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Generals Photographic Memory Served Him Well

world wars. he has exposed him.
self to brutal fire in a manner
|reckless--but casual almost be-
|yond belief. He never wears a steel
helmet. and seldom carries arms,
He stalks a battlefront like a man
hardly human, not only arrogantly
but lazily. The attitude is Napo-
lleonic; the bullet that will strike
him has not yet been cast. He was
called ''Dugout Doug" by dis
gruntled sailors, marines, and
IGI.'s in the Pacific; the accusa-
ton that he never hid from any
thing Is just plain silly.
Japan is country notorious
(until recently at least) for its ad-
Idiction to political assassination;
but Gen. Macarthur never took
Iany but the most primitive pre-
cautions. He entered and left the
Dai-Ichi Building four times q
day. every day of the year, and in
Ivariably a crowd of from so to l0O
Japanese assembled by the door,
way to watch him. He never was
accompanied by a guard of any
kind. Any crank could have thrown
a bomb or grenade. He paid nc
Iattention.
Macarthur Warned Admiral.
A distinguished American adj
miral and specialist in the newly
developed art of amphibious war
fare was sent to Gen. MacArthur's
headquarters in 1943. The General
greeted him with considerable
coldness, cast indirect aspersions
on his ability, and then fatty
warned him-without quite going
so far as to insinuate that he was
a "spy"-that he must not com
municate directly in any way with
his bosses in Washington, Kine
and Leahy. "If you do" Gen
Macarthur intoned, Echoes viii
Be Heard!"
The Admiral considered himself
insulted, and was bitterly resent
full, as indeed he had claim to be;
he knew that Gen. Macarthur hac
a perfect right to demand loyalty
but not to forbid him proper con-
tact with his own superiorS.
For some months, their rela-
ltions were of the stoniest. though
the admiral. a good soul, duti-
fully proceeded with his job. Their
came an important landing, ano
the admiral accompanied Gen
Macarthur onto the beach imme-
diately behind the first assault
wave. The General was so impec-
cably uniformed. so polished
creased, and immaculate, that the
admiral became doubly furious
especially when, under hot fire
he summoned photographers to
come up and take their pictures
A shell exploded a few yards from
the group. The admiral-and the
Iphotographer-instantly fell flat
on their faces. A few seconds
later, he peeked up. There was
Gen. Macarthur, in the midst OF
smoke from the shell, standing
straight as a staff, his chin high
his arms calmly akimbo. The ad-
miral slowly crawled TO his feet
and wondered in trepidation how
Gen. Macarthur would greet him
There was pause. and then came
the Supreme Commanders voice
Damned glad. admiral, that
somebody on my staff has sense
enough to lie fiat!" From thai
moment to this. the admiral has
adored him.
Gen. MacArthur's courage was
of course, a prime factor in his
control of Japan. In most Orienta.
countries, the man who shows nc
fear is master.
/ Instalnent 2 repeals hiohlioht.
OF MacArthur's cdreer-sellS ide1
of Rainbow Diuision to President
Wilson.
(From the book, The Riddle OF
Macarthur. published by Harper
and Bros.)
copyright 1e5o-1951 by John Gunther.