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Show ' THURSDAY, FEB. 19, 1976 PAGE 3 I MacArthur Victim Of ABC TV Expose ByJOHXF.McMKUS besmirch MacArthur's memory, Early in Januaj ABC joined fe long Television line of wolves howli at the memory of one opur nation's truly legitime herI oes. The show pllision Course" depicteif General Douglas MacArtlr as an arrogant egotist o made his Commander iphief wait while his planelircled an airfield. The jbident, if ABC-Tis to I believed, took place on thpccasion of the historic mefig between MacArthur aif President Truman at Wje Island in the Pacific in etober, 1950. V after the Immediate show was aijd, however, Colonel Laurie E. Bunker, the General'fersonal aide at the time jailed a press conference tset the record straight. "MacArfir arrived at Wake Islaf the night before," saiolonel Bunker. "I know his for certain because I was with the General. e truth is that the General as waiting at the airport f the President." As pafof a campaign to ABC But the politicians who controlled America no longer wanted victory. Colonel Bunker pointed out that the General's plan to try Japan's Prime Minister Tojo for murder in 1945 was blocked by men who already foresaw America's participation in undeclared wars. Tojo had attacked Pearl victory. After the War, MacArthur's greatness shone even brighter. His careful and humane treatment of Japan, the defeated adversary, is a textbook study of chivalry and statesmanship. Humiliated and broken as it was, he helped Japan to regain and then to become our honored and valuable ally. When the North Korean Communists invaded South Korea in 1950, they too ran into MacArthur's brilliance. For centuries to come, students of military science will marvel at the success of the amphibious landings at Inchon, where, in a single move, a certain defeat was turned into a total rout of the enemy with minimum Television chose to perpetuate the fictitious account of that meeting first propagated by writer Merle Miller in his book, "Plain Speaking." Evidently Douglas MacArthur in his grave is still feared by those who are plunging America into mediocrity and "de- The long military career of General Douglas MacArthur included service as far back as World War I. But his widespread fame was earned during and after his successful campaign against Japan in - World War II. Casual students of that war can and do fill books with the often glorious but always bloody assaults of the Marine Corps on heavily fortified beaches. But a closer look reveals that as MacArthur's forces proceeded from Australia to Japan through the Western Pacific war zone, they lost fewer men along the entire route than the Marines lost in some of their major battles. The General knew that it is never necessary to pile up casualties to achieve Kissingers had their way instead, and the world is filling up with darkness and despotism. Douglas MacArthur will be remembered for his greatness long after ABC Tele w'aT c E S no-wi- self-respe- tente." vision's petty lies are forgotten. Let us hope that our nation will produce more of his kind, for our country needs men who truly mean it when they pledge themselves to "duty, honor, and country." McNamaras, Rusks, and . I Harbor without declaring war, and had he been tried and convicted for that crime, the Korean and Vietnam Wars would have been declared wars and would have SOMEWHERE IT'S SUMMER! TRAVEL CHALET i.(n WILL HELP YOU PLAN A been fought to victory, or not fought at all. 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