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Douglas MacArthur: The Life and Legend of the Old Soldier

Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Object Details

Creator

MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

Names

MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

Collection Creator

Asch, Moses
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records

Collection Citation

Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Contents

Opening, Gen. MacArthur addresses Congress, 1951 --Tributes by Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy --MacArthur enters West Point, 1899 -- Events of 1903, the year he graduated --Declaration of war, 1917 --Organization of the National Guard --Battlefield record in France --Back at West Point, as remembered by Earl Blaik --Sworn in as Chief-of-Staff, 1930 --Dispersing the Bonus Army, 1932 --Graduation Day address, West Point, 1933 --Retires as Chief-of-Staff, 1935 --MacArthur in the Philippines --Retirement from the Army, 1936 --Japan attacks the gunboat Panay --Recalled to duty, 1941 --First peacetime draft --Army-Navy game --Japanese Ambassador Normura --Announcement of Pearl Harbor --President Roosevelt declares war --Corregidor --"I have come through and I shall return" --America's darkest hour --MacArthur in Australia, 1944 --Carlos Romulo thanks MacArthur --The return to Corregidor --The atomic bomb --The Japanese surrender, 1945 --Aboard the Missouri, in Tokyo Bay --MacArthur appointed Supreme Commander --Occupation of Japan begins --Birthday serenade by Japanese children -- North Korea, 1950 --Named United Nations Commander-in-Chief --Inchon landing --Lord Alanbrooke's military evaluation --U.N. forces cross the 38th parallel --Criticism and concern --Wake Island meeting with President Truman -- Stalemate in Korea --Truman relieves MacArthur -- Truman's speech, April, 1951 --MacArthur's defense before Congress ("Fade away" speech) --Home to New york -- Wife, Jean Faircloth MacArthur --Son, Arthur MacArthur -- Visit with President Kennedy --Address to West Point Cadets, 1956 --"The long gray line."
sova.cfch.asch_ref17603

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5624bce95-e96b-40de-b6ad-d195f0cf930d

Local Numbers

FW-ASCH-LP-3064 MGM.4245

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)

MGM 1964

General

"Documentary compiled from Hearst Metrotone newsreels" ; narrated by Luis Van Rooten. Descriptive notes on container.

Topic

United States -- History
Military
World War, 1939-1945

Creator

MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

Culture

Americans

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Moses and Frances Asch Collection
Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / LP

Extent

1 Phonograph record (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in.)

Date

1964

Archival Repository

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

Identifier

CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-LP-3064

Type

Archival materials
Phonograph records

Collection Rights

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

Restrictions

Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
CFCH.ASCH_ref17603
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5624bce95-e96b-40de-b6ad-d195f0cf930d
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CFCHFOLKLIFE

Record ID

ebl-1649170801566-1649171785798-1

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