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Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a

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MacArthur in khaki trousers and open necked shirt with five-star-rank badges on the collar. He is wearing his field marshal's cap and smoking a corncob pipe.
MacArthur in Manila, Philippines c. 1945, with a corncob pipe
Nickname(s) Gaijin Shogun
• English: The Foreign Generalissimo
Dugout Doug
Big Chief
Born January 26, 1880
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Died April 5, 1964 (aged 84)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Buried MacArthur Memorial
Allegiance United States
Philippines
Service/branch United States Army
Philippine Army
Years of service 1903–1964
Rank General of the Army (U.S. Army)
Field Marshal (Philippine Army)
Service number O-57
Commands held United Nations Command
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
Southwest Pacific Area
U.S. Army Forces Far East
Philippine Department
U.S. Army Chief of Staff
Philippine Division
U.S. Military Academy Superintendent
42nd Division
84th Infantry Brigade
Battles/wars Mexican Revolution
• United States occupation of Veracruz
World War I
• Champagne-Marne Offensive
• Battle of Saint-Mihiel
• Meuse-Argonne Offensive
World War II
• Philippines Campaign (1941–1942)
• New Guinea campaign
• Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)
• Borneo campaign (1945)
• Occupation of Japan
Korean War
• Battle of Inchon
• UN Offensive, 1950
• Chinese Winter Offensive
• UN Offensive, 1951
Awards Medal of Honor
Distinguished Service Cross (3)
Army Distinguished Service Medal (5)
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star (7)
Distinguished Flying Cross
Bronze Star
Air Medal
Purple Heart (2)
Complete list
Spouse(s) Louise Cromwell Brooks
(m. 1922; div. 1929)

Jean Faircloth
(m. 1937; his death 1964)
Children Arthur MacArthur IV
Relations See MacArthur family
Other work Chairman of the board of Remington Rand
Signature DMacarthur Signature.svg

Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a

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