re: Gen. Douglas MacArthur "dug out dug"

P.S. - OP is a moron. Same source as before:

Repeatedly he deliberately exposed himself to enemy snipers, first as a lieutenant in the Philippines shortly after the turn of the century, then as a captain in Mexico, and finally as a general in three great wars. At the age of seventy he ordered his pilot to fly him in an unarmed plane through Chinese flak over the length of the bleak Yalu. Nevertheless, his troops scorned him as “Dugout Doug.”

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He was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of men and the worst of men, the most protean, most ridiculous, and most sublime. No more baffling, exasperating soldier ever wore a uniform. Flam- boyant, imperious, and apocalyptic, he carried the plumage of a flamingo, could not acknowledge errors, and tried to cover up his mistakes with sly, childish tricks. Yet he was also endowed with great personal charm, a will of iron, and a soaring intellect. Unquestionably he was the most gifted man- at- arms this nation has produced.


The opening of Manchester's biography of MacArthur.

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This post sums up MacArthur better than this entire thread. Although I would argue that Grant, Washington, Eisenhower, and Patton are better "men-at-arms" Unfortunately the OT likely has no idea how to read a paragraph like that with any comprehension