Gen. Douglas MacArthur was relieved of all his commands today while he was fighting his third war as an American soldier. President Truman fired the nation's senior five-star general because ...

Eisenhower quickly climbed the Army career ladder, serving under Generals John J. Pershing and Douglas MacArthur and ultimately achieving the rank of five-star general. He led Allied forces during ...

General John J. Pershing, Chaumont, France. NARA But to a young Douglas MacArthur entering West Point in 1899, the name John Pershing most likely elicited fear and loathing, not admiration.

As he presided over a ceremony at the Embassy -- his home for the next five and a half years -- MacArthur ordered General Eichelberger to "have our country's flag unfurled, and in Tokyo's sun let ...