I, Peng Dehuai, am not MacArthur. I will not be taken in by this!" One other man who was not overawed by the head of the Far East Command was, of course, President Harry S. Truman, who relieved ...

Eight days before the speech, MacArthur had been relieved of his duties as general of the U.S. Army by President Harry S. Truman — putting an end to his storied military career. "I am closing my ...

Then MacArthur really poured his contempt on Harry Truman: “How anyone could use such a bloody drama as a means of self-glorification is quite beyond my comprehension.” Contact us at letters ...

After succeeding Franklin Roosevelt in 1945, Harry S. Truman won the presidency in his own right in ... Truman refused to commit the U.S. to war in China and relieved Douglas MacArthur from his ...

President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur at President Truman's arrival at the Wake Island Conference. Credit: Department of State On April 25, 1951, the Senate unanimously approved ...

President Harry Truman's diary is one source historians ... Supreme Commander [Douglas MacArthur] and what to do with Mr. Prima Donna, brass hat, Five Star McArthur. He's worse than the Cabots ...