re: Your state's greatest human being ever

Johnny Cash.

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Douglas MacArthur is my vote for Arkansas

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You mean the same Douglas MacArthur who, despite ample warning after the attack on Pearl Harbor allowed his entire Air Force in the Philippines be destroyed on the ground? Then followed this up by abandoning massive amounts of supplies his army would desperately need in the coming months by pulling back unnecessarily? Then followed that up earning the nickname “Dugout Doug” for never once visiting the front, a front he would soon enough abandon? Then follow that up later by sending the unready 32nd Infantry Div to New Guinea without any of its artillery and making it attack over the same Kokoda Track he himself had called impassable? And then followed that up by all but ignoring the logistics needs of his forces in New Guinea, all while he was safely encamped on his villa at Port Moresby, once again not coming close to the front?

By the way, have you heard about his 16 year old concubine he kept while in the Philippines?

The guy who dicked around for hours after being alerted, resulting in our troops in the Philippines being captured and subjected to the Bataan death march?
The guy who was worried about his image constantly?
The military commander who wouldn't listen to his commander-in-chief?