American Experience

1. 1880 -- Little Rock, Arkansas -- Douglas MacArthur born

2. June, 1880 -- Ft. Wingate, New Mexico -- Capt. Arthur MacArthur's Company K assigned to protect railroad crews and travelers from Apache raids

   1884 -- Ft. Selden, New Mexico -- MacArthurs make 300-mile trek from Ft. Wingate

3. 1886 -- Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas -- Captain MacArthur an instructor at Infantry and Cavalry School

4. 1889 -- Washington, D.C. -- Captain MacArthur promoted to Major; becomes assistant adjutant general

5. 1893 -- San Antonio, Texas -- Douglas becomes a cadet at the West Texas Military Academy

6. 1899 -- West Point, New York -- Douglas becomes a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy

7. 1903 -- San Francisco -- Lieutenant Douglas MacArthur assigned to Ft. Mason

8. October, 1903 -- Philippines -- MacArthur works with the 3rd Engineer Battalion

9. 1905-1906 -- Asia -- MacArthur assigned to accompany his father (and mother) on an eight month, 19,949 mile trip throughout Asia, where Lt. General MacArthur was sent to observe and evaluate armies in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaya, Burma, India, Afghanistan, Thailand, and French Indochina.

   In his "Reminiscences," MacArthur would write of this trip, "The experience was without doubt the most important factor of preparation in my entire life.... It was crystal clear to me that the future and, indeed, the very existence of America were irrevocably entwined with Asia and its island outposts."

10. October, 1906 -- Washington, D.C. -- Duties include serving as an aide at White House functions for President Theodore Roosevelt

11. August, 1907 -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Assigned to the district office of engineers

12. 1908 -- Fort Leavenworth, Kansas -- Instructor at advanced service schools

13. 1912 -- Panama Canal Zone -- Engineering assignment

14. 1913 -- Washington, D.C. -- Army General Staff under Chief Leonard Wood

15. 1914 -- Veracruz, Mexico -- Expeditionary force during conflict with Mexico

16. August, 1914 -- Washington, D.C. -- Army General Staff

17. 1917 -- Long Island, NY -- Camp Mills: training Rainbow Division for France

18. October, 1917 -- France -- WWI

19. December, 1918 -- Germany -- Allied occupation

20. 1919 -- West Point, NY -- Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy

21. 1922 -- Philippines -- Head of the new Military District of Manila

22. 1925 -- Atlanta, GA -- Command of IV Corps

23. Fall, 1925 -- Baltimore, MD -- Command of III Corps

24. 1928 -- Holland -- President of American Olympic Committee

25. 1929 -- Manila -- Commander of the Army's Philippine Department.

26. 1930 -- Washington, D.C. -- Army Chief of Staff

27. 1931 -- Europe -- First of two tours as Chief, including visits to France and Yugoslavia

28. 1932 -- Europe -- Second trip, with stops in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Turkey

29. 1935 -- Manila -- U.S. Military Advisor to the Philippines

30. 1942 -- Melbourne, Australia -- After an arduous escape from the Philippines, MacArthur named Commander, Southwest Pacific Area

31. July, 1942 -- Brisbane, Australia -- MacArthur moves his command closer to the fighting which has just begun in New Guinea

32. October, 1942 -- Port Moresby, New Guinea -- MacArthur begins to split his time between Brisbane and Port Moresby, as his troops begin their arduous march north and west across New Guinea

33. July, 1944 -- Honolulu, Hawaii -- Strategy conference with President Roosevelt

34. October, 1944 -- Leyte, Philippines -- MacArthur returns to the Philippines with the assault on the Japanese at Leyte

35. February, 1945 -- Luzon, Philippines -- MacArthur's forces recapture Manila, where he sets up headquarters

36. September, 1945 -- Japan -- MacArthur named Supreme Commander, Allied Powers, takes up residence at the American Embassy in Tokyo

37. 1950 -- Korea -- Commander of U.N. forces (although still based in Tokyo, frequent visits to Korean peninsula)

38. October, 1950 -- Wake Island -- Conference with President Truman

39. 1951 -- New York, NY -- Relieved by President Truman, MacArthur retires, living in the Waldorf Towers until his death in 1964