Army & Navy - HIGH COMMAND: Hero on Ice

Last week the U.S. got a hint—just ahint—of what has been happening to General Douglas MacArthur in Australia.

General MacArthur held a press conference. It was his second since he arrived from the Philippines last March with the words: "I came through, and I am going back." Patently he had not gone back, he had not even started back. He was not going anywhere. His press officers took care to invite senior editors from the length & breadth of Australia; one editor flew 2,000 miles. General MacArthur talked for two hours; he took 50 minutes to answer one question. What...

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