Death Of A Soldier - General Douglas MacArthur
Death Of A Soldier - General Douglas MacArthur
The man who has been called one of the greatest military geniuses in the history of the United States is dead. General Douglas MacArthur, 84, succumbed after a long and valiant fight. Thus ends the military career that spanned 52 years. A career that began as a dream in childhood. Here are some of the highlights in the distinguished and fabulous life of this great military man.
Death Of A Soldier - General Douglas MacArthur
General Douglas MacArthur and his devoted wife, Jean Marie Faircloth. MS - General Douglas MacArthur cutting into an extremely large cake, decorated with candles. MCUS - General MacArthur and President Kennedy sitting and chatting.
Death Of A Soldier - General Douglas MacArthur
DO NOT USE Still Photo Douglas MacArthur sitting on his father's (dressed in a military uniform) lap, as a little boy whose hair is in blond locks. Douglas MacArthur in his West Point military uniform.
Death Of A Soldier - General Douglas MacArthur
General Macarthur s days as Commander of the famed Rainbow Division -- World War I. General MacArthur coming down steps smoking a cigarette in a cigarette holder and looking over a map. General Pershing decorating Douglas MacArthur with a medal.
Death Of A Soldier - General Douglas MacArthur
DO NOT USE Still photo. His rise to Brigadier-General, Major General and then full General and U.S. Chief-of-Staff in 1930.
Death Of A Soldier - General Douglas MacArthur
Parade and Macarthur Receiving an Oak Leaf Cluster pinned on by the Secretary of War.
Death Of A Soldier - General Douglas MacArthur
Macarthur was called back to active duty by President Roosevelt in 1941. MS - A PT boat cutting through the water. MacArthur standing on the deck of a PT boat. His retreat to Australia with his vow to return to his beloved Islands. CUS - Douglas MacArthur standing on deck of a Army Destroyer Ship. CU - Cannons blasting away. MS to MCUS - General Douglas MacArthur disembarking and walking through the water, knee deep, on the beach landing, and returning "like he promised" to the shores of Philippines .CUS - Douglas MacArthur personally greeting the men on the Philippine Islands. CUS - Smiles on the faces of US army men shaking hands with General MacArthur. Victory and the signing of the surrender by the Japanese aboard the "Missouri". MS - Naval Battleship with sailors hanging, leaning over the rails so they could watch General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito.
Death Of A Soldier - General Douglas MacArthur
The war in Korea. His triumphal return home. Unmatched ovations everywhere! US military men standing at attention as they get pinned and awarded medals given to them by General Douglas MacArthur. MCUS - General MacArthur and Sigmund Rhee of South Korea. CUS - President Thurman decorating General MacArthur.
Death Of A Soldier - General Douglas MacArthur
MCUS - General MacArthur driving down the street's of New York as a recipient as a conquering hero in a ticker tape parade. In Washington DC in the Joint session of Congress as they honor and applaud General MacArthur. His famous address to a joint session of Congress. General MacArthur, "When I joined the army even before the turn of the century, it was the fulfillment of all my boyish hopes and dreams. The world has turned over many times, since I took the oath on the plain at West Point, and the hopes and dreams have long since vanished. But I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barrack ballads of that day, which proclaimed most proudly, 'That old soldiers never die, they just fade away' and like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light, to see that duty. Goodbye."