Q:Facts: - death place: washington , d.c. - president: lyndon eisenhower johnson lyndon johnson john f. kennedy dwight d. - successor: joseph edwin reischauer s. farland john p. humes ridgway b. knight - death date: 15 november 1997 - predecessor: armin burden john m. allison h. meyer james w. riddleberger william a. m. - office: united austria united states ambassador to belgium united states ambassador to states japan ambassador to iran united states ambassador to - spouse: laura louise barkley - term end: 1972 1961 september 16 , 1969 1965 march 12 , - term start: 1969 1957 april 5 , 1967 1961 february 25 , - birth date: 05 july 1909 - name: douglas macarthur ii - image: douglas macarthur ii.jpg - birth place: bryn mawr , pennsylvania - occupation: diplomat Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of douglas macarthur ii .
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douglas macarthur ii -lrb- july 5 , 1909 -- november 15 , 1997 -rrb- was an american diplomat .ambassador to japan , then ambassador to belgium , assistant secretary of state for congressional relations , ambassador to austria and then ambassador to iran .there , he escaped an attempted kidnapping .he retired in 1972 .