Douglas MacArthur
January 26, 1880 — April 5, 1964
Graduates from West Point first in class
1906 Appointed aide to Theodore Roosevelt
1914 Recomended for the Congressional Medal of Honor
1918 Made general and commander of the Rainbow Division
1919 Superintendent of West Point
1925 Serves on Billy Mitchell court-martial
1936 Made Field Marshal of the Philippines
1941 Recalled to active duty by FDR
Bataan, Corregidor
1942 Escape to Australia, Medal of Honor
1943 bypass of Rabaul
1944 Hollandia, promoted to General of the Army
1945 recaptures Manila, Bataan, Corregidor
receives the surrender of Japan on the Battleship Missouri
As SCAP effective ruler of Japan
1946 MacArthur Constitution enacted in Japan
1950 North Korea invades South Korea, MacArthur first UN Commander, Inchon
1951 Stripped of all commands by Truman
1952 Keynote address to Republican National Convention
1961 Journey to the Philipines
1962 Farewell to West Point
1964 Begs Johnson to stay out of Viet Nam, dies Walter Reed Hospital
Visitation
Manhattan's Seventh Regiment Armory
U. S. Capital Rotunda
Funeral
St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Norfolk)
Interment
Norfolk Courthouse