Douglas MacArthur

decision of the bomb such as Pearl Harbor. Nevertheless, the bomb did fully end the war with a formal surrender by Japan’s government. However, thousands of innocent people were killed and Japan’s economic state was in turmoil. With that said, Douglas Macarthur was put in control of Japan’s reconstruction after the war. During this time, it is inferred that the US pushed their political agenda on Japan’s vulnerable government in order to discourage the spread of communism by the Soviet…

dentonated. Unfortunatly for the North Koreans MacArthur had a plan around these "undeteable" bombs. The crazy tides in Inchon played to MacArthur 's favor by exposing the bombs at low tide where his forces could easily fire guns or missles at them to detonate them and once high tides came around they would have a clear path to the capitol. This made it very easy for MacArthur to eliminate the only defenses the North had surroding the city. General MacArthur and his men would quickly make…

address to congress, General Douglas MacArthur stated that, “The Japanese people since the war, have undergone the greatest reformation recorded in modern history… They have from the ashes left in war’s wake…. created a truly…

who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Good Bye.” Those were the final words of General Douglas MacArthur’s as he addressed Congress on April 19, 1951. A distinguished war hero by many, General MacArthur was formally dismissed on April 11, 1951 by President Truman as a result from what was reported as insubordination ("Truman relieves MacArthur of duties in Korea"). The main points that he talked about were about the war with China, being relieved of duty by…

into two governments, a Communist North Korea and an undemocratic but American-aligned South Korea. Eventually, war broke out on the Korean peninsula, and the United States sought to reunify Korea under an anti-communist government. General Douglas MacArthur, upon launching a successful, strategic attach at Inchon controlled most of North Korea. He asked President Harry Truman for permission to invade China and use nuclear weapons; Truman declined. Eventually, the North Koreans retaliated and…

On my 12th 1962 General Douglas MacArthur gave his famous speech Duty, Honor, Country. The speech was presented to the graduating cadets of West Point Military academy, during the reception for the Sylvanus Thayer award. This award is given to an outstanding citizen who represents the ideal person motto at west point “duty, honor, country.” As a former graduate of West Point Military Academy he is truly looked upon as an icon of what a good American man should be like. During his acceptance…

2017 General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award Nomination CPT Seungkyu (Kevin) Kim, Network Operations Technician, HHD 41st Signal Battalion Captain Seungkyu (Kevin) Kim, assistant S3 for the 41st for the 41st Signal Battalion, 1st Signal Brigade, embodies the ideals of Duty, Honor, Country. As the assistant S3 for the most forward-deployed strategic signal battalion in the Republic of Korea, he was responsible for planning strategic communications support to UNC/CFC/USFK/8A and major…

the Axis that Australia had a strategic importance. The Americans set their base in Australia, under the command of an American general Douglas MacArthur. Once the Australians had lost important strategic locations MacArthur announced "The Australians have proven themselves unable to match the enemy in jungle fighting. Aggressive leadership is lacking." (MacArthur, 1942) and deployed the…

For several weeks, the invasion to North Korea proceeded, the country was divided along the 38th parallel. In 1945, President Harry Truman relieve General Douglas MacArthur of command because MacArthur publicly criticized President’s policy in Korea. The beliefs of the American public inferred that was something wrong with the United States as a result of the Korean War. Likewise, the Korean War resulted in a military stalemate…

"Green Beach" on Wolmi-do. The island was captured by noon. During the afternoon they defended the land bridge to Inchon, while in anticipation of reinforcement. The invasion on Inchon was a surprise to the North Korean People Army like General MacArthur said. The fatality during the Inchon invasion and a following battle for the town had 566 killed and 2,716 wounded. The North Korean People Army lost more than 35,000, both killed and captured. This plan helped crack the North Korean combative…