster and without all the lives…

In the 1940s, the atomic bomb was undergoing development and in August of 1945, the first non-test atomic bomb was dropped by a U.S. B-29 bomber on the city of Hiroshima in Japan and another was dropped, 3 days later, in Nagasaki. Some justify the attack because it spared the lives of many American and Japanese soldiers that would have been lost in an invasion of Japan, which was the alternative to the bombings. However, the cons outweigh the pros: the bombs caused mass civilian casualties,…

My Responsibility to America At a young age, my parents taught me what it meant to be responsible.They told me that being responsible for something is a way to show respect and appreciation for what you own. For starters, I was given jobs around the house, which my parents told me was my way of showing appreciation for the home I was provided, and it was my responsibility as a member of my family. America is also my home— a home which other brave Americans have paid for and founded. In return,…

Growing up in the elementary school yard, although I didn’t really know, but I had a utilitarianism ethical view. I had to survive. It didn’t really matter what I had to do I only wanted to get popular and have my peers looked up to me. Looking back at my past self I saw that my worldview as a kid was skewed; I only cared about popularity and how my friends looked at me. This outlook in my life made me always in trouble at school. My classmates saw my hunger for acceptance, and they use that…

aggression, following the U.S. placed sanctions on Japan. The Navy, on October 16th, 1941, sent Admiral Kimmel the message; however, Washington disagreed with the Navy's alarm. Therefore, the War Department sent a supplementary message to General Douglas MacArthur and General Short that stated, "Tension between United States and Japan remains strained . . . no abrupt change in Japanese foreign policy appears imminent." Consequently, no actions were taken by the commanders. The U.S. and…

were chosen as targets because of their population rate and activities. According to historyextra.com Henry Stimson scretary of war was not sure the bombs were needed to reduce the need of an invasion. According to the antimedia.org General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Comander of Allied Forces in the Pacific stated “ it was completely unnecessary from a military point of view the Japenese were already…

The Cold War is fascinating because it could have been World War III. The tension between the U.S. and the Russians was nail-biting and extremely dangerous. But people fail to realize how much further one can go into the whole situation. All the things about the political side, spies, strategies, scandals, and the possible nuclear war. Also, what was Russia’s point of view on the Cold War? What needs to be clarified is the immense cultural effects that the War had on America/Soviet Union and how…

have been the best option because it quite possibly could have ended the war without the loss of tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children in Japan. Operation Downfall was the name given to the planned final invasion lead by General Douglas MacArthur (Marc). The plan called for 2.5 million American soldiers and it was broken up into two different parts. It is estimated that the deaths resulting from this alternative would greatly outweigh the deaths from the atomic bombs, but there…