American Decades
"'Old Soldiers Never Die'
Speech
By: Douglas MacArthur
Date: April 19, 1951
Source: MacArthur, Douglas. "'Old Soldiers Never Die' Address to Congress." April 19, 1951. Available online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/filmmore/reference/p... website home page: http://www.pbs.org (accessed June 18, 2003).
About the Author: Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) graduated from West Point in 1903. He distinguished himself throughout his military career, including during World War I (1914–1918), as a commandant of West Point from 1919–1922, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army commander of the Philippine military (the Phillippines were a U.S. posession at that time), and Supreme Commander of Allied Powers occupying Japan. MacArthur had obtained the rank of five-star general...
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1950's Government and Politics Primary Sources
- Speech at Wheeling, West Virginia
- Presidential Reactions to Joseph McCarthy
- NSC-68: United States Objectives and Programs for National Security
- The Korean War
- Statement Upon Sentencing the Rosenbergs
- "'Old Soldiers Never Die'
- Agreements Between the United States and Japan
- "The Checkers Speech"
- Television Campaign Commercials
- "The Row of Dominoes"
- Letter to Ngo Dinh Diem
- Speech by Dwight Eisenhower to the U.S. Congress, February 22, 1955
- African American and Women Voters in the 1950s
- The Little Rock Crisis
- Creation of NASA
- "The Kitchen Debate"
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
