Polish Eagle said:
I suppose one can say in MacArthur's defense that he never got elected to the presidency.
Not for lack of trying.

He tried to run for President from Japan.

Then couldn't understand why he lost.


p)
Carl Schwamberger said:
While Chief of Staff in the 1930s
...he forced the Garand to be chambered in .30-'06, rather than allowing it to use a lighter, less potent .276 round, which would have made it a more effective rifle, & let stand the silly decision to insist its magazine use clip feed,

& remain within the furniture.

And allowed the cavalry to demand separate tank organizations for no apparent reason.

(IDK if he sent Christie packing off to SU, but it wouldn't surprise me.

)
Dayton Kitchens said:
I'm not certain what the beefs are about MacArthur's goals or means in the Pacific either.
Seriously? He screwed up the defense of the P.I., despite being there more than a decade: no revetments, no gun positions, no field fortifications even planned, let alone built. No adequate ammo supplies. No plan for moving food out of Manila when Japan attacked (which was, allegedly, widely expected), instead of leaving it to be burned.

No provision of adequate medicine for his men. No adequate ammo supplies. No adequate spares for his fighters.
Sitting for
eight and a half hours reading his Bible after getting word Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor.





After getting
express orders from DC to commence operations.



Then screwing up by not allowing Brereton to attack Taiwan immediately.

Obsession with the P.I. drew Sub Force boats away from the firing line to supply a trickle of material to the "guerrillas". Then it lengthened the war at least 6mo while the U.S. reconquered it, plus at least another month each at Iwo Jima & Okinawa thanks to the troops bound for P.I. who didn't make it.
His separate command in Oz also meant the Sub Force was denied access tot he most productive patrol area, the Luzon/Formosa Strait, for risk of fratricide.


This probably lengthened the war another 6mo, maybe more.
Tell me again how great his loss rates were. Tell me how the guys who got killed because the war was over a year longer think he was a genius. Tell me how the guys who got killed for nothing at Okinawa & Iwo Jima think so. Tell me how the sailors killed by
kamikaze off Luzon think so. Tell me about the crews of O'Kane's
Tang, &
Scorpion,
Herring,
Golet,
Robalo,
Shark,
Escolar,
Albacore,
Scamp,
Swordfish,
Growler,
Barbel,
Kete,
Snook,
Lagarto,
Bonefish,
Bullhead, & Sam Dealey's
Harder--&
Trigger. And
Seawolf, sunk by friendly fire, for no damn reason at all.



Everything considered, I'd bet
Wahoo doesn't get sunk, either, cause Mush probably is someplace other than La Perouse Strait 16 Nov 43...
Tell me how the hundreds of thousands of Japanese who died in P.I. & Okinawa & Iwo Jima & firebombings & atomic bombings think so.
Tell me he shouldn't have gone on trial for war crimes for authorizing strafing of men in the water at the Bismarck Sea.

Then tell me how "great" this bastard was.
Garrison said:
And honestly whenever I think about Inchon my first question is; so who really came up with it?
Excellent question. Also, give credit to the Coast Guard crewmen who pulled off this loony stunt.
YLi said:
managed to rise to a high rank despite possessing no military skills whatsoever
LOOL.



Well said.