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   Message 14,516 of 15,187   
   SolomonW to Byker   
   Re: What if Gen. Douglas MacArthur had r   
   25 Nov 19 20:52:20   
   
   XPost: soc.history.what-if, alt.history.what-if, us.military.army   
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   From: SolomonW@citi.com   
      
   On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 12:33:33 -0600, Byker wrote:   
      
   > While it wasn't made known until after his death in 1972, reportedly Pres.   
   > Harry Truman's most paranoid fear during the Korean War wasn't an escalation   
   > into WWIII. It was when he relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of command, and   
   > he feared the great I-shall-return war hero would refuse to step down   
      
   How could MacArthur refuse to be relieved? The police would have been   
   called.   
      
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