Douglas MacArthur’s Life
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1880, Douglas MacArthur already had the military sense in his blood. His father, Arthur MacArthur, wore many hats, one of which was as a general in the Civil and Spanish wars and another as military governor of the Philippines during President McKinley’s term (Compton’s Encyclopedia, 1990). His grandfather was a judge, another man who many considered to accomplish many feats and taught young MacArthur how to be an honest, brave, and scholarly man (PBS Online, 1999). His first marriage, to Louise Cromwell Brooks did not last because she could not handle the military life. They divorced in 1928. He remarried later and had one child, whom he named after his father. He died in 1964 and buried in the MacArthur Memorial Park in Norfolk, Virginia.
When Douglas MacArthur was a child, he joined his father on a 300-mile journey to Fort Seldon, New Mexico, where his father was in charge of 46 newly enlisted Army recruits; this......

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