Show texas war veteran recalls time he chased macarthur SAN ANTONIO TEX not many men nien can boast that they ever chased gen douglas macarthur anywhere ed armstrong sr 82 year old vet ran eran of two major wars and the philippine insurrection is the ex caption he chased macarthur off the pa rade field in the philippines it was this way the former so sol dier explained I 1 was a major in the infantry under the late maj gen douglas macarthur father of the now famous commander of al lied occupation forces in japan that was in 1899 and doug jr was a mischievous 16 year old boy he had the same squint in his eyes that he has today he wore his cap at the same jaunty angle then as now he wore his shirt open at the throat armstrong remembers macar thur as an unforgettable young ster he was full of pep and g n ger and curious about anything that was military he recalled he added that it probably was the curiosity of young doug that caused him to get too close to the reviewing 1 troops it was my duty to chase him off the field armstrong said |