MacArthur is known to have judged others, but few know that he has been judged by others.
(Tokyo Trial, led by MacArthur behind the scenes)
I. "Dapeng Spreads Its Wings"
In the summer of 1899, MacArthur entered West Point.
That year, he was 18.
He is 1.8 m tall and weighs 62. With a well-proportioned figure, dignified physique and a gentlemanly demeanor, he is the first to be the head of the West Point as soon as he enters the school.
But the first lesson he faced was that the veteran taught him "how to understand politeness."
This is not a gentle temptation.
West Point is a military school known for its leadership skills, and when freshmen enter school, there is a terrifying place to go: the Beast Training Camp.
Here, they have to learn to obey. "If you don't obey, you are not qualified to command" is the school's famous saying.
(MacArthur around 1905)
Veterans manage recruits, that is, to fight, abuse, and repair.
Can't repair people, how to manage people.
Military academies all over the world seem to do this.
Five-Star Admiral Marshall had a knife scar on his ass that had fallen from his first year at the Virginia Military Academy when he was forced to squat with a bayonet by a veteran.
MacArthur was born into the General's House, and at this time he was also stripped naked, without any labels, and trained by beasts.
They ordered MacArthur to strip naked and crouch on a pile of broken glass, tiptoeing to the ground, arms straight, swinging up and down to learn Roc.
During this period, the body also has to stand up and crouch down with the flight.
If necessary, the butt in the white shorts should also be lifted in coordination to show that it is more like a roc flying.
(Pictured, U.S. Soldier Training)
One day, after MacArthur did this more than a hundred times, roc spread his wings and finally couldn't eat it and fainted on the ground.
His roommate pulled him back.
While sleeping, MacArthur found that his legs were no longer listening, spasming, and kept banging on the floor, making a banging sound.
This went on for a few days.
He thought it was over, but he didn't know it was just the beginning.
A catastrophe is coming.
(West Point Military Academy)
2. Death of a student
Towards the end of 1 year of Beast Training, a West Point cadet died.
He died of tuberculosis.
But his family did not spare him, saying he died of abuse at West Point.
1 year ago, this boy named Buzi lost in a boxing match without a boxing holster, and refused to fight again, quitting the game.
He was considered a coward by the cadets, and the veterans told him to take off his uniform.
He refused.
Abuse begins.
(U.S. recruits are punished.) Pictured)
At each meal, he was forced to drink a large amount of tabasguera soy sauce.
In the end, the degraded step grades declined, and he dropped out of school in less than 1 year.
After that, he fell ill with tuberculosis and died.
The family accused the school of drinking 1 gallon of soy sauce at the school that led to this result.
1 gallon is equivalent to 3785 ml, think weird and terrible. But what to do with tuberculosis, it is not known.
Anyway, the matter is big.
West Point is a nationally recognized school approved by Congress and the president-appointed principal.
After the matter was reported in the media, President McKinley ordered the organization of a special court to investigate the matter.
(Pictured by West Point students)
3. The son of the general
In January 1901, MacArthur was summoned to court.
As a witness, the judge asked him to charge who bullied Buzi.
MacArthur didn't go through such a scene and didn't know what to do.
If he names people, he will be spurned by his classmates and discredited by the school;
And if he refuses to confess, it is tantamount to blatant disobedience, and the only thing waiting for him is to withdraw from school.
In court, he was in a desperate situation, "his legs were weak, his head was full of sweat, and he was nauseous." Sixty years later, when MacArthur was old, he still remembered this scene vividly.
The scene is like the little warrior in the game alone in the boss's lair, feeling that he is about to hang up.
(Pinkie, MacArthur's mother)
At the critical moment, his mother, who lived with him at West Point, handed him a piece of paper that read:
"Where there is a mother, there must be a son, and the proverb is right. Through you, the world will see the mother's moral practice. ”
His mother, Fan Ji, was a powerful figure.
From giving his son "immigrants" to apply for the West Point qualification, to personally accompanying the preparation for the West Point, to settling in the West Point Hotel on the West Point campus, MacArthur can be described as an assist all the way, inseparable.
Behind a successful man, there must be a great woman.
A blood cow who weighs the verdict must have a Taoist priest who fights with blood.
Now, when the health volume has bottomed out, the mother has come to assist again.
By the time of the "court session" again, MacArthur had an opinion.
He gave only names known to the judges, as well as the names of students who had left the school.
(MacArthur at West Point)
He begged the court to spare him.
"Now, my father is fighting on the front line thousands of miles away." He took out his trump card and said, "He fought alongside the people in the court during the Civil War and the war against the Indians." ”
"I'm willing to accept any punishment, but please don't take off my uniform!"
MacArthur's father, Arthur MacArthur, was one of the 12 most influential generals in the Army at the time.
Perhaps at this moment, the Taoist mother whispered to him, and the mage father decisively released a wall of thunder or fire in the distance.
There is no danger, and it is the boss who hangs up, not the little warrior.
The judge was speechless and adjourned the hearing.
Nervous, MacArthur did not wait for news of his arrest.
The Tribunal obtained a list of the abusers from other sources.
(Family portrait of MacArthur when he was 6 years old)
Fourth, the boss exploded
The death of a cadet brought out a general's son for trial.
Media coverage turned to MacArthur.
Dig out reports of his abuse at Camp Beast.
This is the son of a general and cannot afford to offend. Congress again organized a commission of inquiry and subpoenaed him:
The newspaper said your legs were spasming, what's going on?
Say, whoever abused you, we're in charge for you!
MacArthur insisted, no one, it was my leg cramping badly. I have not been treated more seriously than other trainees.
In this way, he never bit out any of the veterans who had abused him.
(Photo of MacArthur after becoming President of West Point)
These two "wars" completely changed MacArthur.
1 Personality
"From then on, as long as I thought it was the right thing to do, I didn't hesitate to do it. As I wait for fate's verdict, I will never again be frightened and my legs will go limp. MacArthur in his later years said.
2 Impact
On both trials, he stood in the position of his classmates and the school authorities, stood up, did not bite out anyone, did not discredit the school, and won the respect of all students, instructors and principals.
"He is a man who deserves to be taken seriously, a man who is destined to have a great future." One of his classmates said.