The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-20
MocArthur
 Keeps Pledge
RYUNITED PRESS

kept the pledge he made more than two years ago, He went back to the Phllplnes at the hea Of a powerful force to free the islands from the Japanese,
 II came through and shall re- turn" he said hen he reached Australia from Correeldor In March, leA2, to organize the American of- SOnse which moved slowly but IF. Festahly along New Guinea, reduced tho enemys island bastionS and to- day reached It's goal.
 Macarthur had Q double reason for making his pledge, His military background lay In the Philippines, Ae returned there tn le55 AS military advisor to the commonwealth gov- Nrnment with the rank of field mar. shal of the Philippines army to or. ganlEe the islands defenses and build a native military force,
 The handsome, 0A-year old gener- d is the son of tho late It, Gen, governor of the Philippines after the Arthur Macarthur, who has military Spanish. American war, the man Co whom the late Manuel oueson sur. rendered his sword ct the end ot hostlllties,
 Macarthur was born Into the army Jan. %. 1880, At Little Rock, Ark, where his father was station cd. Re entered West Point at the Age of 10 and graduated first in hil class, His classmates, however, praised hlm more for his great achievement" ot being engaged te eight girls at the same time,
 AS a soldier, MAeArthur holds record ol flrsts, He was the young est division commander tn the World War l AEF; youngest ehiei of staff of the army at 90; only ot' fioer ln the last co years to serve In every commissioned rank from second lieutenant to four star gen. OFal; only general to held the eon- gresSlonal medal Of honor,
 "Ablsst Fighting Man"
 Secretary of War Henry l., stlm. son called MaeAFthur "our ahles' fighting man."
 That aoeoladO was added while MNeArthur fought the Japanese surrounding Manila, But the Phi lippines were Q familiar setting e the general, His first assignment As A second lieutenant fresh from West Point, was to the engineer corps ln the Philippines.
 During World War l MAeArthuI served with the famous Rainbow Division and led it in the last phas- 0s of the Mousse sArgonne drive,
 For two years after the war, Mae. Arthur was superintendent at West Point, the youngest in recent ree' oFda, Tn 1920 he attained the per- manent rank of brlgAdier general Two years after that ho was n thtt Phllipplnes again, as commander oi the 19rd, Infantry brigade and tht Philippines division,
 After serving under President HooVOr and President Roosevelt As chlos of staff, MaeAFthur went te the Philippines to organize the Phl: lippine army, despite PFesaaehl 0ueBonls conviction that the island could not Do defended against At' tack,
 The general wore civilian clothes but hlg gaEb became Q unsothl Re was seen always wearing eEisf white suits with flaming red shirti and red bow ties.
 Wide Experience
 MacArthur's wide experience if tho Philippines was brought to tht sIipreme test whom tho Japanese ln' Vad0rs struck in ie4i, Though hii men were vastly outnurnbeFod, un- dor hIs guidance they forced the JRps to . bloody fight for every Inch Of the way to Manila
 yogced to withdraw his men nne declare Manila on open city. Mae- Arthur ordered Q stand on Cof' regldor and Dataan. The action thero was intended merely to delay tho onFushing enemy, AS such it Was Q success, MaeAfthuE waa ordered to Australia in March, i042, assog the American forces had hold out for more than three months, He escaped with his wife and four year old son In 3 speed' boat.
 Back in Australia, no was named supreme commander in the soutn and southwest Pacific. Although eilgible for permanent retirement iaet January, he kept his command no had retired once before, in I0ST
 Meanwhile, . presidential boom was started for MacAFthur. He first cFyptlcaily answered questions about his willingness to run for pTesi' dent and then refused to run.
 "I will continue in my command aa long as ai1a needed" he said 1erhan ahall return to my res