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Dwight D. Eisenhower: Douglas MacArthur’s Aide in the 1930sMHQ | 3 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post
Despite their divergent personalities, Eisenhower was capable of separating MacArthur’s virtues from his shortcomings. His unflattering observations on MacArthur made between 1932 and ‘40 were more the product of frustration than of animosity. Moreover, Eisenhower had been smart enough to realize how much he had to learn from MacArthur, and later told MacArthur’s official biographer that he was ‘deeply grateful for the administrative experience gained under General MacArthur’ that helped prepare him for ‘the great responsibilities of the war period.’
Eisenhower’s intelligence, seemingly unlimited capacity for sheer hard work, and superb organizational skills had proven invaluable to MacArthur, albeit in what was ultimately the losing cause of Philippine military preparedness. Yet Eisenhower left Manila in December 1939 with a great sense of relief and with no expectation that he was poised to assume greater responsibilities. Recalling his Philippine Islands experience in 1941, Eisenhower simply declared, ‘I don’t give a hoot who gets credit for anything in the P.I. I got out clean–and that’s that!’ This article was written by Carlo D’Este and was originally published in the Winter 2003 edition of MHQ. For more great articles, subscribe to MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History today! Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Help HistoryNet by bookmarking to
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3 Comments to “Dwight D. Eisenhower: Douglas MacArthur’s Aide in the 1930s”
my neighbor thinks that pearl harbor was planned as wake up call to get the us into ww2. and it was the brain child of eisenhower. i nerver heard of this
By donna aleshire on Sep 12, 2008 at 11:23 am
From the Reichtag burning in 1933 ny father, a National Guard artillery oddicer, knew there would be a Second World War in Europe. His grasp of trans-Pacific developments was less comprehensive. But he well knew the National mistreatment of the Armed Forces, especially their Reserve components.
Rejected on Physical in 1940, his ’suddenly improved eyesight’ put him in the Pacific War. Decorated as an Artillery officer in the Philippines, his only acknowledgement of Regular-Reserve disharmony was to quit wearing his Bronxe Star after that decoration, first awarded to him, was later also given a Regular officer whose conduct bordered incompetence and cowardice under fire, resulting in an American death.
By William B. Bizzell II on Feb 27, 2009 at 11:24 pm
William B. Bizzell II
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