Douglas MacArthur Quotes
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.
MacArthur, Douglas. Address to the Congress of the Philippines. 5 Jul. 1961, Manila. Congressional Record, vol. 107, 1961, p. 12345.
The irony was that it was by warfare that he conquered most of the Hawaiian Islands and formed them into a kingdom.
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the U.S. Army, and the only one conferred the rank of field marshal in the Philippine Army.