General Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964), colorized by Alex Lim from a 1930 photo

Here's my colorized take of Major General (2-star) Douglas MacArthur in a 1930 photo. He was the U.S. Chief of Staff in the U.S. Army in the 1930s and at age 50 was its youngest major general. He was appointed Field Marshal of the Philippine Army in 1936 as requested by President Manual L Quezon during the Commonwealth period. In July 1941, 4 months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Habor, Roosevelt federalized the Philippine Army, recalled MacArthur to active duty in the U.S. Army, named him commander of U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE).and was promoted to lieutenant general. He had direct command over 30,000 Philippine soldiers and was evacuated to Australia in the morning of Dec 8 1941 immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Roosevelt could not afford to lose him to an impending capitulation of U.S. possessions in the Pacific that were attacked on that day.