Re: Beware Generals Bearing a Grudge

[Grant Lee <grantlee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I recall that Truman described Macarthur's farewell address to Congress as
"100% pure bullsh*t", which was probably accurate.

Macarthur was a winner and a bastard.. He's even less favourably remembered
in Australia --- for most of 1942, most of his land forces were Aussies, and
from his office in Melbourne he rode them hard, considering they were
overwhelmingly made up of reservists and/or conscripts (the regular army
being mostly in the Middle East and in POW camps in Malaya at the time).
Even though Australians achieved the first clear land victory in the theatre
(at Milne Bay), as soon as Macarthur gained enough US troops he virtually
disregarded his non-US land forces (allegedly reluctant to share the
"glory").

regards,

Grant.

PS