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’. Point” and that it h _ and discussed defense plans - DO, YOU KNow? ’ THAT. General - Douglas MacArthur raduated. from ‘West. Point Military cademy in 1903 wit ge of 98.13 percent? THAT the scholasti MacArthur was the hi 1 ghest in the preced- _ing.100 ‘years .of the existence’ of West as. not since been ? “equ record? i THAT. when a Lieutenant che was as- “. Signed by Theodore Roosevelt to accom- - pany his father, GeneralArthur Mac- Arthur, as a combat observer of the Russo- . Japanese War? THAT after the Russo-Japanese armis- ' tice was signed, Douglas and his father, under confidential orders, visited the stra. .tegic capita contiguous to the Asiatic coasts of th Pacific and Indian Oceans? - THAT on this secret mission he met and counseled with—behind closed doors -" —military leaders in Siam, Java, the Ma- fortifications regarding a. ‘’ common defense in these areas ib an emer- i gency arose. These reports are still held in a lay States, India—inspecte ashington labeled: “Confidential Mili-. _ tary Information"? h-a four year aver--' c record.of Douglas —_ aled, therefore stands as a 145 year THAT in World War I he was in com- _,mand of the Rainbow Division and was h gassed and wounded three times in.action? THAT from 1931 to 1935 he was Chief .- of Staff of the United States Army; his- a be ” was Captain Dwight Eisenhower, now |, General Eisenhower? ee oe THAT one of the reports made by him to the Congress of the United States, as Chief of Staff of the United States Army, outlined in detail the areas in the Paci ic that should be fortified’ to safeguard the United States or this country would be at: war with Japan by the year 1940? THAT after his retirement as Chief of Staff of the United States Army he was requested by President Franklin Roosevelt to assume command of the American forces ‘in the Philippines and was appointed Field Marshall of the Philippines by Presi- dent Quezon? . THAT when the fall of Corregidor ap- peared certain, he was ordered by the Commander in Chief to make his way by . PT boat and plane to Australia, there to. 4 establish an operation base, assemble and -€@%- implement a force for aggressive action rp } against the Japanese? . ' THAT he devised the tactical operation we know as island hopping which he sub- ® Military Aide during a portion of this time.”