Show macarthurs Mac Arthurs australian campaign heightens spirit 0 of f all america OW vo fa 9 a 77 1 4 a g A W q N arl X X A Z Z general douglas macarthur A fighting general for fighting mad people is he OW you are going to see some real fighting N NOW that is what thousands of persons said some of whom might have said it to you when word was flashed from australia that general douglas macarthur was down there to assume the supreme united nations command in that region ever since the war in the pacific region began the story of the ground warfare has been continually and dishearteningly the same but with one exception newspaper and radio accounts have related of continual retreats and finally surrenders by the allied armies but bu t the brilliant exception to all al this defensive warfare is and was the S activity of general macarthur 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 homma to commit hara kiri but he also put through two brilliant offensives fen which prevented further enemy advances at the time reason for australians respect such immediate background of this brilliant general this number one officer of the united nations was the cause for the inc increasing reasin 9 clamor of the australians to have macarthur come down there and help them with american british australian and native soldiers resist the japs in the last pacific ic region stand so after receiving orders on birthday from the president to go to australia macarthur made plans with his successor maj gen jonathan mayhew wainwright a brilliant tactician for further defense at bataan macs the man alan when a roving reporter for one of the outstanding midwest newspapers went out to interview pedestrians as to how they felt about the new shakeup in military control in the pacific region whereby general macarthur was given complete military control the consensus of opinion was macs the man one fellow ellow said that it was the best news he heard since the U S entered the W war ar A housewife said that macarthur is the man for the job A student on his way to his class at university said that it if anyone can successfully slap the laps japs macarthur is the one that can do it A not too busy auto salesman said that the generals appointment was the most important move since the united states was stabbed in the back such opinions as these of mr and mrs america reflect it is almost certain to say the opinion of nation and all allied nations as a whole even in london the newspapers there commenting on the first time that a foreign general has taken command of defense in british dominions had nothing but encouraging cou raging hopeful and optimistic words fame after career ended fame came to general macarthur after his career had ended for it was in 1935 that he retired from the army after making a name for himself as officer of world war I 1 and decorated for conspicuous courage his decorations are reportedly more numerous than any other officer in the service back in 1903 he was graduated from military academy heading his class ever since then he has been showing his fellow officers and his men under him that he is one of the men who knows how to fight son of a civil war hero gen arthur macarthur general genera i douglas went with his father as an aide when he went to tokyo on a N at MIN 14 4 since general macarthur MacArt bur has taken his new command in australia to stop and then push back the japanese drive maj ge gen n jonathan al wainwright left shown talking with gen Ala cArth has been appointed to the command of the forces that oui outfought fough t odds the despite 20 to I 1 jap forces on the bataan peninsula in the philippine islands future general 7 n AE r aa 9 little tour four year old d A arthur rt h u r M macarthur arc son of general a and d mrs macarthur is Is starting early ul in a possible war career besides having a famous general as a father arthurs grandfather a civil war veteran after whom he is named commanded a manila brigade in 1898 when U S forces captured that city when war broke out in the philippines little arthur and his mother the form former e miss jean faircloth of murfreesboro tenn were reported safe on the is island land the next word that came through as to their whereabouts was when their arrival in australia with the general and his staff was announced noun ced mission mission in 1905 OS on three different occa occasions he saw extended army service in the philipp philippines ines in 1 1935 he went to manila as the 1 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 his command fought so at the age of 50 after many years of active service it looked as though general macarthur Mac Arthurs is military life was at an end it seemed that he was then destined for ob security after being chief of staff 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 there is impossible to say once again macarthurs Mac Arthurs life is showing that fact is oftentimes more interesting than fiction here in macarthur you see a story book f 1 I I 1 I 1 wan w I 1 I 1 e eo k 4 W na 4 W 1 al A F mrs douglas Ala macarthur cArthur it is u now nou up to so 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 and his officers and aides flew in two planes has been conceded as being the hot spot of the southwest pacific this is the zone where both enemy and allied planes are continually on the alert fighters bombers and in in always ready for b battle at when you look a at t a map and see the territory you will fully realize that macarthur has not lost any of his boldness it is such daring skill and calm that has put an all the confidence of the allied nations people directly on his shoulders the yanks and aussien abssi Aus sies es being what th they eyare are in temperament and disposition as to being ready for a fight at all times now have a man as their leader they know will not fail them congressmen behind him too roo that this attitude even goes for officials and congressmen in the nations capital is noted in the comment of various congressmen on the day that macarthurs Mac Arthurs safe arrival was announced in a special official war department comm unique sen millard E tydings D md s said aid that australia now has real leadership 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 all americans fully understand he said that macarthur is sure going to raise hell with the japs providing we can keep him supplied with a continuous line of supplies and men house minority leader joseph W martin R mass said he was happy to hear of the famous soldier diers s appointment he further added that such an appointment will add to the confidence of the american people the day that macarthurs Mac Arthurs appointment and successful hight flight to australia was announced the president in his press conference also had words of encouragement for the Arne american rican people he said that the purpose of the transfer was not to develop further defensive meas measures ares but primarily and definitely y to win tho the war president roosevelt said at that conference that he felt too that every american man inan and worn wom an held the same admiration for the fighting brilliant general that he h held |