Show f PORTRAIT OF A HERO nothing has stood longer unless it be macarthur the hills and the devil believe it or not that s an did scotch proverb the mac arthurs are the oldest known scotch clan according to legend th the e first macarthur shervie mohr was the son of king arthur of the round fable macarthur means son of arthur benl douglas macarthur proves prove s once again that the scots have what it takes previous yankee doodle heroes of scotch ori origin include john paul jones andrew jackson job jeb stuart and ulysses S grant scotch and soldier pun my soul macarthur is like this when he commanded the rainbow division in france during wor world d war 1 I his superior officer told him one day that lie he wanted 1 the cote de chatillon a strongly fortified german key position taken by six the following evening evenin macarthurs Mac Arthurs answer was we will take the cote tie de chatillon by six tomorrow or report a casualty list of dead that will include me when macarthur went over the top with his troops in france the only head covering he ever wore was his everyday service cap disdaining the safer steel helmet required by regulations called down once by his immediate commander general for taking that risk macarthurs Mac Arthurs reply was 1 I cant be bothered with changing my hat when im busy shortly after the first american troops arrived in france under macarthur the french who think much of the yanks as sc rappers figured put on a show and give macarthur an idea of what real soldiers were like placing macarthur in a spot where he could safely watch the frenchies do their big s stuff t u ff th they ey staged a surprise raid on the germans across the line machine guns started to b bark ark shrapnel burst and men were dropping au all over the place macarthur armed only with a riding whip jumped into the battle when it was over macarthur walked over to the wide eyed frenchies leading by the ear a german officer whom he had captured with nothing but a whip the bitter irony is that when Ala macarthur cArthur was chief of staff he made a mob of enemies and was branded a warmonger because he pleaded for preparedness the campaign to smear Ala macarthur cArthur hit a peak halt half a dozen years ago when he retired with pros pres Roosevel ts approval to take on the job of building the philippines defenses his enemies screamed that manuel quezon was paying him a salary of a year to help him establish a military dictatorship macarthurs Mac Arthurs withering reply was 1 I sell my sword back in the early thirties when tie he was chief of staff macarthur prophetically warned that the coming war would be a mechanized affair and repeatedly begged congress for a giant air force and a motorized army instead of opening their minds to let in some fresh air the rip van winkles quipped that the reason macarthur was anxious to motorize the army was because of his well known dislike for riding a horse later when he was busily training his little native army in the philippines many americans there referred to him sneeringly as the napoleon of luzon they know it but they kidding unlike the second guess ers now beating the drum for the hero they once belittled pres roosevelt was a macarthur fan away back when macarthur retired as chief of staff tor for what seemed like military oblivion in the philipp philippines ines mr roosevelt told his aides 1 I must always find a way to keep macarthur close to me il U there is ever another hes the man to take it overl over newspaper men eat out of macarthurs Mac Alac Arthurs hand and no wonder when he was commander of the philippine department and news of his divorce from his first wife reached manila the local newspaper men rushed to his headquarters and asked it if he objected to their printing the story adding they would sup press it it if he wished no v was the reply put kut it on th the e f rout front page if you want to buy defense bonds Ala macarthur cArthur is one man who taught napping by the japs on december 6 the day before the pearl harbor attack he called the reporters in to his manila headquarters and told them boys its herel ere when news of a successful raid on the japs reached washington an army officer remarked macarthur is always in the thick of the batt battle lel you mean corrected a rainbow division veteran a the e thick of the battle is always where macarthur isil is |