Douglas MacArthur

“I shall return”
Trivia- Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of
the Philippine Army. He was aChief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s
and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received
the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign. Arthur MacArthur, Jr.,
and Douglas MacArthur were the first father and son to each be awarded the medal. He
was one of only five men ever to rise to the rank of general of the army in the U.S.
Army, and the only man ever to become a field marshal in the Philippine Army.In July
1944, President Roosevelt summoned MacArthur to meet with him in Hawaii "to
determine the phase of action against Japan." Nimitz and MacArthur agreed that the
next step should be to advance on the southern and central Philippines. MacArthur
emphasized the moral and political issues involved in a decision to liberate or bypass
Luzon. He also spoke briefly of his plan to use the Australian Army to liberate Indonesia.
Although the issue was not settled, both Roosevelt and Leahy were convinced of the
soundness of MacArthur's plan. In September, Halsey's carriers made a series of air
strikes on the Philippines. Opposition was feeble and Halsey concluded that Leyte was
"wide open" and possibly undefended, and recommended that projected operations be
skipped in favor of an assault on Leyte
 Vicente Lim

“A man can be led, although I admit it to be rather

difficult and tedious, in the right direction through
sound reasoning and confidence in the leaders”
Trivia- Vicente Lim was a World War II Filipino general. He was born in the town
of Calamba, Laguna, on the 24th of February, 1888, the third of Jose Ayala Lim-Yaoco’s
four children. His father was a full-blooded Chinese who braided his hair in a queue. His
mother, Antonia Podico, was a Chinese mistiza. But Vicente and the other Lim children,
Joaquin, Olympia and Basilisa, like many of the offsprings of Filipino-Chinese
marriages, grew up identifying themselves with the Filipino rather than the Chinese
community. Among the friends of Jose and Antonia was the family of Jose Rizal, later
recognized as the country’s national hero.
 George III of the United Kingdom
”Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of
bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother
country, the colonies will submit.”

Trivia- George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the

union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland until his death. He was concurrently Duke ofBrunswick-Lüneburg and prince-
elector of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire until his promotion to King of Hanover on 12 October 1814.
He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but unlike his two predecessors he was born
in Britain and spoke English as his first language.[2] Despite his long life, he never visited Hanover.

George III's long reign was marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the
rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain
defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and
India. However, many of its American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence,
which led to the establishment of the United States of America. A series of wars
againstrevolutionary and Napoleonic France, over a 20-year period, finally concluded in the defeat of
Napoleon in 1815.

In the later part of his life, George III suffered from recurrent, and eventually permanent, mental illness.
Medical practitioners were baffled by this at the time, although it has since been suggested that he
suffered from the blood disease porphyria. After a final relapse in 1810, a regency was established, and
George III's eldest son,George, Prince of Wales, ruled as Prince Regent. On George III's death, the
Prince Regent succeeded his father as George IV. Historical analysis of George III's life has gone through
a "kaleidoscope of changing views" which have depended heavily on the prejudices of his biographers
and the sources available to them.
 Benjamin Franklin
“I cannot but lament. . . the impending Calamities Britain and her Colonies
are about to suffer, from great Imprudencies on both Sides – Passion
governs, and she never governs wisely – Anxiety begins to disturb my
Rest”.

Trivia- Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath,
Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political
theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist,
he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and
theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a
carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'. He formed both the first public lending library in America and
the first fire department in Pennsylvania.

Franklin earned the title of "The First American" for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial
unity; as a writer and spokesman in London for several colonies, then as the first United States
Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation. Franklin was foundational in
defining the American ethos as a marriage of the practical and democratic values of thrift, hard work,
education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political
and religious, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment. In the words of historian Henry
Steele Commager, "In Franklin could be merged the virtues of Puritanism without its defects, the
illumination of the Enlightenment without its heat."[3] To Walter Isaacson, this makes Franklin, "the most
accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would
become."

Franklin, always proud of his working class roots, became a successful newspaper editor and printer
in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies. He became wealthy publishing Poor Richard's
Almanack and The Pennsylvania Gazette. Franklin gained international renown as a scientist for his
famous experiments in electricity and for his many inventions, especially the lightning rod. He played a
major role in establishing the University of Pennsylvania and was elected the first president of
the American Philosophical Society. Franklin became a national hero in America when he spearheaded
the effort to have Parliament repeal the unpopularStamp Act. An accomplished diplomat, he was widely
admired among the French as American minister to Paris and was a major figure in the development of
positiveFranco-American relations. For many years he was the British postmaster for the colonies, which
enabled him to set up the first national communications network. He was active in community affairs,
colonial and state politics, as well as national and international affairs. From 1785 to 1788, he served
as governor of Pennsylvania (officially, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania).
Toward the end of his life, he freed his slaves and became one of the most prominentabolitionists.

His colorful life and legacy of scientific and political achievement, and status as one of America's most
influential Founding Fathers, have seen Franklin honored on coinage and money; warships; the names of
many towns, counties, educational institutions, namesakes, and companies; and more than two centuries
after his death, countless cultural references.

John Adams
“The appointment of a Minister from the United States to your Majesty’s
Court, will form an Epocha in the History of England & of America. I think
myself more fortunate than all my fellow Citizens in having the
distinguished Honor to be the first to stand in your Majesty’s royal Presence
in a diplomatic Character”

Trivia-  John Adams was an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of
independence in 1776, he was thesecond President of the United States (1797–1801). A New
England Yankee, he was deeply read and represented Enlightenment values promoting republicanism. A
conservative Federalist, he was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States.
Adams came to prominence in the early stages of the American Revolution. As a delegate
from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress, he played a leading role in persuading Congress to
declare independence, and assisted Thomas Jefferson in drafting the United States Declaration of
Independence in 1776. As a representative of Congress in Europe, he was a major negotiator of the
eventual peace treaty with Great Britain, and chiefly responsible for obtaining important loans
from Amsterdambankers. A political theorist and historian, Adams largely wrote the Massachusetts state
constitution in 1780, but was in Europe when the federal Constitution was drafted on similar principles
later in the decade. One of his greatest roles was as a judge of character: in 1775, he nominated George
Washington to be commander-in-chief, and 25 years later nominated John Marshall to be Chief Justice of
the United States.

Adams' revolutionary credentials secured him two terms as George Washington's vice president and his
own election in 1796 as the second president. During his one term, he encountered ferocious attacks by
the Jeffersonian Republicans, as well as the dominant faction in his own Federalist Party led by his bitter
enemy Alexander Hamilton. Adams signed the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts, and built up the
army and navy especially in the face of an undeclared naval war (called the "Quasi War") with France,
1798-1800. The major accomplishment of his presidency was his peaceful resolution of the conflict in the
face of Hamilton's opposition.

In 1800 Adams was defeated for reelection by Thomas Jefferson and retired to Massachusetts. He later
resumed his friendship with Jefferson. He and his wife, Abigail Adams, founded an accomplished family
line of politicians, diplomats, and historians now referred to as the Adams political family. Adams was the
father of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States. His achievements have
received greater recognition in modern times, though his contributions were not initially as celebrated as
those of other Founders.
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