Truman fires Gen. Douglas MacArthur in what became known as the most public and controversial military firing.
MacArthur was a brilliant general and strategist
and proved it a number of times in the Pacific theater during WWII. However, he wanted to repeat those successes
in Korea but Truman did not want to extend the Korean conflict to include a
confrontation with the Chinese. MacArthur assured Truman that the chances of a Chinese
invasion into Korea were “slim” but when hundreds of thousands of Chinese moved
into North Korea, Truman fired MacArthur, much to the ire of many of the
American public.
MacArthur was given parades and a hero’s welcome upon his return, and he addressed Congress with his famous line of “Old soldiers never die … they just fade away.”
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