| MacArthur was a WW1 veteran and was doing his duty. He had retired from military service before WW2 and lived in the phillipines to help govern the country, he had neither the troops or the supplies to hold the phillipines and his landing at Leyte is considered miraculous. He also made several brilliant landing behind the 38th parallel in Korea with Inchon being the most noteable. Calling MacArthur a poor strategist should be sacrilege as far as I'm concerned, his actions towards the bonus army have no impact on his abilities as a tactician. And you shouldn't skip over his highly decorated performance in WW1 where he was designated the youngest divisional commander in the field. I'm not really going anywhere with this other than I like MacArthur......alot. |