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Douglas MacArthur   /dˈəgləs məkˈɑrθər/   Listen
Douglas MacArthur

noun
1.
United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964).  Synonym: MacArthur.





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... attitudes was clearly demonstrated in correspondence in the 1930's between officials of the NAACP and the Roosevelt administration over equal treatment in the armed forces. The discussion began in 1934 with a series of exchanges between Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur and NAACP Counsel Charles H. Houston and continued through the correspondence between White and the administration in 1937. The NAACP representatives rejected MacArthur's defense of Army policy and held out for a quota guaranteeing that Negroes would form at least 10 percent of the ...
— Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 • Morris J. MacGregor Jr.


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