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The FReeper Foxhole Profiles General Douglas MacArthur - June 14th, 2003
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Posted on 06/14/2003 4:35:02 AM PDT by snippy_about_it
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To: snippy_about_it
My dad always called him that. I guess it was an affectionate name given him by his troops.
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posted on
06/14/2003 7:09:34 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(White Devils for Sharpton. We're bad. We're Nationwide)
To: CholeraJoe
Thanks for sharing that with us. I'm learnin' something new everyday. :)
To: snippy_about_it
Good Morning Snippy.
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posted on
06/14/2003 8:59:39 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(If you can't make it good, make it big.)
To: snippy_about_it
LOL! Been there done that. I had to do that to an entire thread once. Drove Jen crazy.
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posted on
06/14/2003 9:00:43 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(If you can't make it good, make it big.)
To: maestro
Thanks Maestro. A lot going on today.
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06/14/2003 9:01:23 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(If you can't make it good, make it big.)
To: Northern Yankee
Thanks Northern Yankee.
Don't let Snippy tell you she isn't doing much. She's been a great addition to the Foxhole and there wouldn't be a thread for about two weeks if it wasn't for her.
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posted on
06/14/2003 9:03:31 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(If you can't make it good, make it big.)
To: Valin
1940 German forces occupied Paris during WW II Should have let them keep it.
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posted on
06/14/2003 9:04:36 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(If you can't make it good, make it big.)
To: snippy_about_it
He got the name "Dugout Doug" in the Philippines if I remember correctly.
"We're the Battling Bastards of Bataan,
No mama, no papa, no Uncle Sam,
No aunts, no uncles, no cousins, no nieces,
No pills, no planes, no artillery pieces,
And nobody gives a damn!"
Frank Hewlett, 1942.
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posted on
06/14/2003 9:07:27 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(If you can't make it good, make it big.)
To: CholeraJoe
One of the four cardinal virtues of Plato's Republic is courage. Some have expressed doubt that MacArthur possessed this virtue. During the early months of the War in the Pacific, some American soldiers on Bataan sang, to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic":
Dugout Doug MacArthur lies ashakin' on the Rock
Safe from all the bombers and from any sudden shock
Dugout Doug is eating of the best food on Bataan
And his troops go starving on.
Dugout Doug, come out from hiding
Dugout Doug, come out from hiding
Send to Franklin the glad tidings
That his troops go starving on! (Manchester, pp. 237-38)
And President Truman "privately called the General 'a common coward' for leaving Corregidor in 1942" (Manchester, p. 672). But nothing said about Douglas MacArthur could possibly be further from the truth. During the First World War he won the Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Service Cross, and Seven Silver Stars. Perret reports the following meeting of Brigadier General MacArthur and Colonel George S. Patton, Jr. in France on 12 September 1918: "'I walked right along the line of one brigade,' Patton wrote to his wife some hours later: 'They were all in shell holes except the general, Douglas MacArthur, who was standing on a little hill. . . . I joined him and the creeping barrage came along toward us. . . . I think each one wanted to leave but each hated to say so, so we let it come over us.' When a shell exploded nearby, throwing dirt on them, Patton remained erect but flinched. 'Don't worry, Colonel,' said MacArthur wryly. 'You never hear the one that gets you.' MacArthur's combat performance this day brought him his fifth Silver Star and Patton's enduring respect. He told his family MacArthur was 'the bravest man I ever met'" (p. 102).
As far as "Dugout Doug" is concerned, it is true that the General visited his troops on Bataan only once during his three-and-one-half months on Corregidor. But the reason is clearly that when he did so that one time, he told them help was on the way, because he had been told by Washington and believed that help was on the way. He could not bear to tell them later that it wasn't true. And he left Corregidor (with his wife and son) only because President Roosevelt ordered him to do so.
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06/14/2003 9:10:05 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
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To: SAMWolf
Those flowers are perfect SAM. Good Morning.
To: SAMWolf
LOL. Nothing like hitting the abuse button on yourself. Ha!
To: SAMWolf
Oh SAM, you flatter me. KEEP IT UP! LOL!
To: snippy_about_it
Hey, you're doing a great job for the Foxhole, people should know that.
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posted on
06/14/2003 9:32:51 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(If you can't make it good, make it big.)
To: SAMWolf
I remember seeing a movie, you know me, can't remember the name of it but it did portray his men, not receiving the help they thought was on the way. I recall it was pretty sad.
To: snippy_about_it
Yeah they were pretty much left out to dry. We were unprepared and there was no help to send.
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06/14/2003 9:38:27 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(If you can't make it good, make it big.)
To: SAMWolf
To: snippy_about_it
Do we get Beatles Breaks on the weekends?
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posted on
06/14/2003 3:27:50 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
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To: SAMWolf
I probably have enough for weekends the rest of the year if you like.
To: snippy_about_it
Early Beatles are always good.
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06/14/2003 3:34:00 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
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To: SAMWolf
Any special requests?
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