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|    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       XPost: soc.culture.usa       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.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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