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U.S. Army General who received the Medal of Honor during the Civil War.He served as commander of the American occupying forces in the Philippines, but he was removed from the post in 1901 following a spat with William Howard Taft.He and Douglas MacArthur became the first father-son pair to both receive Medals of Honor.
BEFORE FAMEHe participated at age eighteen in the Battle of Missionary Ridge and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his wartime heroics.
PERSONAL LIFEHis son was the famous Douglas MacArthur, commander of the Allied forces in the Pacific theater of World War II.
FUN FACTSWar Hero Arthur MacArthur Jr. were born on Monday, birthstone is Pearl, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of , it is 151 days until Arthur MacArthur Jr. next birthday.
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