Douglas MacArthur on deck of a ship en route to USAF landing site at Lingayen Gulf in World War II return to the Philippine ...

Douglas MacArthur, a pivotal 20th-century military figure, led Allied forces in the Pacific during WWII, famously retaking ...

Prologue: Monday, December 8, 1941 -- Part one: Escape, 1941-1942 -- 1. First charge, first war -- 2. West Point to the Philippines -- 3. Manila before the storm -- 4. Lost hours -- 5. Blame and ...

The task of reconstructing Europe after World War II was divvied up among the handful of victorious nations. But in the Pacific, the job of rebuilding Japan fell, effectively, to a single man: U.S.

In the darkest days of World War II, Gens. Douglas MacArthur and Jonathan Wainwright faced unsurmountable odds. Only one of them, however, was responsible for their dilemma. Against the threat of ...

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. has opened to the public a room at its Tokyo headquarters that was used by Gen. Douglas MacArthur during the U.S. military occupation of Japan following World War II. The ...