For MacArthur, the main opponent of the Volunteer Army in the Korean War. We are familiar with it too. He was once the supreme ruler of the Philippines, the Philippines was occupied by the Japanese army during World War II, he left a message that I will come back again, left tens of thousands of Troops in the United States and fled back to the United States, and later counterattacked the Philippines with his troops.
After Japan's surrender, he was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Japan, nominally the Emperor Taishang of Japan, and even the then Japanese Emperor Hirohito nodded to him when he saw him. After the outbreak of the Korean War, he was supreme commander of the United Nations Forces. Later, he was dismissed from all positions because he repeatedly disobeyed President Truman's orders.
MacArthur's personality was very arrogant and arrogant, and he was always self-absorbed. After losing the war and being relieved by the president, will the Americans condemn or look down on him when he returns to the United States? He himself was uneasy in his own heart. But what he did not expect was that when he returned to Washington, the people here had already formed two rows along the road station, warmly welcoming the hero's return.
Other U.S. cities, such as New York and Philadelphia, held mass demonstrations in support of MacArthur and against President Truman's order to remove MacArthur from office. Several state legislatures even passed resolutions requiring President Truman to rescind his previous order to continue macArthur as the top commander in the United Nations army.
MacArthur, who had always liked to be high-profile, took the opportunity to give speeches and speeches everywhere and was so well received that americans who supported him listened to his speeches on the radio. Every time I go to a place to speak, there is always a sea of people. He released his farewell speech "Veterans Don't Die" before the U.S. Congressional meeting, which influenced many people and made people who did not support him also start to support him, which made his approval rating reach its peak.
At that time, Truman's presidency was coming to an end, and the United States was about to hold a presidential election. His two previous presidential campaigns have ended in failure. As a Republican party this time, there were many people in the party who opposed him, and his first turnout in the party was very low, and he was not qualified to represent the Republican Party to run for president.
It shows that people are very supportive of him, but his arrogant and arrogant character has never relented, he still wantsonly attacked the Communist Party and the dangers of communism, and never gave up on going through war, even threatening to carry out a nuclear war with the Soviet Union, to eliminate communism. This move is so dangerous that the people of the United States do not want to see it.
There is also another Republican in the Republican Party, who also has a military background and great achievements. He was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe and once commanded the famous Normandy landings. His status and seniority were much higher than MacArthur's, and compared to MacArthur's war rhetoric, Eisenhower saw the American people's desire to oppose war, although he was also a staunch anti-communist, and his rhetoric was more moderate. More acceptable to people. Soon O'Senhower was elected the 34th President of the United States.
MacArthur, now 82, returned to his alma mater, West Point. Receive the highest award from your alma mater: the Medal of Honor of Silvinus Thayer. At the ceremony, MacArthur delivered his last speech in his life, "Responsibility, Honor, Nation."
Two years later, MacArthur died at walter Reid Army Hospital (later renamed Army Medical Center) in the United States due to ineffective treatment for gallstone disease.