Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur (b.1880) was an American general who, shortly after the United States entered World War II, had to escape the Philipines just prior to a Japanese invasion. Many in the American media (including the San Francisco Chronicle) though MacArthur's promise to return was a hollow one. The press also called into question President Franklin D. Roosevelt's hope that MacArthur would lead an invasion to retake the Philipines.