[MacArthur said: “Like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who has tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty.”]
But he didn’t fade away to the people. As a child, I saw him in a parade in Galveston. I was on the back of a flatbed truck and he waved right at me as he went by. Somewhere I have pictures.
So glad you got to see The General in person! How great is that!