preface
In the context of Western culture, heroes are very much the object of their admiration, and it is difficult to imagine that they respect and follow the object not because their ideas are in line with their own, but simply because the other person's personal charm is very prominent.
There have been many heroic figures in recent American history, and MacArthur is one of them. He was so accomplished and accomplished that he could even use his personal charm to get the masses to demonstrate against President Harry S. Truman, and finally make Truman change the decision he made towards MacArthur.
And such a heroic figure was once in the courtroom, in full view of the public, being interrogated by the judge.
MacArthur's Trial
MacArthur's trial had nothing to do with the school he attended, and it could even be said that it was his school that led to his being brought to trial by a judge, which is now the world-famous West Point military school.
There have been many well-known generals at West Point, and even in a statistic about the history of American officers, up to forty percent of officers are from West Point. However, the former West Point military academy may disappoint you.
At West Point during MacArthur's time, there was an unwritten custom that seniors could do some special training for new students, in other words, we can also call it bullying.
Coupled with the fact that as a military school, other aspects of Education at West Point are very inadequate. At that time, a large part of the students of the military academy should not be called soldiers or soldiers, but really "soldiers".
Such an environment is very worrying. To this end, MacArthur's mother deliberately found a house near West Point so that she could take care of her children at all times.
MacArthur's father was not a nameless man in the United States, so fortunately he was not bullied by officers or seniors, and he was as good as his mother expected.
Although he avoided bullying from happening to him, bullying at school happened from time to time. This evil phenomenon made him deeply distressed, but he was powerless to change it.
Not only that, but the bullying in schools also caused him to be taken away by the court for trial as a witness.
In MacArthur's second year at West Point, his classmate, Buzi, dropped out, and soon after, the school and those who bullied Him were sued by the Buzi family.
It turned out that due to long-term bullying and heavy training at school, the young Buzi fell seriously ill and quickly left the world. The family of Buzi was deeply saddened, so there was this court trial.
MacArthur appeared in court as a corrector as a classmate of Buzi, and the court wanted to get some real information from his mouth, such as whether it was the unreasonable trouble of Buzi's family or whether there was some bad phenomenon at the school.
MacArthur was worried that pointing out the facts would damage the school's reputation and affect his studies, and he couldn't bear to die in such a hurry, so he fell into a tangle.
The longer it dragged on, the more nervous he became. In the face of everyone's gaze, even the military cadets couldn't help but tremble their legs, so anxious that sweat wet their hair, and he, who had always been calm and self-sustaining, also panicked.
Eventually, as he looked into his mother's eye, he began to calm down, pleading with the judge not to press him and pointing out that his father was Arthur. MacArthur made many achievements for the United States. The sons of good generals should not be treated like this.
It didn't work out, but MacArthur kept it in mind. Unable to change the status quo, he had to constantly improve himself until he could change the status quo one day.
Two years later, MacArthur graduated from West Point and left behind his best results since the founding of West Point. His heroic journey began.
Reform of the West Point Military Academy
In 1919, at the age of 39, MacArthur returned to West Point as principal, and his once powerless self could finally contribute to the change of the school.
After taking office, MacArthur began to reform The Military Academy at West Point.
First of all, on the curriculum, the traditional old-fashioned curriculum has been injected with a lot of fresh content: for example, political economy has become a compulsory course for students; for example, the vision of war has been expanded to fight the whole world, replacing the former civil war course with "World War Studies", and language courses and history courses have also been added.
The military ability of modern officers is not only manifested in their own physique, but also in the combination of various wisdom and insights in their own eyes and the world pattern.
At the same time, in terms of student communication, the upperclassmen are allowed to leave the school for a few days; students must learn to waltz and two-step dances ... Through these changes, the "soldiers" who were once blindly bullied learned the true connotation of communication and gradually grew into a generous and decent military appearance.
After MacArthur's changes from both the school system and the student style, West Point was eventually transformed into a modern military school, and until now it has also sent a large number of high-quality talents to the U.S. Army.
End
MacArthur, once a young man, became the subject of trial because of his inability to change the status quo, and it was difficult to speak in the eyes of the public; and many years later, MacArthur returned to his alma mater with his accumulated achievements in World War I and showed talents, and carried out drastic reforms, thus completing the transformation of the old and the new.
What can a hero be? It is a fighter who fights in blood, a calm and wise commander, a fearless person who stands up, a rebel who is ready to attack, and a pioneer who dares to reform.