The Most Dangerous Man in America: The Making of Douglas MacArthur (52 page)
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Authors: Mark Perry
and Luzon,
305
and MacArthur,
163–164
,
243
,
245
,
251
,
271
,
354
and overall commander in the Pacific compromise,
326
,
327
and overall commander in the Pacific debate,
256–257
,
258
and Philippines, invasion of, debate over,
257
,
260
,
268–269
and promotion to fleet admiral,
309
and Rabaul,
193–194
and two-front war strategy,
178–179
,
182
,
183
Kinkaid, Thomas,
224
,
245–246
,
252
,
253–254
,
300
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313
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357
and Leyte,
282
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284
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286
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287
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288
,
291–292
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292–293
,
306
and Lingayen Gulf,
309
and Los Negros,
253
and Operation Dexterity,
246–247
Kitagiri, Shigeru,
241
Knox, Frank,
102
,
119–120
,
208
,
229
Koiso, Kunaiki,
276
Krueger, Walter,
89
,
236–237
,
246
,
251
,
252
,
284
,
357–358
and Biak,
266
and Eichelberger, Robert,
297–298
,
312
and Japan, invasion of,
343
and Kinkaid, Thomas,
253–254
and Leyte,
282
,
286–287
,
291
,
294–298
,
306
and Lingayen Gulf,
309
and Los Negros,
253–254
and Luzon,
299–301
,
311–312
,
313–314
and MacArthur,
234–235
,
236
,
237
,
296
,
297–298
,
311–312
and Manila,
314–315
,
321–322
,
323
and Operation Cartwheel,
242
and Operation Dexterity,
247
and POWs,
347
Lae,
178
Lamb, Harold,
34
Layac Junction,
116
Leahy, William,
25
,
193
,
271
,
272
,
309
Leary, Herbert,
167
Lee, Jerry,
62–63
Legaspi,
87
Lehrbas, Larry,
231
Leyte,
280–282
,
284–290
,
285
(map),
290–294
,
294–299
,
305–309
.
See also
Operation King II
Lingayen Gulf,
62
,
67
,
87
,
93–94
,
309–311
,
310
(map)
Longstreet, James,
82
Los Negros,
252–255
Luce, Clare Boothe,
68
,
81
,
135
,
233
Lueddeke, John W.,
173
Luzon,
86
,
87
,
90
,
96–100
,
100–102
,
105
,
282
,
299–301
,
305–307
,
311–324
,
331
.
See also
Battle of Luzon
;
Operation Musketeer
MacArthur, Arthur (father),
19–20
,
32–33
,
235
,
333
MacArthur, Arthur (son),
62
,
95
,
106–108
,
121
,
148
,
153
,
156
,
323
,
353
,
354
,
358
MacArthur, Douglas
administration and congressional criticism of,
3–5
,
8
,
13
,
15
,
18–19
,
26–27
,
32
,
278–279
,
328
,
335
,
336
and appointment as commander in Far East,
65–66
and appointment/reappointment as army chief of staff,
23
,
37–40
,
43–44
,
45
and army budget,
2
,
7
,
8
,
9–10
,
12–13
,
13–16
,
16–19
,
36–37
,
40–41
and army-navy competition,
163–164
,
243–246
,
248
,
276
,
354
Arnold’s assessment of,
206–208
and Australia, establishment of three combat commands in,
167–168
and Australia, evacuation to,
148–153
and Australia, request for reinforcements in,
178–183
,
185
and Barbey, Daniel,
233–234
and Bataan, escape from,
157
and Bataan, promise of relief in,
119–121
,
123–125
,
139–140
,
173
and Bataan, retreat into,
112–118
and Bataan, sacrifice of army in,
128
and Bataan, surrender of,
170
and Bataan, surrender of, responsibility for,
174–176
and Battle of Bataan,
119
,
122–123
,
128–131
,
134–135
,
136
and Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
228–230
and Biak,
265–266
and “big ideas” on how to fight the war,
96
and Bonus Army/Bonus March/Anacostia Flats scandal,
3–4
,
6
,
7
,
13
,
14
,
25
,
29
,
37
,
38
,
40
,
45
,
144
,
328
,
354
and Borneo,
336–341
and Brett, George, as scapegoat,
166
and Casablanca Conference, 1943,
231
and Central Pacific campaign,
243–246
,
248
,
276
characteristics, personal appearance, and personality of,
19
,
21
,
28–29
,
51–53
,
62
,
79
,
107
,
121–122
,
166–167
,
207
,
216
,
324
,
333
as “Choco Doug,”
162
and Churchill, Winston,
96
,
109–110
,
119–120
,
143
,
145
and Civilian Conservation Corps,
7–13
and Clarke, Elaine,
283–284
,
307
and Colt .45,
108
and command reorganization,
267
command structure of,
236
as commander and chief, Southwest Pacific area,
140
,
143–147
,
155–156
,
162–163
,
355
congressional support for,
39
and Cooper scandal (
see
Cooper, Isabella Rosario
)
and Corregidor,
135–136
and Corregidor, escape from,
157
,
159–160
and Corregidor, evacuation from,
140
,
143–147
,
355
and Corregidor, evacuation to,
106–109
as “Dugout Doug,”
131
,
162
,
240
,
354
and Eichelberger, Robert,
218–219
,
220
,
221
,
227–228
,
324–325
and Eichelberger’s nomination for Medal of Honor,
228
and Eisenhower, Dwight,
22
,
28–29
,
47
,
48
,
50
,
62
,
63
,
64
,
101–102
,
125
,
146
,
324–325
and Far East,
41
and Foulois, Benjamin,
27–28
and George, Harold H.,
187
and Germany-first strategy, criticism of,
141
,
183
and Great Britain,
338–339
and Griswold, Oscar,
313–314
and Guadalcanal,
223
as guest of honor at War Department reception,
45
and Halsey, William,
237–238
and Hollandia,
261–264
at Hollandia headquarters,
266–267
and Homma, Masaharu,
97–99
and Huon Peninsula,
232
and “I have returned” speech,
289–290
and “I shall return” speech,
159–160
and Ickes,
3
,
5
,
18–19
,
26
,
278–279
,
328
,
335
,
336
and Japan, invasion of,
336
,
341–345
and Japan, misjudgment of,
61–62
and Japan, occupation of,
346–347
and Japan, surrender of,
345–351
and Japan, visit to,
56–57
and Japanese military, strength of,
139
and Kenney, George,
192–193
,
210–211
,
216
,
233
,
250
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289
and King, Ernest,
163–164
,
243
,
245
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251
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271
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354
and Kinkaid, Thomas,
245–246
,
253–254
and Krueger, Walter,
234–235
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236
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237
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296
,
297–298
,
311–312
legend of,
109–110
and Leyte,
280–282
,
284–290
,
292
,
294
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296
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297–298
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305–309
and libel suit against reporters,
22
,
23–26
Life
magazine profile of,
68
and Los Negros,
252–255
and Luzon,
100–102
,
300–301
,
305–306
,
311–324
,
331
and Luzon war plan,
90