On this day 61 years ago, on April 5, 1964 (February 23, 1964 lunar calendar), the US World War II general MacArthur passed away. Funeral of Douglas MacArthur On April 5, 1964, Douglas MacArthur, a five-star general in the US Army, died. MacArthur, the US military commander, was born in the barracks of Little Rock, Arkansas in 1880. His father was a soldier. In 1893, MacArthur entered the West Texas Military Academy. In 1899, he entered the West Point Military Academy. In 1903, he graduated with the highest grades since the school was established and embarked on a military career. He was quickly promoted to brigadier general for combat bravery in "World War I" and received the Medal of Honor several times. Later, he returned to West Point Military Academy to become president. Pacific War and Occupation of Japan In 1941, when World War II broke out, he was conscripted back to the US Army and served as commander-in-chief of the US Far East Army; in 1944, he was promoted to five-star general. In the later stages of the Pacific War, he directed the US military to implement an "island-hopping strategy" in the Southwest Pacific, selectively capturing islands that were conducive to the advance of the US military, including the Philippine Islands and Okinawa, until Japan surrendered unconditionally in August 1945. Ultimately, the Allied Command-in-Chief under MacArthur was able to reform the Japanese government under the objective conditions of preserving the imperial system and not holding the emperor accountable, including formulating the Constitution of Japan and establishing the foundation of the current Japanese government organizational structure. In addition, the Allied Command-in-Chief once ordered the complete elimination of pre-war militarist collaborators from the Japanese political bureaucracy and the disbanding of the chaebol. However, due to the heightened Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, the strategic consideration that the United States needed the cooperation of the existing political and economic forces to quickly rebuild Japan was not fully implemented The Korean War On June 25, 1950, under the permission of the General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Stalinmer, North Korea attacked Seoul (Seoul), South Korea. On June 28, it was captured. On June 27, Truman ordered the US military to participate in the Korean War. On July 7, the UN Security Council organized the "United Nations Army" to participate in the Korean War through a resolution drafted by the United States, with five-star General MacArthur as the commander-in-chief. During the Korean War, the Incheon landing cut off the Korean People's Army from the waist. The war situation took a sharp turn for the worse. Mao Zedong accepted Kim Il-sung's request and decided to send troops to the Korean Peninsula and appointed Peng Dehuai as commander and political commissar. On October 19, the US military captured Pyongyang. At this time, the first batch of Chinese People's Volunteers secretly entered North Korea in three routes and strongly attacked the UN army. On October 15, 1950, President Truman received MacArthur on Wake Island and allowed him to fight only a limited war. During the following period, MacArthur publicly opposed Truman's decision and sent reconnaissance planes into Chinese airspace. On April 11, 1951, President Truman dismissed him for "failing to fully support the policies of the United States and the United Nations" and was replaced by Matthew Ridgway. When MacArthur found out about this, he quietly said to his wife, "Jane, we can finally go home." After MacArthur returned to the United States, he received a heroic welcome in Washington. Demonstrations broke out in many major cities for MacArthur and against Truman, and Truman's approval rating fell to 26%. Four state legislatures passed resolutions asking President Truman to reverse his order. On April 19, 1951, MacArthur gave his famous speech at the Capitol, titled "Veterans Don't Die." On April 5, 1964, Douglas MacArthur, who led the Allied victory over Japan in World War II, died today at the age of 84. In his farewell address to Congress in 1951, he said: "Veterans never die - they just retire." His death, after a long battle, seems to confirm this statement. His distinguished career in military action, marked by the president's removal from office, lasted nearly half a century. He won the Medal of Honor in World War I; became Army Chief of Staff in the 1930s; later served as Governor General of the Philippines, commanding Allied forces in the Pacific region during World War II and later in the Korean War; occupied Japan after the war, led well and revived Japan. In 1951, after publicly criticizing the government's strategy towards North Korea, this overconfident military genius was relieved of his post by President Truman and served as chairperson of a company. His body will be placed in front of the Capitol today as a final salute. On October 25, 1944, MacArthur led the Allied forces to drive the Japanese out of the Philippines. MacArthur Jr. and his parents and brother During World War I, MacArthur even went to great lengths to look different. Returning to the United States from Korea with his wife Joan and son Arthur, he finally felt safe. During his time in Japan, he worked with the Emperor of Japan to commemorate Maxer's landing in the Philippines in 1944, and later generations built this group of sculptures on the riverbank.