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What Gen. MacArthur told JFK about Vietnam

What Gen. MacArthur told JFK about Vietnam

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Jefferson Morley
Oct 10, 2018
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What Gen. MacArthur told JFK about Vietnam
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On April 28, 1961—a decade after General Douglas MacArthur was fired for defying Harry Truman on Korea—the controversial commander hosted President John F. Kennedy at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where MacArthur and his wife lived in a suite on the 37th floor.

Given MacArthur's reputation as a warmonger, what the general told the new president may …

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