Arthur MacArthur IV
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Arthur MacArthur IV (born February 21, 1938) is the only child of
Early life
Arthur MacArthur IV's early life was chronicled extensively in the press. His early childhood was spent around the penthouse built for his father atop the Manila Hotel.[1] Arthur's father would play with him every morning before work.[2] After the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, Arthur, his mother and his nanny were forced to relocate from the Manila Hotel as bombs fell nearby.[2]: 223 They first joined Arthur's father on Corregidor Island and then were evacuated by PT boat and a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber to Brisbane, Australia.[2]: 268 [3] The United Press agency reported in March 1942 on the boy's escape with his family and that he was a "real MacArthur, a soldier like his father and grandfather".[4] Life made Arthur their cover story in August 1942 and reported on such matters as the boy's life in Australia, his "curiously mixed-up accent", his kindergarten routine, and his new tricycle.[5]
While the fighting was going on in the Philippines, Arthur and his mother left Brisbane on the refrigerator ship Columbia Express. They arrived in Manila on March 6, 1945, and were met by his father, who ferried out on a Higgins (or
After the Japanese surrender in 1945, the family moved to Tokyo, from where the United Press agency reported in 1946 that eight-year-old Arthur MacArthur was considered a "musical prodigy".
Even trivial childhood matters could find their way into the newspapers. When Arthur broke his arm ice skating in Tokyo in May 1947, the Australian Associated Press reported that "[d]octors said he behaved 'like a soldier'".[11]
Not only doctors assumed that Arthur had the makings of a soldier. Perhaps inevitably, as he was the son and grandson of Army generals, it was assumed by soldiers, newspaper correspondents, and even by his mother that Arthur would be a soldier. At Arthur's christening his mother was asked whether Arthur would attend the
Arrival in the United States
Upon
The family's return to the United States brought intense media scrutiny of the General's son as well as the father. Douglas' selection as "Father of the Year" in June 1942 by the
The popular interest continued. In May 1951 the United Press syndicate ran a story reporting that young MacArthur was to receive a "100-year old peace pipe as a gift" from the people of Havre, Montana.[20]
Not all the attention was flattering. The Associated Press reported the same year that Arthur MacArthur was "'Gifted,' But Gift Is Not Spelling." The article went on to quote his tutor saying that the "outstanding talent of 13-year-old Arthur MacArthur is a gift for music, but spelling is his weakness". Phillis Gibbons said that Arthur MacArthur "is just an ordinary American boy, like your son or mine. He is quite intelligent but he can't spell – what American boy can?" [21]
Gibbons ("'Gibby', Tutor of Young Mac" according to a front-page headline in the
Interest in Arthur MacArthur wasn't limited to the press. Hope Cooke, a contemporary in New York who later became Queen of Sikkim, commented in her autobiography that "all the parents want[ed] their daughters to dance with Arthur MacArthur, the general's son... when he comes to church with his parents, there is always a huge crowd on the steps to watch them go by."[25]
MacArthur graduated from Columbia University in 1961, having majored in English.[2]: 702 ,[3][15] The only non-prizewinning student mentioned by name in The New York Times was Arthur MacArthur.[26] The New York Times pointed out that MacArthur's parents sat in the box of the president of the university, Grayson L. Kirk, with the General in full dress uniform.
Later life
After graduation, MacArthur avoided the public spotlight. The
Apparently, MacArthur lived in the
In his mother Jean's obituary, only Arthur and her sister Angie McCarthy are mentioned, no grandchildren are mentioned.
References
- ^ Day Romulo, Beth. "MacArthur At Home in the Philippines; excerpted from the book "The Manila Hotel"; The Heart and Memory of a City". National Media Production Center. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
- ^ ISBN 978-0316024747. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ^ a b c d "MacArthur's Son Shuns Military Life". Associated Press. New York. April 9, 1964. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- United Press. March 18, 1942. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ISSN 0024-3019. Cover of Life Magazine
- ^ O'Reilly, Bill., Dugard, Martin. Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan. United States: Henry Holt and Company, 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-440-30424-1.
- ^ Gopal, Lou (24 September 2015). "Emil Bachrach – Bachrach Motors". Manila Nostalgia. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- United Press. April 8, 1946. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ "MacArthur's son and Jap. princes". The News (Adelaide). Tokyo. September 28, 1949. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ^ "Gen MacArthur's Son Breaks Arm". Australian Associated Press. Tokio. June 2, 1947. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- OCLC 36211311.
- ^ "About the Father of the Year Awards". The Father's Day / Mother's Day Council, Inc. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
- ISBN 978-1563115899.
- ^ Tuscaloosa News. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
- ^ "MacArthur Likens Wake File To a Report on Bunker Hill; M'ARTHUR SCOFFS AT REPORT ON WAKE" (PDF). The New York Times. New York. May 3, 1951. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
- ^ Johnston, Richard J. H. (April 22, 1951). "Arthur MacArthur Has His Day—At Ball Game" (PDF). The New York Times. New York. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
Outwardly unaffected by his first major league baseball game, Arthur MacArthur, 13-year-old son of the five-star general, yesterday saw his team—the Giants --trounced by the Brooklyn Dodgers 7 to 3.
- ^ "Arthur M'Arthur Sees First Circus. Two Notables Meet At The Garden" (PDF). The New York Times. New York. April 24, 1951. p. 5. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
A 13-year-old American boy saw the Big Show—Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus—for the first time yesterday afternoon. In fact, it was his first circus.
- Cleveland, Ohio. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
- ^ "Gift for MacArthur's Son" (PDF). The New York Times. New York. May 9, 1951. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
- Oakland, Calif. May 15, 1951. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York. May 9, 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ^ a b "MacArthur Family Shares Quiet Life". United Press International. April 7, 1964. Retrieved 2015-02-09.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Columbia Greeting Incoming Freshmen" (PDF). The New York Times. New York. September 16, 1956. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
Among the new students are Thomas MacKinlay Kantor, son of MacKinlay Kantor, Pulitzer Prize winning author, and Arthur MacArthur, son of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.
- ISBN 0-671-41225-6.
- ^ "Columbia Grants Degrees To 5,809. U.S. Needs Wisdom More Than Power, Kirk Says" (PDF). The New York Times. New York. June 7, 1961. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
Among the 589 Columbia College graduates who received the Bachelor of Arts degree was Arthur MacArthur, 22-year-old son of General of the Army and Mrs. Douglas MacArthur.
- ^ ISBN 978-1451666199. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- Forbes magazine. New York. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
- ^ Gross, Michael (2014-03-02). "Hotel hermit got $17M to make way for 15 Central Park West". New York Post. New York. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ "MACARTHUR'S WIDOW JEAN FADES AWAY AT AGE OF 101". New York Post. January 23, 2000. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "Hotel hermit got $17M to make way for 15 Central Park West". New York Post. March 2, 2014. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
External links
- "Whatever happened to Arthur MacArthur?", Australia-at-war website
- "General Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)", PBS website
- Entry for Douglas MacArthur in the Encyclopædia Britannica
- "Hero's son heard a different drummer" by Eric Shackle, Kilroy-was-here website, May 2007
- "Where is Arthur MacArthur IV? (Little Known Secrets about Him)"