Photograph General Douglas MacArthur Supreme Commander South West Pacific
- 1944
Description
In December 1944 Douglas MacArthur was promoted to General of the Army. He is one of only five people to achieve that rank, along with George Marshall (1944), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1944), Henry Arnold (1944), and Omar Bradley (1950). He was appointed supreme allied commander, Southwest Pacific, in 1945.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Army Staff.
National Archives Identifier: 2595319
Full Citation: Photograph General Douglas MacArthur Supreme Commander South West Pacific; 1944; Records of the Army Staff, Record Group 319. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/photograph-general-douglas-macarthur-supreme-commander-south-west-pacific/, April 8, 2026]
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