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And President Truman has been proven wrong. The great and honorable legacy of President Truman is the United States being the first nation to officially recognize the re-establishment of the State of Israel.But with regard to his handling of the illegal Chinese military involvement and attack against U.S. and allied troops in Korea, Truman was flat out wrong.The following is from the fourth chapter entiltled "Korea" in the book written by General Douglas MacArthur- "Revitalizing A Nation":["While I was not consulted prior to the President's decision to intervene in support of the Republic of Korea, that decision, from a...

11 Biblical Tests of Genuine Salvation: Test #3 - Do you Obey the Scriptures? SO4J ^ | John MacArthur Posted on 01/05/2013 7:35:55 AM PST by xzins Test #1 of Series: 11 Biblical Tests of Genuine Salvation: Test #1 - Do you enjoy Fellowship with God and Christ? Test #2 of Series: 11 Biblical Tests of Genuine Salvation: Test #2 - Are you Sensitive to Sin in your Life? Is It Real? 11 Biblical Tests of Genuine Salvation by John MacArthur - 11 Questions to help one see if they are Biblically Saved. Helps to Examine Their Faith with God's...

At the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean Conflict, Marine Colonel (later Lt. General) Chesty Puller told his men "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." We're surrounded too and that may simplify things for us as well. Chesty puller Colonel Puller's First Battalion of the First Marine Division, along with many thousands of other allied troops sent deep into North Korea to chase the North Korean forces to and across the Chinese border, had been placed in a nearly impossible situation. General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme...

Recently, a good friend of mine gifted a book to me called “Slave”. The book is written by John MacArthur. Though it ultimately contains a Calvinist flavor which is a sorely faulty doctrine, the information and viewpoint the book has to offer on the chosen slavery of Christians is exceptional. I highly recommend the book. However, the purpose of this article is not to provide a book review. The objective is to demonstrate how the corruption of slavery has abounded in the world and how it is currently crippling nations. Examined in this article will be the Christian, slavery in...

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- A ceremony held aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial remembers the historic day 66 years ago when Japan formally surrendered to the allied nations, ending World War II. In the shadow of the Mighty Mo's guns, the patriotic ceremony spoke of war and peace. It was on this day 66 years earlier that Gen. Douglas MacArthur and representatives from 10 nations assembled aboard the USS Missouri to accept Imperial Japan's formal, unconditional surrender, ending World War II. Art Albert witnessed the surrender as a young sailor aboard the Missouri. "Well, at 18 years old, all I could...

  Quotes from the General:"No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation""In war there is no substitute for victory""It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it""Old Soldiers Never Die, they just fade away"Following the surrender of Japan in WWII, the U.S./Allied occupation forces led by General MacArthur, understood a link between "Shintoism" and the aggressive Japanese militarism responsible for the war in the Pacific.Accordingly, the new Japanese democratic Consitution, largely written by MacArthur's own staff, outlawed and forbid the previous "state-supported" Shintoism.On Sept. 11th 2001 the United States suffered another horrible unprovoked devestating attack.To date, our own...

About two years ago U.S. military authorities in Afghanistan bowed the knee in appeasement, confiscated Bibles from a soldier, and had them burned.An action that no doubt would have infuriated the late General Douglas MacArthur.The confiscation of the Bibles and their subsequent "burning" was the U.S. military's response to a report by Al-jazeera in regards to a U.S. soldier's Bibles in the native Afghan language.This was made all the more repugnant in light of the U.S. military's top General Petreaus warning against the "burning" of the Koran in a protest by an independent fringe church in Florida.The Bibles were in the native Afghan...

Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan was a foregone conclusion. The Japanese navy and air force were destroyed. The Allied naval blockade of Japan and intensive bombing of Japanese cities had left the country and its economy devastated. At the end of June, the Americans captured Okinawa, a Japanese island from which the Allies could launch an invasion of the main Japanese home islands. U.S. General Douglas MacArthur was put in charge of the invasion, which was...

American Minute for April 19th: Paul Revere was captured along the way, but William Dawes and Samuel Prescott continued the midnight ride from Boston's Old North Church to warn the inhabitants of Concord that British troops were coming to seize their guns. In early dawn, APRIL 19, 1775, American "Minutemen," as poet Emerson wrote, fired the "shot heard round the world" by confronting the British on Lexington Green and at Concord's Old North Bridge. The conflict began that in eight years would end in independence. New England celebrates this as "Patriots' Day." Also on APRIL 19, in the year 1951,...

