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January
26, 1880
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, US
1884
The MacArthur family moved to Mexican boarder Army cantonment.
June
1899
Ranked first in the competitive examination for a vacancy at the
West Point.
1903-1904
Graduated from the US Military Academy.
Was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of engineers in the US Army.
Served in the Philippines.
1904-06
Promoted as First Lieutenant
Became an engineer officer and an Aide to the Commander of the Pacific
Division.
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1906-08
Served with the second Engineer Battalion. Attended the Engineer School.
Served as the ADC to US President Theodore Roosevelt.
1908-12
Served as a troop commander, adjutant and as an Army Service schools instructor at Fort Leavenworth.
Was promoted to captain and the General staff, subsequently.
1913
Posted to the General staff in Washington.
1914
Took part in the Vera Cruz Expedition during the Mexican Revolution.
December 1915
Returned to Washington. Appointed a Major. |
August
1917
Was promoted Colonel to the National Army.
1917-18
Served as a chief of staff of the 42nd Division in France. Was promoted
to Brigadier General in the US Army.
1919
Became the youngest Superintendent in the US Military Academy.
January
1920
Became a Brigadier General in the Regular Army.
1922
Married Louis Cromwell Brooks.
January
1925
Was promoted to Major General.
1929
Divorced his wife.
November
12, 1930
Appointed the Chief of Staff of the US Army.
1935
Resumed his permanent rank of Major General.
Became a military adviser to the government of Philippines.
1937
Second marriage with Jean Marie Faircloth.
Retired from active service.
1938
His only child, Arthur, born in Manila, Philippines.
1941
Recalled to active duty by the US Government.
Led US Army forces in pacific campaigns as a Supreme Allied Commander.
December
1944
Became a temporary General in the US Army.
September
2, 1945
In-charge of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
April
1946
Rose to be a permanent General in the US Army.
July
1950
Deputed a Commander of the UN forces in the Far East.
1951
Urged the opening of a second front in China.
Was relieved of his command by US President Harry Truman. Returned
to the United States with his family.
1952
Became the Chairman of the Remington Rand Corporation.
April
5, 1964
Died in Washington DC.
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