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I know that this operation will be sort of helter-skelter. But the First Marine Division is going to win the war by landing at Inchon.

Douglas MacArthur

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Douglas MacArthur
Age: 84 †
Born: 1880
Born: January 26
Died: 1964
Died: April 5
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Arkansas
General Douglas MacArthur
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