Overview:A community portal about Douglas MacArthur with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Douglas MacArthur, was a famous American general who played a prominent role in the Pacific theater of World War II. He was poised to command the invasion of Japan in November 1945 but was instead instructed to accept their surrender on September 2, 1945. MacArthur oversaw the occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1951 and is credited for making far-ranging democratic changes in that country. He led United Nations forces defending South Korea in 1950-51 against North Korea's invasion. MacArthur was relieved of command by President Harry S Truman in April 1951 for public disagreements with Truman's policies.
Overview:The Keating 5 are the five U.S. Senators implicated as cooperating with Charles Keating, a savings and loan banker who was convicted of fraud, conspiracy and racketeering following a scandal in the late 1980s. The senators were Alan Cranston (D-CA), Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ), John Glenn (D-OH), John McCain (R-AZ), and Donald W. Riegle (D-MI).
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