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The only man to ever serve as both secretary of state and secretary of defense, his greatest achievement may have been devising the Marshall Plan, which rebuilt a devastated Europe after World War II.
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Mary P. Hardy's family was less than pleased, then, when she announced her engagement to Arthur MacArthur, Jr., the young hero of the Union's important victory at Missionary Ridge.
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Roughly two-thirds of the POWs were shipped out for labour as MacArthur returned in 1944.
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Approximately 250,000 Filipino men joined the U.S. Armed Forces in the months before and the days just after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Douglas MacArthur lived his entire life, from cradle to grave, in the United States Army.
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The man known as Tenno to his subjects and Hirohito to the rest of the world ranks as one of the most enigmatic figures of the 20th century.
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Despite fighting courageously against an enemy with superior firepower, MacArthur's forces were pushed steadily back and grew weaker by the day.
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Wherever they were, however, those in the resistance did all they could to survive and prepare for MacArthur's promised return.
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President Roosevelt signing the Declaration of war against Japan in December 1941.
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On June 6, 1933, workers poured the first bucket of concrete that would build the dam.
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The most dangerous phase of Hoover Dam's construction was building the diversion tunnels.
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Building the 700 foot high dam was only one piece of the puzzle.
