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MacArthur is a 1999 two-part television documentary film about Douglas MacArthur, a United States General of the Army.Produced by PBS for The American Experience (now simply American Experience) documentary program, it recounts the significant events and controversies in MacArthur's life, from childhood to his death in 1964.
Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur, commanding the 84th Brigade, 42nd Division, standing in front of his staff car, Saint-Juvin, Ardennes, France, 3 November 1918. Summerall nominated MacArthur for the Medal of Honor and promotion to major general, but he received neither. [69] Instead, he was awarded a second Distinguished Service Cross. [70]
In stature and seniority, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was the Army's foremost general. The son of Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur Jr., a recipient of the Medal of Honor for action during the American Civil War, [8] he had graduated at the top of his West Point class of 1903, [9] but never attended an advanced service school except for the engineer course in 1908. [10]
The film is notable for its discussion of the problems MacArthur faced in Australia after the conquest of the Philippines, the American military's "hit 'em where they ain't" strategy through the Solomons and Papua New Guinea, and especially the footage from the reconquest of the Philippines, including of Battle of Leyte, the Battle of Manila ...
MacArthur is a 1977 American biographical war film directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Gregory Peck in the eponymous role as American General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. Plot [ edit ]
General Douglas MacArthur in 1943 or 1944. This is the service summary of Douglas MacArthur, a General in the United States Army, who began his career in 1903 as a second lieutenant and served in three major military conflicts, going on to hold the highest military offices of both the United States and the Philippines.
In Pursuit of Honor is a 1995 American made-for-cable Western film directed by Ken Olin. Don Johnson stars as a member of a United States Cavalry detachment refusing to slaughter its horses after being ordered to do so by General Douglas MacArthur.
Deutsch: Berichterstattung über die Proklamation der Unabhängigkeit der Philippinen am 4. Juli 1946. Gezeigt werden der erste philippinische Präsident Manuel Roxas, der amerikanische frühere Hochkommissar und spätere Botschafter Paul McNutt und General Douglas MacArthur, der eine kurze Rede hält.