While many are inclined to judge both MacArthur and Patton in terms of civilian standards of behavior, one should realize that they devoted their entire lives to one purpose: ...

Ret. Col. Douglas Macgregor said on Tuesday that President Trump had a romantic view of the military when he expected people like Generals MacArthur and Patton to be in leadership positions.

Think MacArthur, Patton, Westmoreland. Because they are born and trained to fight, generals' prescriptions will always be belligerent. Escalation is their middle name.

THE GENERALS: PATTON, MACARTHUR, MARSHALL, AND THE WINNING OF WORLD WAR II By Winston Groom National Geographic, $30, 496 pages As the World War II generation slips away it is important to sharpen ...

Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and Eisenhower had personal and professional problems with which many empathize or sympathize. They bounced back and came through for America when it counted the most.

In 2007, the historian Stanley Weintraub brought together Eisenhower, MacArthur and Marshall in “15 Stars.” And in 2015, Winston Groom teed up MacArthur, Marshall and Patton in “The Generals.” ...

Forty-five years ago, Gregory Peck, starring as a General Douglas MacArthur, spoke to the Union’s James Meade in between filming scenes from Universal Studio’s “MacArthur” around San Diego.

Third, MacArthur was not just a controversial man of the Right — so were Generals Curtis LeMay and George S. Patton — but was actually, for nearly 20 years, seriously considered a possible ...

J. Edgar Hoover and Maj. George Patton believed MacArthur's rout of the vets, whom they regarded as leftist agitators, was justified. But most Americans felt MacArthur had overreacted.

Most Americans recall no more than three World War II generals: Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, and the best-remembered ultimate warrior: General George S. Patton.