General Douglas Macarthur Character Traits

United States Army General Douglas MacArthur served as supreme commanding officer of Allied Forces in the Pacific Island in the year of 1939 through 1945. He accomplished an outstanding job during the Korean War in June 1950 that he repelled the North Korean Soldiers to South Korea, in which resulted them to step back toward the North Korean Border. In his earlier years from the year of 1919 to 1922, Douglas MacArthur served as a superintendent in the Academy of West Point New York. In 1930, General Douglas MacArthur became the Chief of Staff of the United States Army. He retired in 1937 and became the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines. In 1941, beginning of World War II, the U. S President called General MacArthur to re-active in duty status and to sit as a Commander in the Pacific region to defend the Philippines freedom and to liberate the Filipino people from the Japanese.

He had three brothers; Douglas was the youngest of all siblings. Both his parents were United States Army Officers and both were Medal of Honor recipients during the Civil War. Most of his childhood was spent living in New Mexico where Douglas said “It was here where I learned to ride and shoot even before I could read or write–indeed, almost before I could walk or talk.” (Douglas MacArthur. U.S History.com 2009) Nine year later, his whole family moved to Washington D.C where he attended the Force Public School where he also recognized as a top student in the class and received an outstanding scholarship. During this period time, he also learned the valuable life skills that his grandfather taught