Talk:Douglas MacArthur

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  • My first memory was of the sound of bugles.
  • This is where I came from, and I thank a merciful God that I am able to return.
    • Upon returning to his old school, T.M.I.-Episcopal in San Antonio
  • You only grow old by deserting your ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, giving up wrinkles the soul.
  • You are remembered for the rules you break.
  • Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
  • commenting retrospectively on General Eisenhower, his Chief of Staff in the Philippines prior to WWII- "He was the best clerk I ever had."
  • after hearing of the appalling high casualties on the European front compared to his SW Pacific front " Good commanders don't turn in heavy casualties"


[edit] Misattributed

  • We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction. (recte: Maj. Gen. Oliver Prince Smith)
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