| Show macarthurs Mac Arthurs australian campaign heightens spirit of all america ya p 3 v V I 1 W YA J pap az 1 I v 44 t 38 general douglas macarthur A fighting alighting general Jor for fighting mad people is he N NOW OW youage you are going to see some real fighting that is what thousands of persons said some of whom might have said it to you when word was hashed flashed from australla australia that general douglas macarthur was down there to assume the supreme united nations command in that region ever since the warin war in the pacific region began the stor story y of the ground warfare hasteen has been continually and dishearteningly the same but with one exception y i newspaper and radio accounts leave have related of continual retreats and finally surrenders by the allied armies but the brilliant exception to all this defensive is and was the activity ot of general macarthur bw his aides and his native and american troops fighting on the Bataan peninsula not only did macarthur stop the japs and thereby causing the commander gen masaharu homme homma to commit hara kirl but he also put through two brilliant alot ot fen which prevented further enemy advances at the time timi 1 I 61 reason keason for australians respect such immediate background lot lof this brilliant gene general ial t this his one officer of the united nations w was a s the cause tor for the increasing clamor of them the australians aliana to have may macarthur rth ur came come down there and help them with american british australian and native soldiers resist the japs in the last pacific region stand so niter after receiving orders on Wishing tons birthday from the president to ga go 16 to australia macarthur made plans with his suc sue cassor maj mab gen gan jona jonathan than mayhew wainwright Waln wright a brilliant tacal tactician for further defense at bataan macs the man alin when a roving reporter for one of the outstanding midwest new spa 1 I 1 pers went out to interview 1 arians as to how they felt about the new shakeup in military militar control afi I 1 the pacific region whereby general macarthur was given complete mili mil mili i i gitary control the consensus of londas ion lon was macs the man mail I 1 one fellow said that it was thel the I 1 best news he heard since the V U st entered the war A housewife i said that macarthur is the man for the job A student on his way to his class at university said that if anyone tan can successfully slap the japs macarthur Is the one that can do it A not t too C 0 busy auto salesman said that the generals appointment was the most important move since the united states was stabbed in the bae back k Such opinions as these of mr and mrs america reflect it is almost c ertain certain to say the opinion of this nation and all allied nations as a whole even in london the newspapers there commenting on the first time thata that a foreign general has taken command comm and of defense in british dominions had nothing but but encouraging cou raging hopeful and optimistic words fame after career ended fame came came to general macarthur after his career had ended end dl for it was in 1935 that he retired from the army after making a name for himself as officer of world war 1 I and decorated for conspicuous courage his decorations are reportedly more numerous than any other officer in the service ii back in 1903 he was graduated from military academy heading his class ever since then behas he has been showing his fellow officers and his men under him that he is one of themen the nien who knows how to fight flicht son of a civil war hero gen arthur macarthur general douglas went with his hia father as giri an aide when hi he e went befit to tokyo on a ek AI byl V AN it maw 14 im m C ak 4 X W ak NA t ng V 0 n V I 1 2 V 11 U V since general macarthur ha has taken staken his new command ln in Austral australla 0 to o stop and then push back the japanese drive mij mai gen jonathan M IV 11 w t I 1 left shown talking with con can macarthur ihas hai been ap pointed to the command of the forces that outfought despite 20 to 1 odds the jap forces on the he bataan batca n peninsula in the philippine islands mission in on three different occasions he saw extended army army sar service v ice I 1 in n the philippines in 1935 he ha went to manila as the commons commonwealths president manuel Que zons military adviser that his advisory capacity to president quezon was of a successful nature is now seen in the successful manner in which american troops philippine scout professionals and filipino reservists under unde his command fought so at the age of 50 after many years of active service it looked as though general macarthurs Mac Arthurs military life was at an end it seemed that he was then destined for obscurity after being chief of of bleil staff lur for five years but it has often been stated that it is the seemingly little incidents in a persons life which eventually develop into significant extremely important matters what would have happened had macarthur upon being retired not been sent to the philippines to shape up a military force foice there is impossible to say once again macarthurs Mac Arthurs life is showing that faccas fact Is oftentimes more interesting than fiction here in macarthur you see a story book I 1 X e V J 7 v mrs D douglas macarthur it is now ow up to her husband soldier cool even tempered poised admired by his staff and men preparing to do a titanic job despite heavy odds against it even the generals air flight of 2000 miles to australia had a touch of the dramatic to it for the zone over which he hd and his officers and aides flew fk w in two planes has been conceded as being the hot spot of the southwest Pac pacific this llila esthe is the zou e where chere both enemy and allied planes plane sare are continually on the alert fighters bombers and in always ready for battle cherk ahei you look it at a map and se see e th he territory you wll will fully realize i that Mac macarthur Arthr has not lost any of his boldn boldness essIt it is ii such daring and calm that hassut all the confidence of the allied nations people directly on his shoulders the yanks and Aus sies being what they are in temperament and disposition as to being ready fox toy a fl fight 9 ht inlall ati all tin times ies now have hav q a man as their leader they know will not fail them congressmen 13 behind um too that this attitude even goes for officials and congressmen in the nations capital is no noted in the comment off oft various congressmen on the day that macarthurs Mac Arthurs sale safe arrival was announced in a special official war department sen millard E tydings D md said that australia now has real lea leadership der that he was very happy to know that macarthur was down there where a man such as he is needed rep joseph J mansfield D texas put in a comment which ail all americans fully understand he said that macarthur is ii sure going to raise hell with the japs providing ae we can can keep him supplied w with ith a continuous line of supplies andr and men rien house minority leader joseph W madin martin R mass mais said he was happy to hear of the famous soldiers appointment he further added that such an appointment will add to the confidence of the american people the day that macarthurs Mac Arthurs appet appointment and successful flight to australia was announced the president iden t la in hi his press conference also had words of encouragement for the american people he said that the purpose of the transfer was not act to develop further farther defensive measures but primarily and definitely to win the war president roosevelt said at that conference that he be felt too that every american man and woman held the same admiration for the fighting brilliant general that he held |