Are We as Citizens to be Subject to Civil Authorities Such as Adolph Hitler or Joseph Stalin Prominent U.S. Pastor of Grace Community Church, John MacArthur, teaches his congregation that we must be subject to the civil authorities even to Hitler or Stalin Contact: Steve Klein, 951-492-8753, steve@kleinus.com; www.altarorabolish.comLOS ANGELES, March 4 /Christian Newswire/ -- Using Nehemiah as an example, Concerned Citizens for the First Amendment have notified the Mayor, 15 City Council Members, the City Attorney and the Police Chief of Los Angeles they will go to the public sidewalks at Grace Community Church in accordance with the First Amendment...

A First Amendment Demonstration Tonight at John MacArthur's Church: 13248 Roscoe Blvd, Los Angeles, Ca 91352 3/4/2010 6:30 PM Are we to be subject to Hitler? To Stalin? "Now listen to this. It doesn't matter whether your ruler is Caesar, Herod, Pilate, Felix, Fetus, Agrippa, Stalin, Hitler, Winston Churchill, Bill Clinton, it doesn't matter who it is, he says be subject, you teach them to be subject." -- Pastor John MacArthur http://www.biblebb.com/files/MAC/56-23.htm BIBLICAL THOUGHTS: Has God granted any soul the authority to command murder or rape? Never. John MacArthur's words are we must be subject to mass murderers. Must Christians...

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"I've told environmentalists that if they think humanity is wrecking the planet, wait until they see what Jesus does to it. Peter says God is going to literally turn it in on itself in an atomic implosion so that the whole universe goes out of existence (2 Peter 3:7-13)." *** I do think we have a responsibility to care for the environment--we ought to care for every resource God has provided for us. That's illustrated in the Old Testament account where God put Israel in the Promised Land, a fertile land flowing with milk and honey. God provided them that...

Here are the main reasons I am not signing the Manhattan Declaration, even though a few men whom I love and respect have already affixed their names to it: • Although I obviously agree with the document’s opposition to same-sex marriage, abortion, and other key moral problems threatening our culture, the document falls far short of identifying the one true and ultimate remedy for all of humanity’s moral ills: the gospel. The gospel is barely mentioned in the Declaration. At one point the statement rightly acknowledges, “It is our duty to proclaim the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus...

Introduction The famous evolutionist Julian Huxley once said, "Any view of God as a personal being is becoming frankly untenable. The difficulty of understanding the functions of a personal ruler in a universe which the march of knowledge is showing us ever more clearly as self-ordered and self-ordering in every minutest detail is becoming more and more apparent" (Essays of a Biologist [New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923], p. 217). His sentiments were echoed by the British philosopher Bertrand Russell: "That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin,...

Chris Matthews has apologized for suggesting that Barack Obama was in “enemy territory” at West Point after the president got a chilly reception from the assembled cadets. That wasn’t “enemy territory,” Chris. It was the heart of America. But it is true that in contrast to the swooning crowds that typically greet the president at staged events, there was a coolness in the cadets’ response to their commander-in-chief and his speech. That’s not surprising, because, speaking at our nation’s oldest military academy, Obama was at a place rooted in a worldview diametrically at odds with his own. The president and...

One of Americas Greatest Speeches General Douglas Macarthur's "Farewell to the Corps" Delivered12 May 1962, at West Point, NY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ General Westmoreland, General Grove, distinguished guests, and gentlemen of the Corps!As I was leaving the hotel this morning, a doorman asked me, "Where are you bound for, General?" And when I replied, "West Point," he remarked, "Beautiful place. Have you ever been there before?"No human being could fail to be deeply moved by such a tribute as this [Thayer Award]. Coming from a profession I have served so long, and a people I have loved so well, it fills...

War Strategy: When Bush and Petraeus proposed the surge in Iraq, Democrats demanded that the general testify before Congress. So why has the Senate blocked a similar invitation to our commander in Afghanistan? Those with memories longer than the 24-hour news cycle recall that in the dark days of the Iraq War, David Petraeus was summoned to Washington to explain the surge strategy that would eventually lead to victory in Iraq. Democrats hoped for a show trial. MoveOn.org took out a full-page ad in the New York Times labeling the commanding general of our efforts in Iraq "General Betray-us." Then...

