Douglas MacArthur

Personal Background: Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas. His parents were David Eisenhower and Ida Eisenhower. Dwight was the third of seven children, which were all boys. At the age 4 he lost his younger brother who died of diphtheria. In high school, Eisenhower played some sports for Abilene High School which was football and baseball. He graduated from high school in 1909. Soon after that he started working for his dad and uncle and also became a firefighter. All the…

to attempt to convince the people that they would be the best leader. In 2008 Barack Obama stepped out to invite America to believe in him, and the leadership that he thought was best for our country, and we elected him to be our president. Douglas MacArthur, a chief of staff of the United States Army once said this “A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but…

Investigation - 1341 words The Vietnam War (1955 - 1975) was nicknamed the "living-room war" due to its televised nature, which allowed the American public to form opinions on American involvement in the Vietnam War. The official reason for the US’s withdrawal from the Vietnam War, according to the Paris Peace Accords, was to “reunify” the country “peacefully” - or as then-president Richard Nixon stated - to achieve “Peace with Honor.” However, it is widely agreed among historians that the US’s…

during World War II. With an affable character and well-liked by all, Eisenhower was also influenced by his predecessors and peers; for example, his résumé includes a graduate of West Point, service under Fox Connor (a Pershing protégé) and Douglas MacArthur, and a working relationship alongside George Marshall. Ike’s attributes of leadership include his ability to compromise, strategic collaboration, and cross-cultural management. When Eisenhower was tasked with Allied Command, it was a…

I knew I wanted to further my education and expertise in educational technology during my first year of teaching 9th grade English. I began my teaching career later in life than most. I was 30 years old, and had spent the majority of my professional years working for banks and a small medical billing office. I regularly used technology in those careers, and constantly sought out new and innovative ways of improving the workflow for myself and colleagues in those companies. Any new app or program…

1950 On June 17, 1950, history was made at Little Company of Mary Hospital when doctors performed the first organ transplant in the world. Ruth Tucker was the patient, and she suffered polycystic kidneys. She was in need of a new kidney because one of her kidneys did not function and the other only functioned at 10 percent. Tucker’s family was also known dieing from the same disease. Before the procedure, Tucker had waited at the hospital for five weeks prior for a suitable donor. That morning…

At the end of World War II and finally liberated from nearly four decades of brutal occupation after Japanese defeat in 1945, the Korean peninsula found itself torn between two foreign ideologies. To the North of the 18th parallel was the Soviet Union leading the communist wing of the Korean resistance, while the United States fought for democracy from the South. On June 25th, 1950, the Soviet-backed communist North Korea pushed through the makeshift border and within weeks had invaded all but…

Fiasco does many things, but it also misses many marks—important marks. Done well is the characterization of the decision as ill-informed. It also berates conflict, and for good reasons. We know, however; that it is markedly easy to levy criticisms in light of knowledge attained since. More difficult is showing how, in the context of the time that better decisions might have been made. It isn’t appropriate for critiques to be levied against someone for disregarding the correct advice without…

The Japanese Imperial Army’s research facility, Unit 731, has been one of the best keep secret of the second world war. Just like the Nazi’s experiments on the captivates in the some of the concentration camps, the Japanese experimented on humans in many inhumane ways that went against all ethnical codes. Although Ishii did many individual experiments on humans, Unit 731’s primary use was to create biological weapons to use in war and to eventually use them to defeat the United States. This…

Caroline Hewitt History 106 December 3, 2016 My grandfather, Robert (Bob) Hewitt was born on November 2nd, 1934, in Paducah Kentucky. When he was drafted for the war in Vietnam, he was only thirty-two and had just graduated from Tulane Medical School. The need for doctors in Vietnam was urgent, so in December 1966, Bob was deployed. He had to leave behind his wife and two children, ages one and six and report to a surgical hospital in Pleiku, which was located in the highlands of Vietnam.…