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and Manila, evacuation of,
94–95
and Manila battle,
311–312
,
315–316
,
318–319
,
320
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321
,
322–323
and Manila declared as open city,
95
and Marshall, George (
see under
Marshall, George
)
and medals/awards,
45
,
161
,
162
,
174
and Melbourne, train trip and welcome to,
156–160
in Melbourne,
160–163
military approach of,
3
and Mindoro,
308
as “most dangerous man in America,”
273
,
356
and mother (“Pinky”), relationship with,
23
,
25
,
47
,
50
and Murphy, Frank,
44–45
and Nadzab,
240–241
and New Guinea,
182–183
,
186
,
191
,
194–200
,
232
,
239
and New Guinea war plan,
166–169
and Nimitz, Chester, and Pacific war plan,
267–269
and Nimitz, Chester, and Pacific war plan meeting, in Australia,
259–261
and Nimitz, Chester, competition between,
163–164
,
243–246
,
248
,
276
and Nimitz, Chester, relationship between,
163–164
,
271
and Operation Cartwheel,
238–243
,
354
and Operation Dexterity,
246–248
and Operation Victor,
332–333
and Osmeña, Sergio,
278–279
,
333–334
,
335–336
and overall commander in the Pacific compromise,
326–328
and overall commander in the Pacific debate,
256–259
and Pacific, second front in,
190–191
and Papua New Guinea,
177–178
and Pearl Harbor attack,
71–73
and personal investments, concern for,
110
and Philippine Army, building of,
53–54
,
54–56
as Philippine Army field marshal,
61–62
and Philippine collaboration during the war,
334–336
and Philippine command,
75
(map)
and Philippine independence and neutrality,
126
,
335
and Philippines,
41–45
,
52–53
,
59
and Philippines, invasion of,
279–281
,
280–281
,
304–305
and Philippines, invasion of, debate over,
260
,
267–269
,
270–273
and Philippines, preparation for war with Japan in,
66–68
and Philippines, promise of return to,
159–160
,
165–166
,
245–246
,
250
,
256–257
and Philippines, reappointment as military advisor to,
43–44
,
45
and Philippines, Roosevelt as path to,
248
and Philippines, U.S. airfield attack in,
76–77
and Philippines, U.S. airfield attack in, responsibility for,
80–85
in Philippines, as head of Army’s Department of the Philippines,
42
political views of,
3
and political/presidential aspirations,
47–48
,
233
,
249–250
,
267
,
353
,
355
and POWs,
279
and promotion, post-airfield attack,
93
and promotion to general of the army,
309
and public attention,
227
and Quebec Conference (Quadrant), August 1943,
243–244
and Quezón, Manuel,
42–43
,
56–58
,
59–60
,
63
,
121
,
146
and Quezón, Manuel, and visit to Japan and U.S.,
56–58
and Quezón, Manuel, monetary compensation from,
44
,
118
and Rabaul,
193–194
,
230–231
,
232
,
248
,
256
and Rabaul war plan,
236–238
readings of,
32–34
and reappointment as military advisor to Philippines,
43–44
,
45
and removal from command,
82
and resources/supplies,
232
,
242–243
,
245
,
251
,
252
,
258
,
331–332
and retirement from U.S. Army,
61–62
and Roosevelt, Franklin (
see also
Roosevelt, Franklin: and MacArthur
)
and Roosevelt, Franklin, and choice of successor as chief of staff,
48–50
and Roosevelt, Franklin, as path to Philippines,
248
and Roosevelt, Franklin, confrontation with,
17–18
and Roosevelt, Franklin, criticism of,
323–324
,
333
and Roosevelt, Franklin, death of,
328
and Roosevelt, Franklin, July 1944 meeting, in Honolulu,
269–273
and Roosevelt, Franklin, relationship between,
2
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3
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6–7
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15–16
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17–18
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26
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57–58
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61–62
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181
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226
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273
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280
,
355–356
and Roxas, Manuel,
333–334
,
335
,
336
and Russia,
318
and Saidor,
248
and Seeadler Harbor,
255–256
strengths and weaknesses of,
353–355
and support for, post-airfield attack,
91–93
as supreme commander for the allied powers for the purpose of enforcing the surrender of Japan,
346
and Sutherland, Richard,
160
,
339–340
at Tacloban, Leyte, headquarters,
