Douglas MacArthur
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Oct 28, 2026
Paul ScoreyGUEST
now.
Paul ScoreyGUEST
Well, I mean, I'm thinking sort of like, you know, that's like General MacArthur, isn't it? You know, return.
Paul ScoreyGUEST
You could have, you know, like with a little pipe, couldn't you? Yes.
Paul ScoreyGUEST
Turning.
Jim WiningHOST
People were tired of war, and that made him very unpopular.
Jim WiningHOST
And he had a general over there, a very well-respected five-star general, Douglas MacArthur, who in fact was pushing him to go beyond the Korean Peninsula and into a war directly with China.
Jim WiningHOST
And he got into a huge row with that five-star general who was extremely popular in this country.
Jim WiningHOST
And the issue was polarizing.
Jim WiningHOST
But he made the tough decision, as he would always say, the buck stops here.
Jim WiningHOST
He got rid of him.
Jim WiningHOST
He fired a five-star general.
Jim WiningHOST
Wow.
Donald TrumpGUEST
All I say is this.
Donald TrumpGUEST
General George Patton General Douglas MacArthur are spinning in their grave at the stupidity of what we're doing in the Middle East.
Martha RaddatzMODERATOR
I'm going to go to Secretary Clinton.
Martha RaddatzMODERATOR
Secretary Clinton, you want Assad to go.
Roland RamblerHOST
He told them in no uncertain terms that retreat was no longer an option.
Roland RamblerHOST
That gritty, stubborn defence of the Pusan perimeter kept the peninsula alive just long enough for General Douglas MacArthur to execute his famous, high-stakes amphibious landing at Inchon, turning the tide of the war.
Roland RamblerHOST
Tragically, Walker's journey did not end on a quiet porch in retirement.
Roland RamblerHOST
On December 23, 1950, as the war took a dark turn with the massive intervention of Chinese forces, Walker was riding in his jeep near Seoul.
Jonathan KoppengerHOST
Now, when the Senate ignored that petition and voted no on June 17, the stage was set for the violent clearing of the camps just a month later.
Jonathan KoppengerHOST
And who is responsible for this violence? None other than the Napoleon of the Potomac, Douglas MacArthur, the cold-hearted George S.
Jonathan KoppengerHOST
Patton, and the silent enabler who tried to distance himself from the event later, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Jonathan KoppengerHOST
The violent clearing wasn't just a political metaphor.
David MuraGUEST
Now these Japanese Americans trained in Japanese, they went out to the Pacific, they served as battlefield guides, as interrogators of prisoners, they translated, captured documents and intercepted messages.
David MuraGUEST
And General MacArthur's chief of intelligence, General Willoughby said, These Japanese Americans shortened the war in the Pacific by two years and saved a million American lives, which means there are white anti-immigrant, anti-Asian Americans walking around today who wouldn't even exist without the work of these Japanese American soldiers.
David MuraGUEST
And they, like the Navajo Code Talkers, are examples of how our diversity is our strength.
Michael LopezHOST
I wholeheartedly agree.
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You want to know what they sounded like before
Jesse KellyHOST
World War II? Someone emailed in, apparently, and I did not know this, Douglas MacArthur of World War II.
Jesse KellyHOST
Apparently, he's the son of a Medal of Honor winner, Arthur MacArthur Jr. Arthur MacArthur? Anyway, Arthur MacArthur Jr., okay? Well, he earned a Medal of Honor during the Civil War.
Jesse KellyHOST
You want to know what citation reads like on my life? I guess I'll fire it up here.
BugHOST
So like, that's where you can go.
MossHOST
George, George Diaz says, if I was the CEO of dollar general, I'd wear a Douglas MacArthur style general outfit.
BugHOST
Yeah.
BugHOST
I mean, you got, it's kind of like, it's sort of fucked up.
Tom HushPANELIST
Here's the news, war in Europe! I say, I say!
Ray StevensHOST
Douglas MacArthur has taken the Philippines.
Ray StevensHOST
I do declare we need to put an end to this.
Ray StevensHOST
But you know, you think of some people smoking a pipe and they're very astute and kind of high level, almost like the way Aaron Rodgers walked out yesterday at the Paris game with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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On August 16th, a British military observer watched as the brigade moved out of Miryong.
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He sent a dispatch to Tokyo, where General MacArthur's headquarters was running the war, and called the situation critical.
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If Myriam fell, Taigu couldn't be held, and the United Nations would be looking at a withdrawal from Korea.
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He put his faith in the Marines.
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He lived and he received the Bronze Star.
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He was one of two Dog Company Marines decorated for that morning.
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Staff Sergeant Albert Krausen, who led the 1st Platoon, silenced two machine gun positions by himself, and General MacArthur's headquarters awarded him the Army's Distinguished Service Cross.
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On the left, Easy Company fought through the village of Obongni at the foot of the ridge and climbed toward Hills 143 and 147.
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