General MacArthur decorated by President Truman, October 1950

In mid-October, President Harry Truman traveled 7000 miles to Wake Island to meet his top general in the Far East, a man he had never met before. They held a private one-hour meeting followed by a general discussion with top military advisers. A decoration ceremony was held, and both leaders claimed to be in complete agreement, though the details of their private meeting remained undisclosed.

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