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My limited understanding is that he presided over two of our largest scale military embarrassments, so I don't know why he's looked upon so fondly by history.
NCD, at least, likes him because he wanted to use NUKES, and that always gets NCD approval.
As for the rest of society? Fucked if I know. "Sunglasses and corncob pipe cool" I guess. I'm inclined to agree with President Truman, that MacArthur was a dumb sonofabitch and that he didn't respect civilian authority.
who wanted the most to use funny mushroom? McArthur or LeMay?
MacArthur since he was going behind Truman's back and working with other countries to bring about his aims.