MacArthur would continue as a military leader, and often contentious military figure, until relieved of his command in 1951. He died in Washington, D.C., on April 5, 1964.

Although he and Quezon failed in their bid to have MacArthur named governor of the Philippines, President Hoover helped take the sting out of it by naming MacArthur to the Army's top job, Chief of ...

Upon his return to the U.S., MacArthur made a farewell speech to a joint session of Congress. “Old soldiers never die,” he said. ”They just fade away.” MacArthur died in 1964. Those Famous ...