Maybe it was because MacArthur, who had assumed the distinctly un-American and much-mocked title of field marshal, had begun dreaming up a military parade where he could sport his custom black-and-white sharkskin uniform as well as the cap he had richly embroidered with gold, even though Eisenhower argued the Philippines could not afford such pomp when its training camps had fallen short of supplies, to say nothing of enrollees. Maybe it was because MacArthur had forfeited his real power on the last day of 1937, when he retired from the United States Army. No longer did MacArthur represent a
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