Quote #37
after hearing of the heavy casualties at the European front compared to his SW Pacific front ' Good commanders don't turn in heavy casualties'
More from Douglas MacArthur
- commenting retrospectively on General Eisenhower, his Chief of Staff in the Philippines prior to WWII- 'He was the best clerk I ever had.'
- Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
- You are remembered for the rules you break.
- You only grow old by deserting your ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, giving up wrinkles the soul.
- This is where I came from, and I thank a merciful God that I am able to return.
- My first memory was of the sound of bugles.
- I am closing my 52 years of military service. When I joined the Army, even before the turn of the century, it was the fulfillment of all of…
- The tragedy of Korea is further heightened by the fact that its military action is confined to its territorial limits. It condemns that nat…