I’ve said this many times: I can listen to a guy preach—put anybody in front of me—and I’ll tell you what his view of Scripture is by what he says. If he doesn’t preach out of the Bible, I know what his view of Scripture is, I don’t care what he says. I don’t care if he wants to die telling me he’s a believer in inerrancy, if he gets up and does not preach the Word of God, that’s his view of Scripture leaking all over the place. Look, every preacher preaches for impact, for effect, for result. You’re...

I always thought coaches got fired for losing. On the same day he sent an email refusing to apologize for his team's success, a Texas high school girls' basketball coach was terminated. The coach, Micah Grimes, of Dallas' Covenant School, had come under fire for winning a game 100-0, making national news.

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2008 – The Chrysler Foundation announced the donation of $100,000 to the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Foundation’s 5 Star Campaign in Norfolk, Va., today. In recognition of Military Appreciation Month, Chrysler’s gifts promote the foundation’s campaign for the modernization and expansion of the MacArthur Memorial. “In keeping with Chrysler’s tradition of support for the U.S. military and the courageous men and women who defend this great country, the company and our foundation are proud to contribute to the MacArthur Memorial,” said Bob Nardelli, the automaker’s chairman and chief executive officer. “We want to make sure that future...

Did no one post a thread on Sept 2-3 re: Signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender?

Now I’ve been telling you for a number of months that we were going to get in to the subject of eschatology, the doctrine of last things. We’ve been working our way through doctrinal emphases in Scripture, doctrinal themes. And we have covered a lot of ground, but we now come to the doctrines that relate to the end times. And in line with that, I want to try at least in the next couple of Sunday nights to establish a foundation for our understanding. Now talking about eschatology is not without controversy. There are a number of viewpoints of...

"God does not call the church to influence the culture by promoting legislation."             — John MacArthur, Why Government Can't Save You, 2000Now frankly, if you object to that remark by John MacArthur, it would seem to me that you would also have to object to the Apostle Paul's statement that "righteousness doesn't come by law."              -- Phil Johnson, John MacArthur ApologistThese two statements reflect, very dismally, the tendency of today's churchmen to render the gospel of Christ impotent.   Let's examine the first one:     God does not call the church to influence the culture by promoting legislation. Oh...

Revisiting 25 years of the MacArthur Foundation's celebrated -- and mysterious -- `genius' grants This week, Daniel Socolow made The Calls out of the Blue. As is his custom, he first suggested the person on the other end sit down or pull off the road. He then told each of the 25 to expect to receive $500,000 over five years -- no strings attached -- courtesy of the $5.5 billion John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. "I've never had anyone hang up on me," said Socolow, since 1997 director of the foundation's MacArthur fellows program. The 25, of all...

From VoteDODGE.com: MEDIA ADVISORY"It's Duty, (Not Beauty) Honor, Country" Committee to Elect Jeffers MacArthur DodgeCalifornia State Assembly, District 47www.votedodge.com MEDIA ADVISORY                Contact: Jack Cummins                                                                                     Telephone: (310) 658-9711 June 30, 2006                                                  for Immediate Release Jeffers MacArthur Dodge begins campaign to endDesecration at West Los Angeles Veterans Park WHO: Jeffers MacArthur Dodge WHAT: "Beauty, Honor, Country" or "Duty, Honor, Country" - Desecration at Veterans Memorial.Jeffers MacArthur Dodge begins campaign to end desecration of "Duty, Honor, Country - Three hallowed words..." General Douglas MacArthur 1962, at Veterans Park Gateway Plaza WHEN: Wednesday July 5, 2006, 10:00 AM WHERE: Wilshire Blvd & San Vicente Blvd,...

Committee to Elect Jeffers MacArthur Dodge California State Assembly, District 47 www.votedodge.com MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Tom Phillips Telephone: (310) 740-3490 June 30, 2006 for Immediate Release Jeffers MacArthur Dodge begins campaign to end Desecration at West Los Angeles Veterans Park WHO: Jeffers MacArthur Dodge WHAT: "Beauty, Honor, Country" or "Duty, Honor, Country" - Desecration at Veterans Memorial. Jeffers MacArthur Dodge begins campaign to end desecration of "Duty, Honor, Country" - at Veterans Park Gateway Plaza WHEN: Wednesday July 5, 2006, 10:00 AM WHERE: Wilshire Blvd & San Vicente Blvd, West Los Angeles Culver City -- California State Assembly Nominee,...

