The reclusive only child of five-star Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur made a rare public statement Saturday to honor the Americans and Filipinos who fought to liberate the Philippines from Japanese ...
Arthur MacArthur and Aurelia Belcher MacArthur. They were the parents of Arthur MacArthur Jr., the "Boy Colonel of the Civil War," and grandparents of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. (Photos courtesy Edward ...
CHICOPEE - One-hundred-and-fifty years ago on Sept. 8, 1864, Maj. Arthur MacArthur was on leave during the Civil War from his regiment – the 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He was in Massachusetts, ...
The MacArthur Memorial is highlighting the military service of Douglas MacArthur and his father, Arthur MacArthur, in Asia with its new special exhibit, “Legacies: The MacArthurs in the Far East.” ...
"You couldn't shrug your shoulders at Douglas MacArthur," observes historian David McCullough. "There was nothing bland about him, nothing passive about him, nothing dull about him. There's no ...
On Nov. 25, 1863, an 18-year-old Union lieutenant from Wisconsin grabbed the flag of his regiment (the 24th Wisconsin) from an exhausted color bearer and exhorted his men to continue their valiant ...
THE TRANS-ATLANTIC telegraph cable that connected Rye Beach, New Hampshire, with Europe and the greater world operated for 47 years (from 1875 to 1922). The man behind what was known as the “Direct ...
Spectators lined 7 miles of Norfolk streets as the funeral procession for General of the Army Douglas Mac-Arthur passed by on April 11, 1964. After lying in state in New York and Washington, his body ...
In the early 1900s, American attention was focused primarily on Europe and the infighting that would lead to the first World War. At the same time, Douglas MacArthur, an ambitious young soldier, was ...
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