Who is Douglas MacArthur from Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War and what is their importance? "Goodbye

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964) was an American general of great renown. During the 1930s, he was the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and throughout World War II he played a prominent part of strategic planning. While the memoir provides some background information on MacArthur prior to World War II, the dominant focus is on his leadership role from 1941 - 1945. The two-page front-matter map of the Pacific Ocean shows MacArthur's forces main thrust from New Guinea through Peleliu and the Philippines to Okinawa.