"In war there is no substitute for victory" These words were spoken before a Joint Session of Congress 55 years ago today. Just eight days after Harry Truman fired him at 1AM Washington Time on April 11th, General Douglas MacArthur was in the United States receiving a heroes welcome. MacArthur took the opportunity to defend his ideas about winning the war in Korea that liberals has trashed as threatening to start World War III. After the Red Chinese intervened MacArthur noted that he was being denied the opportunity to win the war and made that famous quote, although the liberal...

On this day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders Gen. Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines, as the American defense of the islands collapses. The Philippines had been part of the American commonwealth since it was ceded by Spain at the close of the Spanish-American War. When the Japanese invaded China in 1937 and signed the Tripartite Pact with fascist nations Germany and Italy in 1940, the United States responded by, among other things, strengthening the defense of the Philippines. General MacArthur was called out of retirement to command 10,000 American Army troops, 12,000 Filipino enlisted men who fought as part...

"... thank God we have about 27–million strong supporters by our side as we track down and finish off these ruthless Al Qaeda types and their local henchmen. We aren’t tired, or broken, or losing heart."

/begin my translationMarine Veteran's Association to Organize Crack Unit to Guard General MacArthur's Statue   3,000 Marine vets held a rally at Freedom Park, vowing to guard the statue 16 Branches of Marine Veteran's Association to organize patrol squads... as well as a rapid response unit2005-09-16 10:28:53 A Marine vet at 'The Rally to Safeguard General MacArthur's Statue',Sept. 15, 2005(by Chung Sun-shik from dailian.co.kr) While the controversy continues over removing General MacArthur's statue, the Marine Veteran's Association decided to resolutely defend the statue starting from Sept 15, the 55th anniversary of Inchon Landing, which could escalate the tension between conservative organizations and radical...

INCHON, South Korea -- Gen. Douglas MacArthur can't be seen around these parts without his bodyguards. The old soldier stands high on a bluff here looking out to sea, binoculars slung around his neck and an officer's cap perched jauntily on his head. In a cordon in front of him are several burly riot policemen, their shields raised in defensive posture. At least a dozen other officers, some in plainclothes with wires dangling in their ears, are fanned out around the flowerbeds, on the lookout for trouble. For nearly half a century, a 16-foot bronze likeness of the late war...

A Washington Post story for tomorrow (Sunday, 14 June) demonstrates spectacular ignorance of American post-war histories, with a dollop of political bias added. Here is the entire lead paragraph of “Sayonara to Japanese Pacifism?” by Ayako Doi and Kim Willenson: “In 2002, as the Bush administration prepared to invade Iraq, Washington policymakers reassuringly insisted that once combat was over, they would repeat America's post-World War II occupation success story -- the reformation of Japan. The flaws in that design, though, were twofold: Not only did Iraq turn out to be a very different sort of country, but these days, the...

Clashes Feared Over MacArthur Statue in Incheon Fears of a violent clash mounted Friday after progressive civic groups wanting a statue of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur in Incheon pulled down and conservative groups determined to protect it to the very end announced simultaneous Sunday demonstrations in the city’s Freedom Park. One pro-unification civic group told police it will hold a rally in front of the MacArthur statue from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. The gathering, which it expects to attract 100 people, will call for the expulsion of the U.S. military and the toppling of the statue....

Archivists are about to unseal a mother lode of military history along Page Avenue in Overland. A ceremony Saturday at the National Personnel Records Center will mark the opening of military files that until now have been off-limits to most Americans. Among the gems: * Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's rating in mid-1944 of Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. The report closes with these words on Patton: "A brilliant fighter and leader. Impulsive and quick-tempered. Likely to speak in public in an ill-considered fashion." * Gen. Omar Bradley's radiogram in 1951 to Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo, in which Bradley quotes...

General MacArthur made his now famous,Duty, Honor,Country, speech at the time he received the Sylvanus Thayer Award for his service to the nation which exemplified the motto of the U.S. Military Academy. He was 82 years old at the time and spoke slowly without notes. The speech, one of America's truly great pieces of oratory, summarized the General's philosophy of life and the guidelines he believed to be the heritage of the American soldier.(click to listen) General Westmoreland, General Grove, distinguished guests, and gentlemen of the Corps!As I was leaving the hotel this morning, a doorman asked me, 'Where...

On April 11, 1951, President Truman relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his commands in the Far East. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, a West Point superintendent and World War II hero, received the Thayer Award from West Point in 1962. Here is the text of his famous “Duty, Honor, Country” speech, delivered 40 years ago, on May 12, 1962. * * * General Westmoreland, General Groves, distinguished guests, and gentlemen of the Corps: As I was leaving the hotel this morning, a doorman asked me, ‘‘Where are you bound for, General?’’ and when I replied, ‘‘West Point,’’ he remarked, ‘‘Beautiful place, have...

