Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur
Nickname(s)	Gaijin Shogun  • English: The Foreign Generalissimo Dugout Doug Big Chief
Born	(1880-01-26)January 26, 1880 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Died	April 5, 1964(1964-04-05) (aged 84) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Allegiance	United States  Philippines
Service/branch	United States Army Philippine Army
Years of service	1903–1964
Rank	General of the Army (U.S. Army) Field Marshal (Philippine Army)
Service number	O-57
Commands held	United Nations Command Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Southwest Pacific Area U.S. Army Forces Far East Philippine Department U.S. Army Chief of Staff Philippine Division U.S. Military Academy Superintendent 42nd Division 84th Infantry Brigade
Battles/wars	Mexican Revolution  • United States occupation of Veracruz World War I  • Champagne-Marne Offensive  • Battle of Saint-Mihiel  • Meuse-Argonne Offensive World War II  • Philippines Campaign (1941–1942)  • New Guinea campaign  • Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)  • Borneo campaign (1945)  • Occupation of Japan Korean War  • Battle of Inchon  • UN Offensive, 1950  • Chinese Winter Offensive  • UN Offensive, 1951
Awards	Medal of Honor Distinguished Service Cross (3) Army Distinguished Service Medal (5) Navy Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star (7) Distinguished Flying Cross Bronze Star Air Medal Purple Heart (2) Complete list
Spouse(s)	Louise Cromwell Brooks (m. 1922; divorce 1929) Jean Faircloth (m. 1937; his death 1964)
Relations	See MacArthur family
Other work	Chairman of the board of Remington Rand
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Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur, Jr., the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five men ever to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the US Army, and the only man ever to become a field marshal in the Philippine Army.

Raised in a military family in the American Old West, MacArthur was valedictorian at the West Texas Military Academy, and First Captain at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated top of the class of 1903. During the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz, he conducted a reconnaissance mission, for which he was nominated for the Medal of Honor. In 1917, he was promoted from major to colonel and became chief of staff of the 42nd (Rainbow) Division. In the fighting on the Western Front during World War I, he rose to the rank of brigadier general, was again nominated for a Medal of Honor, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross twice and the Silver Star seven times.

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