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The president privately said of Long that along with General Douglas MacArthur, " e was one of the two most dangerous men in America.

General Douglas MacArthur said that Curtin was " one of the greatest of the wartime statesmen ".

Soon after Truman relieved MacArthur of command in April 1951, Bradley said in Congressional testimony, " Red China is not the powerful nation seeking to dominate the world.

... interpreter ... told General MacArthur in English what I had said in Spanish, namely, that I was instructed by General Mascardo to find out if General Aguinaldo had been captured.

Believing it wrong for the Army's highest-ranking officer to lead an action against fellow American war veterans, he strongly advised MacArthur against taking any public role: " I told that dumb son-of-a-bitch not to go down there ," he said later.

General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of the Southwest Pacific Area ( SWPA ), said that he was " especially anxious to have Krueger due to my long and intimate association with him ".

On arriving at Mindanao, MacArthur said, " You have taken me out of the jaws of death.

In 1978, psychic Jeanne Dixon was consulted to communicate with the spirit of General MacArthur, and Dixon said that MacArthur's spirit endorsed the production of the film.

" He desired the film to be an " entertaining action film ", but also said he was " very interested in depicting MacArthur as a human being and I want the world to know how miserable the war was for the Korean people.

The press kit for the film stated that the deceased MacArthur had said, " I was very happy to see this picture made because it will express my heart during the Korean War.

Whilst transferring trains in Terowie on 20 March 1942, U. S. General Douglas MacArthur made his famous speech regarding the Battle of the Philippines in which he said: " I came out of Bataan and I shall return ".

" In a letter dated January 15, 1990, Davey cited a, ".... drift by Dr. MacArthur to a theological position that we could not adhere to ," and said that MacArthur's sermon series on the theology of election ".... convinced us that the direction of ' Grace to You ' was toward Hyper-Calvinism ...." MacArthur preaches " Salvation " by election of God's sovereignty.

Ong said in an interview with the Washington Post's Lonnae O ’ Neal Parker, “ I hope this MacArthur Fellowship demonstrates the importance of self-determination and the hunger for improvement for people of generation.

Curtin with Douglas MacArthur preparing for war in 1942 Curtin, sitting right, at the 1944 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting | Commonwealth Prime Ministers ' Conference On 7 December 1941, the Pacific War broke out when Japan bombed Pearl Harbour.

Curtin formed a close working relationship with the Allied Supreme Commander in the South West Pacific Area, General Douglas MacArthur.

That night Curtin received a call from MacArthur, who had just heard about Eather's withdrawal to Imita Ridge.

MacArthur told Curtin to send Blamey back to Papua to take personal command of New Guinea Force.

Rowell felt that Blamey should have supported him and stood up to Curtin and MacArthur.

MacArthur did however enjoy a close relationship with Australian Prime Minister John Curtin, who strongly admired MacArthur.

MacArthur — who had to depend on Australian commanders to carry out his plans — often used his influence with Curtin to obtain changes in Australian decisions.

On 17 April 1942 the Prime Minister of Australia, John Curtin, directed all Australian defence forces personnel to treat orders from MacArthur " as emanating from the Commonwealth Government ".

MacArthur and Curtin agreed that there would be no change to Blamey's status, and that the government would be consulted about any other proposed changes.

alt = MacArthur ( in a military uniform ) and Curtin ( in a dark suit ) sitr at a table.

Curtin is leaning towards MacArthur, listening. MacArthur announced the composition of his staff, known as General Headquarters ( GHQ ) on 19 April.

In March 1944, MacArthur met with Curtin and detailed his plans for the Western New Guinea campaign, explaining that he would assume direct command of land forces when he reached the Philippines, and suggesting that Blamey could either go with him as an army commander, or remain in Australia as Commander in Chief.

Although Curtin was unaware of MacArthur's impending arrival, and had expected that Brett would command American forces in Australia, he was persuaded to issue a recommendation that MacArthur be made Supreme Commander South West Pacific Area.

MacArthur with Blamey and Prime Minister Curtin in March 1942

** WWII ends: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted by the Supreme Allied Commander, General Douglas MacArthur, and Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz for the United States, and delegates from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, China, and others from a Japanese delegation led by Mamoru Shigemitsu, on board the American battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

* February 22 – General George Marshall transmits a direct order to General Douglass MacArthur in President Roosevelt's name, ordering MacArthur himself to turn over command of the Philippines to a subordinate and report to Australia to assume command of the large American force being built up there.

In March 1942, MacArthur, his family and his staff left nearby Corregidor Island in PT boats and escaped to Australia, where MacArthur became Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area.

Johnson reported to General Douglas MacArthur in Australia.

The city, while nominated to be abandoned to the Japanese in the spring by Australian factions was, by September, home to an important Allied complex of bases and thousands of troops were eventually stationed in the area or more often, staged through it, as it was the last allied bastion on the island and the last line of defense against the Japanese before Australia and conversely, a key staging and jumping off point as the Allies got their feet underneath themselves under MacArthur, and began conducting offensive warfare themselves, pushing back the Japanese advances.

As long anticipated by MacArthur, the Japanese kept trying to reach Port Moresby, for their strategic bid for air dominance by setting up a network of bases commanding the Sea lines of communication was obvious as was their desire to isolate and cut off Australia as a war aim.

As Supreme Allied Commander of the South West Pacific Area, General Douglas MacArthur had after months of arguments with that victory, finally convinced Australian politicians in early August 1942 to " defend Australia by defending Port Moresby "— a forward defense strategy.

On 11 April 1964, at the request of the Prime Minister Robert Menzies, Forde represented Australia at MacArthur ’ s funeral in Arlington, Virginia.

Following the relocation of MacArthur to Australia in March, to serve as Allied Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area, Wainwright inherited the unenviable position of Allied commander in the Philippines.

Lieutenant General ( Australia ) | Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead with General of the Army Douglas MacArthur on Labuan Territory | Labuan in June 1945

It is also a widely-held view that, from mid-1943 onwards, MacArthur confined the Australian Army divisions under his command to tough and largely irrelevant actions, while reserving the more prestigious actions for US troops, resulting in enduring antipathy towards MacArthur in Australia.

General Douglas MacArthur had been ordered to leave the Philippines and re-establish U. S. Army headquarters in Australia, from whence counterattacks might be launched.

In January 1945, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur agreed to release American stockpiles in Australia to support the BPF.

MacArthur formulated a strategic outline, the Elkton Plan, to capture Rabaul from bases in Australia and New Guinea.

As the Japanese closed in on the remaining Allied forces in the Philippines, MacArthur was ordered to re-locate to Australia.

He is best known as having been a co-host alongside Leo Laporte and Amber MacArthur of Call for Help, a technology help television program on G4techTV Canada in Canada and the HOW TO Channel in Australia.

Large numbers of United States Army and Army Air Forces units arrived in Australia in early 1942, and the Australian military was placed under the overall command of General Douglas MacArthur in March.

While this was still going on the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George Marshall, had contacted Brett and asked him to get the Australian government to nominate MacArthur, whose arrival in Australia was now imminent, as its choice for supreme commander.

MacArthur reported to Marshall that there were no qualified Dutch officers in Australia, and that the Australian Army had a critical shortage of staff officers that he did not wish to exacerbate.