December 5th, 2006  
Bugfatty
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Cooler King
No way. Look at General MacArthur. He was awarded a Medal of Honor for retreating from the Philippines while the brave men who continued to stand and fight got nothing. There are tons of examples like that.
To be fair, he was ordered to leave by Roosevelt. He wasn't awarded the MoH for "retreating." It was for three months he held out on Bataan and Corregidor trying to hold off the Japanese.

What good would the General of the United States Army do by being
paraded around as a prisoner of the Japanese?

Last edited by Bugfatty; December 5th, 2006 at 18:07.
 
 
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