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 |
Korean War
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Korean War
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US President Harry Truman stated during the Korean War that the decision about whether to use nuclear weapons was up to the military leader in the field, Douglas MacArthur. This prompted worldwide alarm. Truman later relieved MacArthur of his command after MacArthur refused to limit his military ambitions.
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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