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Veteran, 98, finally receives medals earned in World War IICRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — When General Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan’s surrender during World War II in Tokyo Bay, John DeLeo of Johnston was there. DeLeo enlisted in the Navy at the age of ...
“More than 8 million Allied soldiers carried the M-1 carbine, a light, semiautomatic rifle, in World War II. General Douglas MacArthur described the weapon as ‘one of the strongest ...
As the last great general of World War II to come home, MacArthur received a hero's welcome. Despite his dramatic televised address to a joint session of Congress, however, the issue died quickly ...
In the decades since World War II, however, the Marshall system has largely lapsed as the army became more adverse to removing incompetent generals, with the result ... most high-profile commanders ...
General Macarthur and other senior Army officers ... Occupation official turned historian Richard B. Finn notes, "World War II was the first major conflict in history in which the victors carried ...
February marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Manila. Fought in the closing months of World War II, the operation to ...
General Douglas MacArthur left Baatang, the Philippines, ahead of the invading Japanese forces and uttered the famous phrase ...
Douglas MacArthur's Soldiers, who fought America's first battle of World War II — the Philippine Division ... Bataan on Feb. 3, 1942. General Wainwright reviews American and Philippine ...
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RI veteran, 98, finally receives medals earned in World War IICRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — When General Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan’s surrender during World War II in Tokyo Bay, John DeLeo of Johnston was there. DeLeo enlisted in the Navy at the age of ...
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