American Experience
Season 11 Episode 8 - MacArthur (1): Destiny
Part 1 of a two-part biography of Douglas MacArthur takes "America's first soldier" from his brilliant WWI service into WWII, when his knack for alienating superiors hindered his "return" to the Philippines. Interviewed: biographer Geoffrey Perret; historian Stephen Ambrose; Gen. Vernon Walters (USA Ret.).
Episodes in Season 11
America 1900
55 min
Race for the Superbomb
55 min
Hoover Dam
55 min
Alone on the Ice
55 min
Rescue at Sea
55 min
Meltdown at Three Mile Island
55 min
Lost in the Grand Canyon
55 min
MacArthur (1): Destiny
55 min
MacArthur (2): The Politics of War
55 min
Fly Girls
55 min