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MacArthur




>Ron,

> >>   Hey Ed, reading "Under Fire". Up to page 100 and the Korean War hasn't
>even started yet, but I'm liking it. So far all I've learned is that W.E.B.
>didn't like MacArthur (El Supremo) much.<<

Don't think is was MacA so much as Willoughby, and his unwillingness to 
pass on bad news to MacA, plus his tendency to discount/disregard 
information that contradicted what he (Willoughby) wanted to believe.  My 
research tends to confirm this view ow Willoughby.

Ed

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