T he U.S. Military Academy at West Point has updated its new mission statement, which now omits retired Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s famous “duty, honor, country” and caused a stir among people ...
While his peers were demoted to their pre-war ranks, MacArthur kept his through a plum new assignment as Superintendent of West Point. Although he antagonized many of the old guard, MacArthur made ...
"The world has turned over many times since I took the oath at West Point, and the hopes and dreams have all since vanished," MacArthur said, "but I still remember the refrain of one of the most ...
General John J. Pershing, Chaumont, France. NARA But to a young Douglas MacArthur entering West Point in 1899, the name John Pershing most likely elicited fear and loathing, not admiration.