MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

Syngman Rhee (right), first President of Korea, sits beside General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander in Japan, as they attend the August 14, 1948 ceremony in Seoul inaugurating the new Republic of Korea. From: Pershing Touseley, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Opening ceremony to restore the capitol, Seoul, to the Republic of Korea; General Douglas MacArthur, Commanding General, United Nations Forces in Korea, leads the Lord's Prayer.

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Commander in Chief of United Nations Forces in Korea, accompanied by staff officers, visit a Prisoner of War camp at Inchon, Korea.

General Douglas MacArthur, Commander in Chief, United Nations Forces in Korea, attends a briefing session at the 1st Marine Division Headquarters, Inchon, Korea.

Colonel L. B. Puller, First Marine Division; General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Commander in Chief United Nations Forces in Korea; Major General O. P. Smith, CG First Marine Division; and Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, Commander Joint Task Force Seven, accompanied by staff officers and newsmen, observe action from a hill overlooking the 1st Marine Regimental front.

General Douglas MacArthur (seated) Commander in Chief, United Nations forces in Korea, and members of his staff view pre-landing bombardment and air strikes from the flag bridge of the U.S.S. Mt. McKinley in Korean waters off Inchon, as United Nations forces begin their offensive in that section. Left to right: Brigadier General Courtney Whitney, Chief, Government Section GHQ Scap; General MacArthur; Brigadier General E. K. Wright, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3 Section, GHQ FEC; and Major General Edward M. Almond, CG X Corps.

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (center) and members of his staff appraise the terrain conditions near Seoul, Korea. The general flew from his Tokyo headquarters of make an on the spot appraisal of the situation developing in the communist North Korean invasion of the South Korean Republic.

General Douglas MacArthur greets General Jonathan Wainwright in Yokohama's new Grand Hotel. This is their first meeting since they parted in embattled Corregidor, in the Philippines, in 1942. From a Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters, U. S. Army Forces, Pacific, in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946. (These photographs were also reproduced in 8x10 and placed in the regular photo boxes).

Escorted by Secret Servicemen, President Harry S. Truman and Douglas MacArthur ride in the back seat of an automobile as they leave the airstrip on Wake Island for a small building where they will hold a historic conference on Communist aggression in the Far East and restoration of peace in war-torn Korea. From: Gordon B. Cone.

President Harry S. Truman chats with General Douglas MacArthur after stepping off the presidential plane, The Independence, at Wake Island for a historic conference on Communist aggression in the Far East and restoration of peace in war-torn Korea. On the left is Charles Ross, the President's Press Secretary. From: Gordon B. Cone