In the U.S. military, the five-star general is the highest rank, just like the marshal of our country, so it can be said that there are very few people who can be awarded the five-star general. And in the history of the U.S. military, only ten people have gained this vanity, they are Eisenhower, Marshall, MacArthur, Nimitz, Joseph. King, Lech, Arnold, Halsey, Bradley, Spruance, these ten, and if you want to say who is the most famous and arrogant of the five-star generals, it must be MacArthur.
Later generations commented on him mixedly, with admirers saying that he was the greatest general in the history of the U.S. military, while others said that he loved to be in the limelight and was self-righteous. Today, let's talk about the legendary life of MacArthur, the most arrogant of the five-star generals.
MacArthur was born into a military family, and his father was a three-star lieutenant general in the US military, which had a great influence on The Younger MacArthur. It was also under his father's teaching that little MacHathur aspired to grow up to be a soldier.
In 1899, MacArthur was successfully admitted to the West Point Military Academy, and the other courses in the school were very good, so that the total score of the graduation score reached 98.43 points, setting a record for the West Point Military Academy, and this record has not been broken.
After graduation, MacArthur also started as a basic soldier and rose step by step. However, soon after the outbreak of World War I, MacArthur went to France to fight, and because of his outstanding performance, he was promoted to brigadier general after the battle. At the age of 39, he was appointed president of the West Point Military Academy, and became the youngest principal in the history of West Point.
Later, with his achievements, MacArthur also rose to the peak step by step, and before the outbreak of World War II, he was promoted to four-star general of the US army, and became the commander-in-chief of the Philippines, becoming the top military commander of the US military in the Far East.
After the outbreak of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. army joined World War II, when MacArthur served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Far Eastern Army, the first battle with the Japanese army, MacArthur failed one after another, it is said that at that time, he almost drew his gun and committed suicide, fortunately stopped by his lieutenant, which has the classic sentence "I am gone, but I will come back" to Australia, he fought again, and Nimitz (who was also a five-star admiral in the U.S. army), was responsible for commanding the Pacific War.
Two famous U.S. generals joined hands, one land and one sea in the Pacific Ocean and the Japanese army successively launched the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Okinawa, the Battle of Midway, after experiencing these wars, the enemy is no longer a U.S. military opponent, and surrender is only a matter of time.
In 1944, in recognition of MacArthur's achievements in the Far East, he was promoted to five-star general in the Army, which brought MacArthur's life to the peak, because the highest rank in the U.S. military at that time was a five-star general, and MacArthur was still an auspicious person who showed off himself, wearing a pipe in his mouth and a pair of sunglasses wherever he went.
Especially in 1945, at the 15th of August 1945, as the Allied Supreme Commander MacArthur, was receiving his free time. Five pens were prepared at the ceremony,
He wrote the word "Doug" on the first pen and gave it to Lieutenant General Wainwright, who was standing behind him; the second pen went on to write "Russ" and then to the British commander Percival; the third pen wrote "MacArthur" and put it away and sent it to the U.S. Government Archives; the fourth pen signed the position of "Allied Supreme Commander" and gave it to the United States Military Academy at West Point; and the fifth pen signed it for his beloved wife Jean after the year, month, and day. From this, it can be seen that he is a man who likes to show off himself very much, but to be honest, MacArthur does have the capital to show off, and he is the most popular general in the United States.