Douglas MacArthur
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 Douglas MacArthur    (soldier) | |
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| Born | 1880-01-26 Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Died | 1964-04-05 (Age 84) Washington DC |
| Spouse | Louise Cromwell Brooks |
| Relatives | • See • MacArthur family |
Related Quotation
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| Taiwan | “CIA reports from 1952, and published in 2007, give additional confirmation that Kodama and some of his associates had been recruited by Army G-2 in order to help the United States fight communism. Kodama's group sent spies to surrounding communist countries and delivered mercenaries to Chiang Kai-shek's regime in Taiwan. In the documents the CIA also claims that the group was primarily working for themselves and were a great danger to the democratic process in Japan. [47] Unsurprisingly, MacArthur was a great supporter of Chiang Kai-shek on Taiwan, in contrast to President Truman and the State Department. Reportedly, MacArthur, as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan, was asked to help put together a plan to remove Kai-shek - but he refused” | Joël van der Reijden | 2014 |
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