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In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.

Douglas MacArthur

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Douglas MacArthur
Age: 84 †
Born: 1880
Born: January 26
Died: 1964
Died: April 5
Military Officer
Little Rock
Arkansas
General Douglas MacArthur
General MacArthur
D. MacArthur
War
Battlefields
Dream
Remembrance
Crash
Guns
Gun
Mutter
Dreams
Mournful
Strange
Rattle
Hear
Battlefield

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