General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 â€" 5 April
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 prominent role in the Pacific theater
during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in
the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur
MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was
one of only five to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the US
Army, and the only one conferred the rank of field marshal in the
Philippine Army.Raised in a military family in the American Old West,
MacArthur was valedictorian at the West Texas Military Academy where
he finished high school, and First Captain at the United States
Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated top of the class of
1903. During the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz, he
conducted a reconnaissance mission, for which he was nominated for the
Medal of Honor. In 1917, he was promoted from major to colonel and
became chief of staff of the 42nd (Rainbow) Division. In the fighting
on the Western Front during World War I, he rose to the rank of
brigadier general, was again nominated for a Medal of Honor, and was
awarded the Distinguished Service Cross twice and the Silver Star
seven times.From 1919 to 1922, MacArthur served as Superintendent of
the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he attempted a series
of reforms. His next assignment was in the Philippines, where in 1924
he was instrumental in quelling the Philippine Scout Mutiny. In 1925,
he became the Army's youngest major general. He served on the
court-martial of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell and was president of
the American Olympic Committee during the 1928 Summer Olympics in
Amsterdam. In 1930, he became Chief of Staff of the United States
Army. As such, he was involved in the expulsion of the Bonus Army
protesters from Washington, D.C. in 1932, and the establishment and
organization of the Civilian Conservation Corps. He retired from the
US Army in 1937 to become Military Advisor to the Commonwealth
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