Wendell Willkie put the feeling about Douglas MacArthur into words: "We are now engaged in fighting a modern war against the greatest exponents of modern warfare. . . . To bring about effective cooperation, one man should direct the military services. . . . We have the man—the man who . . . almost alone has given his fellow countrymen confidence and hope . . . General Douglas MacArthur."
Cried Willkie: "Bring home General MacArthur. . . . Put him in supreme command of our armed forces, under the President." With the air...
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