MACARTHUR

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• Release Year: 1999
• Genre: Crime, Documentary, War
• Plot: No soldier has ever captured the American imagination like Douglas MacArthur. He led Americans into battle for a half-century, through glorious victories and soul-numbing defeats. Courageous and supremely egotistical, he battled anyone who dared question his military judgment - even the President of the United States.; ; Drawing on archival footage and first person interviews, MacArthur tells the story of a true American hero. He was America's most decorated officer during WWI. During WWII he recovered from a humiliating defeat to make a triumphant return to the Philippines. In the Korean War he engineered a bold invasion only to suffer a bitter reversal at the hands of the Chinese. Fired by Harry Truman in one of the most controversial presidential decisions in history, he returned home to the greatest hero's welcome ever.;
• Cast: Stephen Ambrose, Leon Beck, Herbert Bix, Faubion Bowers, Omar N. Bradley, Tanya Brooks, Alfred X. Burgos, Charles Canada Jr., Robert Dallek, Roger Dingman, John W. Dower, Robert Eichelberger, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Daniel Finn, Richard B. Finn, Carol Gluck, Beate Sirota Gordon, Richard M. Gordon, Alexander Haig, Averell Harriman, Joseph C. Harsch, Hirohito, Gustavo Ingles, Alan Jackson, Chen Jian, Stanley Karnow, Ernest J. King, Hal Lamar, Robert W. Love, Arthur MacArthur, Douglas MacArthur, Jean MacArthur, Harry J. Maihofer, Zedong Mao, George C. Marshall, David McCullough, Chester W. Nimitz, Merrill Pasco, Geoffrey Perret, Carol Petillo, Zenaida Quezon-Avanceña, Manuel Quezón, Edwin Ramsey, Beth Day Romulo, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Frank Sackton, Michael Schaller, Donald Showers, Edwin H. Simmons, David Ogden Stiers, Mark Stoler, Stephen R. Taaffe, Frank Tremaine, Harry S. Truman, Vernon Walters, Yutaka Yoshida, Kenneth R. Young, Sarah Holt, Austin Hoyt
• Director: Sarah Holt
• Runtime: 4:00
• Company: WGBH Boston Video, Warner Bros. Home Video
• Media Format: Series