During World War I's St. Mihiel Offensive, two figures destined for fame crossed paths: George S. Patton and Douglas ...

Wednesday marks 75 years since Japan’s devastating attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise attack immediately drew the U.S. into World War II, and within days, American ...

Like all Americans, my wife and I watched with horror as the news came about the mass shooting in Orlando by an ISIS-inspired fanatic. It made me realize how Douglas MacArthur, one of America’s ...

To be U.S. Ambassador to Japan, the President last week chose a career diplomat with a historic name: Douglas Mac-Arthur II. The name (for his uncle) may impress the Japanese, but it had nothing to do ...

This Veteran’s Day, as we remember those men and women we’ve sent into battle, we should also take a moment to remember the fateful decisions, sometimes tragically bad ones, our commanders made that ...

"You couldn't shrug your shoulders at Douglas MacArthur," observes historian David McCullough. "There was nothing bland about him, nothing passive about him, nothing dull about him. There's no ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was one of the most shameless self-promoters in history. In April 1951, after MacArthur gave his famous farewell ...

Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his family left the Philippine island of Corregidor on this day in history, March 11, 1942. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered MacArthur to leave the island after ...

The reclusive only child of five-star Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur made a rare public statement Saturday to honor the Americans and Filipinos who fought to liberate the Philippines from Japanese ...

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: July 8th, 1950, 68 years ago today … the day President Harry S. Truman named General Douglas MacArthur commander of U.S. and Allied Forces in Korea.

It almost happened twice and is long overdue. It was time for General Douglas MacArthur to be awarded the rank of General of the Armies of the United States. Though not an actual Six Star General, the ...

President Donald Trump appeared to struggle several times during a commencement address he delivered Saturday afternoon at West Point, including stumbling over the pronunciation of the name of the ...