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History Buff, 17509 Bearpath Trail, Eden Prairie, MN, 55347 or
Palm Beach, FL, 33480 |
- General
of the Army Douglas MacArthur
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- Excerpt
fom his famous "Old soldiers never die---"
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before a joint session of Congress
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- Douglas MacArthur (1880 -
1964). U.S. Army General.One
of three Theater Commaders in World war II and legendary American
Heroes. Historic Excerpt from his address to the Joint Session
to Congress on April 19, 1951 after being relieved of his command
in the Far East.
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- Here is a link to an audio
so if interested the visitor can listen to the entire speech.
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- http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/douglasmacarthurfarewelladdress.htm
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- With the North Korean invasion
of South Korea in June 1950, MacArthur was named commander of
the United Nations forces by President Truman. After a series
of setbacks that summer he landed the American Forces at Inchon
behind enemy lines in September, routing the North Koreans, and
pushing them back to the Chinese border along the Yalu River.
That action precipitated a mainland-based Chinese Communist counteroffensive
in November which pushed the Americans back to the 38th Parallel.
By January 1951 the macarthur led American military forces were
again pushing into North Korean. Despite orders to the contrary,
MacArthur began a public campaign to force President Truman to
attack mainland China and blockade its coasts.MacArethur believed
that the purpose of war was to win a swift victory and he expressed
his thoughts in the aforementioned speech befor Congress when
he said, "in war tere is no substitute for victory."
In March, MacArthur sent a letter to the Republican minority
leader in the House calling for a broad war to defeat Communism
in the Far East. That action compelled President Truman to relieve
him of his command in April.
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- When MacArthur was relieved
of his command for advocating a vigorous agenda for confronting
and defeating Communism in Asia he was invited to address a joint
session of Congress and the speech he gave is still considered
one of the greatest in American history. It is know as the"
old soldiers never die, they just fade away speech" but
also within that speech there were other enduring phrases among
which were " In war there is no substitute for victory"
and his admonition "don't scuttle the pacific." His
speech ended with the haunting lament about old soldiers and
then he said his final "good bye" to the nation he
served so well.May he RIP.
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- This offering is a approximtely
9.5 in x 6.5 inch exceerot from Genereal macArthur's address
before congess in ('old soldiers' speech) and it is signed by
fountain pen boldly Douglass MacArthur, n.p, n.d.
but circa 1950's. The piece is in overall excellent condition.
The paper shows normal ageing.
- price: $1295.00
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