but there have been a dozen biographies of douglas macarthur.theauther -- the editor said yeah that is because people are interested in douglas macarthur. it i suppose if i were sufficiently imaginative and ahead efficient sources maybe i could elevate a relatively obscure woman, to a level that would grab people's attention and make that person famous. may be. it's a tough sell especially here. other questions? yes, maam, in the middle. [inaudible] >> he a very good question. how was that the letters were saved? before i answer that question i am going to give you sort of the broader reflection and this actually gets that the question asked, how about the suffrage or how about people that aren't so famous? it is almost a truism of history that it is possible to write about extraordinary people or extraordinary minds. you can write about extraordinary people in ordinary times. so, you can write a biography of george washington because george washington was an extraordinary individual and by extraordinary i mean famous to the extent people saved

so he was one of the first ones in at landing of enchon, douglas macarthur's famous maneuver to outflankeans. he was one of the first to land there. and then he spent the miserable winter following that up on the hills as he will tell you. freezing and watching the chinese mobilize. again, he's one of our native warriors who's seen the worst of the worst in combat. and to think he was still a teenager suffering through all that at the time. but one of the things mr. emhoolah, it was not lost on him that he was fighting for the united states but he was also fighting for the kiowa nation. and when he came back from the war, he became a strong defender of tribal sovereignty. these treaties that tribal nations signed mean something to the tribes. they are enshrined, the agreements are enshrined in our constitution. it's mentioned twice in the original constitution. it's also mentioned in the 14th amendment to the constitution. and mr. emhoolah is one of the early pioneers in indian country who said, you know, these treaties are to be respected. after the war he went on and got his education

names like world war i's general pershing, world war ii's general douglas macarthur, and desert storm's schwartzkopf. >> two of the three astronauts on apollo 11 were west point graduates -- michael collins and buzz aldrin. you think of all our great generals and officers -- most of them were educated at west point. we've had two u.s. presidents that gained their education here. we've had all kinds of incredible personalities come through here and serve. >> when we return, we'll learn what it takes to attend west point. the talking. [announcer:] new revlon® photoready 3d volume™ mascara the round tip brush coats even the tiniest lash. the innovative formula reflects every lash... for a 100% more magnified look. >> ♪ screaming eagles >> ♪ screaming eagles >> ♪ pick up your ropes and follow me ♪ >> ♪ pick up your ropes and follow me ♪ >> the u.s. military academy at west point doesn't look like your typical college. and it's not. students here are called cadets. in all, some 4,000 attend the academy. >> and the author describes it as, it's basically the mechanical efficiency of that pump/

in the book i mentioned that army chief of staff douglas macarthur at one point testified before congress 1935, pleading for enough money so that his army would have enough bullets for 100,000 soldiers. we are not talking about stealth bombers or complex weapons here. we are talking literally about even enough bullets to man 100,000 army. and i can certainly understand if you are not for a strong military american presence overseas, which we don't necessarily need, but i do think that a strong defense of america wards off problems. in the 1930s we certainly didn't have that in germany was aware of that and so was japan. and that leads to a lot of problems. the war of course comes along in -- to the united states in late 1941 and suddenly factories have to be converted. what he going to do? overnight for one thing, they restricted products to consumers. overnight in january of 1942, you could not hide tires for your car. if your tires had been getting a little aged and you thought next week i will run down to sears and roebuck or whatever and get a new set of tires, you're out of luck. the

. >> petraeus does not see himself as dwight eisenhower or douglas m macarthur to ride in political battle our analysts agree romney will follow this rule -- >> first, do no harm. election is about the presidential candidate. if you pick wrong on vice president trying to get too creative, swinging for long ball you can create problems for yourself. >> bret: you can see all of our running with romney reports on our home page at foxnews.com/specialreport. just see the running with romney play list. you can also see the complete interviews with four of the potential runningmates. check it out. we will talk about the foiled al-qaeda bomb attack. who knew what and when? and what this says about the ongoing war on terror. the fox all-stars going me after the break. [ male announc] this is genco services -- mcallen, texas. in here, heavy rental equipment in the middle of nowhere, is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobile asset solution to protect and track everything. so every piece of equipment nows where it is, how it's doing or where it goes next. ♪ thi