the war in the pacific was commanded by two key figures general douglas macarthur and admiral nimitz. after the japanese lost the battle for guadalcanal in the south

he was chief of staff under douglas macarthur in the philippines in the 1930s and he said i studied drama under macarthur. mccarter said eisenhower was the best student i ever had. there was no love lost between those two and you can imagine the meeting of the eisenhower white house was an awkward one. as far as how do you rank these guys other than the way the publisher put them on the point of the book how do you tell who is the greatest general? that is a wonderful question and one that can probably not be adequately answered because in the days of generals on horseback the general commanded troops and attacked. by the time we get to the second world war we had generals who were supremely good at staff work but would have been terrible battle captains. patton would have been an awful supreme commander because that job require diplomacy. george c. marshall, the greatest soldiered this country ever produced would have been a mediocre battle captain due to his age and lack of experience commanding field troops. it is very difficult to say who was best. we can say it is fortunate for the a

the war in the pacific was commanded by two key figures general douglas macarthur and admiral nimitz. after the japanese lost the battle for guadalcanal in the south pacific macarthur and his troops focused on recapturing new guinea nimitz handled the central pacific region and plans were drawn up to send forces against the japanese strongholds in the gilbert and marshall islands groups mark no one is a u.p.s. pilot in the world war two military historian he heads the nonprofit organization history flights they're working to locate the over seventy eight thousand missing in action from the second world war right way saying here is a good deed to intelligence maps that the u.s. marine corps put together for what they called helen island which was the code name for a base you know a toll in tar island region and they built this very complex map with all of the difference and information that they gleaned from a number of overflights from b. twenty four craft taking photographs of the island and it has pictures of all the different machine gun positions and the different types of large c

at the age of 22, she was recruited by general douglas macarthur to create the japanese constitution. worked in secret at the conclusion of the war and she was there for nine days. as a young person, she grew up from the age of five in japan, the child of jewish emigres from russia. she was interested in japanese culture. in 1939, she laughed -- left japan to come to mills college. how frightening that must have been. i have heard stories about leaving home. think about leaving home and wondering if you would never go home again because your country was going to war. she did not speak about her contributions until she was asked by the japanese government to discuss the amendments 14 and 24 that proclaimed the essential the quality of the sexes. her work has inspired so many tributes including a documentary beate, andrifift from her own memoir. she is a performing arts director for the society, she has continued throughout her life to bring connections between asia and the united states and europe and the rest of the world. she currently lives in new york city and lectures frequently a

she is a member of the class of 1943, and at the age of 22, she was recruited by general douglas macarthur, you know macarthur boulevard, to create the japanese constitution. she worked in secret after the conclusion of world war ii, and she was there for nine days from february 4-february 12 in 1946. as a young person, she grew up in japan from the age of five, a child of jewish emigres from russia. she was interested in japanese culture, fluent in japanese, and in 1939, she left japan, left tokyo to come to mills college at the age of 15. how fighting that must a bed. i've heard so many stories today among so many of you about leaving home. think about leaving home and wondering if you ever go home again because our country was going to war. she did not speak about her contributions until she was asked by the japanese government to discuss the amendment, in both numbers 14 an article xxiv that proclaimed the essential equality of the sexes. and her work has inspired so many amazing tributes, including a documentary film "the gift from beata." and her own memoir, "the only woman in the ro

nature on many occasions, most notably as he presided over the 1951 dismissal hearings of general douglas macarthur, a time in which his judicious handling of such a volatile event did much to difficult fuse a very -- to defuse a very explosive situation. he had unrelenting civility and trust worthiness and of course his humor. once when he was in need of a tailor, he asked his good friend, then-president johnson, for a recommendation. johnson gave him one, so russell sent his suits over to the tailor recommended by president johnson. when the bill arrived, senator russell just stared at it dumfounded. he is quoted as saying no wonder this country is going to hell if the president is willing to spend this much money just to get his suits fixed. when i was first elected to the senate in 2002, the dean of the senate at that time was senator robert byrd who sat right on the aisle across the way, and i'll never forget the first day that i was -- as i was sworn in, i went over and introduced myself to senator byrd who was so well respected by everybody on both sides of the aisle and is without question