The Aztec Eagles: The Forgotten Allies of World War II
Mexico was one of the Allies in World War II – but it didn’t just help secure the US border or provide raw materials in support of the war – it contributed a fighter squadron that saw combat in the Pa...
5 Okt 202129min
MacArthur's Busy September 1945
Even historians who loathe General MacArthur tend to agree that the administration of the Occupation of Japan was MacArthur at his best. However, many people don’t realize how much was happening in ju...
9 Sep 202126min
The Death and Legacy of Arthur MacArthur, Jr.
On September 5, 1912, Arthur MacArthur, Jr., a career army officer and the father of Douglas MacArthur, collapsed and died as he was giving a speech. His sudden death shook the entire MacArthur family...
3 Sep 202129min
MacArthur and Quezon
In 1904 a young Second Lieutenant Douglas MacArthur and recent law school graduate Manuel Quezon met for the first time at a dinner in Manila. Over the next several decades, both men developed a stron...
18 Aug 202147min
MacArthur's 1961 Farewell to the Philippines
In July 1961, an 81-year-old General MacArthur made a ten-day farewell trip to the Philippines to mark the fifteenth anniversary of Philippine independence. President John F. Kennedy was delighted to ...
1 Jul 202122min
MacArthur, the Escape from Corregidor, and the Mattress Stuffed with Gold
On March 11, 1942 General Douglas MacArthur, his family, and select members of his staff boarded several PT Boats and began a dangerous escape attempt that would take them from the doomed Philippines ...
25 Jun 202128min
746th FEAF Band
During World War II, while weapons, ammunition, ships, planes, tanks, etc, were always a big focus, theatre commanders also understood the value of troop morale and went to great lengths to secure thi...
10 Jun 202126min
General MacArthur's Mother
Douglas MacArthur biographer D. Clayton James, credited General MacArthur’s mother, Mary “Pinky” Hardy, with instilling in her son “an almost mystical” sense of heritage, duty, and a burning desire to...
7 Mai 202135min
