DOUGLAS MACARTHUR 1880 1964 ARMY GENERAL MACARTHUR DOUGLAS 1880 1964 NATIONAL DEFENSE WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR II KOREAN WAR U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION GLOBAL RELATIONS DOUGLAS MACARTHUR WAS BORN IN LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS HIS FATHER WAS A CIVIL WAR HERO MACARTHUR GRADUATED FROM THE U.S MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT IN 1903 HE SERVED THE NEXT TEN YEARS AS AN AIDE AND JUNIOR OFFICER DURING WORLD WAR I MACARTHUR COMMANDED THE 42ND DIVISION IN FRANCE PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL HE BECAME SUPERINTENDENT OF THE U.S MILITARY ACADEMY IN 1919 HE SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINES FROM 1922 TO 1925 IN 1930 HE BECAME ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION HE WAS CRITICIZED FOR SENDING TROOPS TO REMOVE BONUS ARMY MEMBERS FROM WASHINGTON D.C MACARTHUR RETIRED IN 1937 BUT RETURNED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN 1941 TO FIGHT IN WORLD WAR II HE LED U.S FORCES IN THE PACIFIC THEATER AS SUPREME COMMANDER HE ACCEPTED THE JAPANESE SURRENDER IN SEPTEMBER 1945 AFTER THE WAR MACARTHUR SUPERVISED THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN IN 1950 HE WAS CHOSEN TO COMMAND THE UNITED NATIONS FORCES IN THE KOREAN WAR AFTER PUSHING NORTH KOREA BACK AT INCHON PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN ASKED MACARTHUR TO SCALE BACK AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN KOREA WHEN MACARTHUR REFUSED TRUMAN RELIEVED HIM OF HIS COMMAND EFFECTIVELY FORCING HIS FINAL RETIREMENT IN 1951
