Douglas MacArthur - Address to Congress (1951) Part 1 of 4

Douglas General MacArthur
Address to the Joint Meeting of the U. S. Congress
April 19, 1951
Washington D. C.

Part 1 of 4 (link to Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Uu17Sy_i8 )

Total Length approximately 36 minutes. Divided into four parts, each about 9 minutes.

General Douglas MacArthur, former commander of Allied forces, first in World War II and then in Korea, gives his farewell address before the joint meeting of Congress on April 19, 1951. President Truman relieved MacArthur of his command over differences in opinion on strategy in Korea. In a final Address to Congress, MacArthur defends his conduct of the Korean War. "Old Soldiers never die," he famously says, "they just fade away."

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[rickyrickyricky123]

"old soldier never die he just fade away and i just fade away

[letsgo1lasers]

President Truman never went to "West Point".  Eisenhower did.

[Suprkit]

@Unilateralism Boo Hoo. And it was my GREAT-Grandfater. ;)

[Unilateralism]

@Suprkit -sigh- this has become personal and thus ceased to be fun. This is my last response:

I was saying you made up the shit about your grandfather. As far as anything else is concerned, it's been far too long passed for me to remember what you were wrong about. Good day to you.

[Suprkit]

@Unilateralism Well, if I'm not wrong(which I'm not), why are you saying I'm wrong? That seems very arrogant of you doesn't it? Where did I make anything up in this back and forth? Everything I've responded about is true. I have two jobs and work six days a week. But if you think I'm making all of it up, you're incorrect.

[Unilateralism]

@Suprkit I'm not acting like you don't know what you're talking about, I'm just acting like you're wrong, and you're making shit up to try and convince people you aren't. And who said this was about finding people of consequence? This whole thing is a non-consequence. I have a job and classes. This is just something I do when I'm bored and have free time, and therefore has little to no affect on anything else, hence 'non-consequence'.

[Suprkit]

@Unilateralism Well, don't act like I don't know what I'm talking about because I do. Again, I'm sure I know a lot about the First World War than most people from studying it on my own,not in school(which they didn't even talk about.) So, please stop trying to belittle me and my answers. If I'm a "non-consequence" why did you respond to my comments?

[Unilateralism]

@Suprkit I don't think anything about you. At all. This is the internet. You're a non-consequence as far as I'm concerned. So, when you start making a long list of things you've done which just so happen to make you seem more credible about this exact subject, you might as well be claiming to be a kosmonaut with the Mexican space program preparing for his next mission to Jupiter.

[Suprkit]

@Unilateralism Ok, you don't know me. so keep your trash talking and bravado to yourself, Mr. Know-it-all. Think what you want, but whatever you're thinking about me it's probably wrong. Like you stated at the beginning of your reply to me:"You do realize this is the internet..."

[Unilateralism]

@Suprkit You do realize this is the internet, so the six straight lines of bullshit you just wrote is more then likely just some random shit you made up on the fly to make yourself seem credible, when it's honestly doubtful you know much more then your average middle-school history student when it comes to World War I, assuming middle school is when your state goes over the two-page section it gets in textbooks these days.

[Suprkit]

@kachina25 I went to President Truman's LIbrary in Independence and I do know what he went through. Read my comments again on this subject. I have also visited the National World War I museum in Kansas City(on Armistice Day no less). My Great Grandfather lost a lung during "the great war" and was also a "Bonus Marcher" when they were cleared out from D.C. Believe me, I know a lot more than most other people do about World War I.

[kachina25]

suprkit - you clearly have little understanding of the effects of WWI on Truman. Your remarks are in poor taste and disrespect a WWI soldier who did his duty.