305
,
308
and Truman, Harry,
340
,
346
,
353
,
354
and two-front war strategy,
96
,
181–182
untruths about,
353–354
and Wainwright, Jonathan,
175
,
349
and war plan/strategy,
90
,
164–166
,
166–169
,
223
,
236–238
,
259–261
,
267–269
and warfare, report on future of,
33–36
wives of (
see
Brooks, Louise
;
MacArthur, Jean Faircloth
)
and World War I,
161
MacArthur, Jean Faircloth,
50–51
,
52
,
53
,
56
,
58
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62
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95
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121
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156
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267
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323
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353
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358
and Australia, evacuation to,
148
,
153
and Corregidor, evacuation to,
106–108
and Pearl Harbor attack,
71
MacArthur, Mary “Pinky,”
23
,
25
,
47
,
50
MacArthur and the War Against Japan
(Hunt),
324
Mahan, Alfred Thayer,
3
Makin,
88
Makino, Shiro,
287
Malaya,
88
Manhattan Project,
345
Manila,
23
,
41
,
97
,
105
,
106
,
118–119
,
123
Cavite Navy Yard,
87–88
and Homma, Masaharu,
111–112
,
113
as open city,
95
Manila battle,
311–312
,
314–316
,
318–323
March, Peyton,
21–22
Marianas,
261
Marquat, William,
168
Marshall, George,
11–12
,
30
,
36
,
69–71
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191–192
,
217
,
237
,
251
,
355
as army chief of staff,
65
and Arnold’s commander assessment,
205
,
207–208
and Australia, base in,
100–102
and Bataan, promise of relief to MacArthur in,
119–121
,
124–125
,
173
and Bataan, surrender of, responsibility for,
174
,
175
,
176
and Battle of Bataan,
130
and Battle of the Bismarck Sea,
229–230
and Central Pacific campaign,
243–244
characteristics and personality of,
77
,
78
,
79–80
and Clark, Mark,
226
and cooperation between Allied militaries in Europe and the Pacific,
163–164
and Corregidor,
135–136
and Craig’s promotion to chief of staff,
49–50
and Eichelberger, Robert,
220–221
and Eisenhower, Dwight,
339
and Far East assistance plan,
88–89
and France, second front in,
184–186
and Germany,
329–331
and Germany-first war strategy,
95
,
183
and MacArthur, and Nimitz, cooperation between,
260–261
and MacArthur, and promise of relief, in Bataan,
119–121
,
124–125
,
173
and MacArthur, support for,
100–101
and MacArthur, support for, and post-airfield attacks,
91–93
and MacArthur, visit with, in Australia,
250–252
and MacArthur as commander and chief, Southwest Pacific area,
143–146
and MacArthur as commander in Far East,
65–66
and MacArthur’s “big ideas” on how to fight the war,
96
MacArthur’s criticism of,
324–325
and MacArthur’s “I Shall Return” speech,
159–160
and MacArthur’s Medal of Honor,
161
,
162
MacArthur’s refusal to promote,
20–21
and MacArthur’s request for reinforcements in Australia,
180–181
and New Guinea,
197
and North Africa, invasion of,
191
and Operation Sledgehammer,
189–190
and overall commander in the Pacific compromise,
326–327
and overall commander in the Pacific debate,
256
and Philippine independence and neutrality,
126–127
and Philippines, abandonment of,
124–125
and Philippines, invasion of, debate over,
268
and Philippines, U.S. airfield attack in, responsibility for,
83
,
85
and POWs,
173
and promotion to general of the army,
309
and Rabaul,
193
and Roosevelt, Franklin,
77–79
,
250
and Seeadler Harbor,
255
and Sutherland, Richard,
339–340
and two-front war strategy,
178
,
182
,
183
and Wainwright, Jonathan,
348
and Wainwright, Jonathan, recommendation for award to,
175
and war plans,
223
and Yalta Conference,
317
Marshall, Richard,
105
,
153
,
157
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168
,
242
,
307
,
358
and Bataan, retreat into,
113–114
and Quezón, and monetary compensation,
118
Martin, Clarence,
222
McDuffie, Irvin,
1
McKinley, William,
20
McNair, Lesley,
207–208
McNarney, Joseph,
170
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175
,
207–208
Melbourne,
160–163
Mercer, Lucy,
8
Mikawa, Gunichi,
198
,
202
,
203
,
204
Miles, Sherman,
70
Miller, A. L.,
267
Miller, Ernest,
105
Miller, Roger,
107
Milne Bay,
197–199
Mitscher, Marc,
260
Molotov, Vyacheslav,
316
Montgomery, Bernard Law,
226
Moore, George,
107–108
Morgenthau, Henry,
326
Mountbatten, Louis,
189–191