THIS February will mark the 60th anniversary of the unwarranted death of over 100,000 civilians whose lives were sacrificed in the 1945 Battle of Manila. The casualty count was that immense because advancing US troops and their commander, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, did not consider that these non-American civilian lives deserved to be protected and secured by US troops whose role after all is to absorb the risk of war. But I wonder if anyone has even cared to remember this national tragedy? Next to Warsaw, Manila registered as the city most devastated by World War II. Early accounts obviously peddled...

Echoes of Douglas MacArthur, 9/11 and “thunder runs” will resonate when the 3rd Infantry Division and 42nd Infantry Divisions deploy to Iraq early next year. These history-laden units will make their own new history. They will be the first unites embodying the ongoing US Army transformation to serve in a combat zone. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld's vision is proving itself valid in the process. It was then-division chief of staff Colonel Douglas MacArthur, who in 1917 coined the phrase from which the 42nd takes its nickname. Referring to the fact that it was comprised of National Guard Soldiers from 26...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 - President Bush on Tuesday bestowed the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on three of the central architects and executors of the war in Iraq, one of the president's strongest efforts yet at putting a formal stamp of success on a war whose outcome is still a question. The recipients were Gen. Tommy R. Franks, the overall commander of the invasion of Iraq; L. Paul Bremer III, the chief civilian administrator of the American occupation of the country; and George J. Tenet, the longtime director of central intelligence who built the case for...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Each day, thousands of people visit the USS Arizona Memorial to pay tribute to the victims of Pearl Harbor. The Japanese sneak attack on Dec. 7, 1941, killed some 2,400 Americans, shattered the U.S. Pacific Fleet and propelled the United States into World War II. A gleaming white memorial straddles the sunken battleship where many of the 1,177 sailors killed that day still are entombed. For many visitors, paying their respects at the Arizona Memorial is a prelude to touring the Battleship Missouri Memorial. The USS Missouri served in World War II, the Korean War and...

"Wrong War, Wrong Time, Wrong Place and Wrong Enemy," it was NOT John Kerry. According to the 1977 Movie "MacARTHUR", recently released on DVD, General Bradley said it about a war with the Red Chinese near the end of the Korean Police Action. The DVD is on sale at Wal-Mart and the movie, starring Gregory Peck, is a biographical drama and action packed. Not only does it cover the Pacific War, Japan Pacification and Korean Conflict, it also traces Truman's dislike for MacArthur...rto

The Daily Herald Northwest, North and Western Chicago Suburbs) is seeking Philippine-born W.W. II veterans now living in the West and Northwest suburbs (again Chicago) for a commemoration of Gen. MacArthur's return landing there 60 years ago. If you or someone you know fits that description, please contact email Mike Comerford, or call 847-427-4568. (E-mail address is mcomerford@dailyherald.com)

Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel...

North Korea urged the United Nations yesterday to dissolve the UN Command on the tense peninsula and press for the withdrawal of US troops based in South Korea. In a rare letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, North Korea's representative at the Korean War truce village called on the United Nations to dissolve the 50-year-old UN Command. "It is our view that a war in Korea is almost unavoidable as long as the US hostile policy toward the DPRK goes on," said the 1,100-word letter, which the official KCNA news agency said was written by Colonel-General Ri Chan-bok. DPRK...

General Westmoreland, General Groves, distinguished guests, and gentlemen of the Corps. As I was leaving the hotel this morning, a doorman asked me, "Where are you bound for, General?" and when I replied, "West Point," he remarked, "Beautiful place, have you ever been there before?" No human being could fail to be deeply moved by such a tribute as this, coming from a profession I have served so long and a people I have loved so well. It fills me with an emotion I cannot express. But this award is not intended primarily for a personality, but to symbolize a...

Vietnam: A Tribute to our Veterans America appreciates its Vietnam veterans more than ever, this 2004 memorial day. Why not stop by and bump this thread with your thoughts on what we learned from fighting that war so valiantly, and then leaving it to the doves in Congress to shutdown. The only way we will see history repeat itself is if we allow it to happen. What were our biggest mistakes? I don't have the answers, but here are a few estimates: Attempted to fight a "legal," regional war limited to one country.Failed to accept and publicize the real cost...