This is from Wikipedia, she was 16?when they first met. Elizabeth Cooper - Wikipedia “In 1930, at the age of 16 (or 18/21), Cooper met the American General Douglas MacArthur, then commander of all U.S. troops in the Philippines. MacArthur's marriage had ended a year earlier. Cooper became his mistress in Manila, a fact the 50-year-old MacArthur hid from his 80-year-old mother.[4] In Manila, the teenaged Cooper lived in Paco. Five months after they first met, MacArthur returned to the United States; while he intended to bring her to Washington, he could not risk scandal by traveling with her, so he bought her a ticket on a ship to arrive after him. She arrived in Washington and ended up ensconced in an apartment in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. MacArthur later moved her to the Chastleton Hotel (now a co-op building). According to one biographer of MacArthur, William Manchester, MacArthur "showered [Cooper] with presents and bought her many lacy tea gowns, but no raincoat. She didn't need one, he told her; her duty lay in bed." In 1933, when the secret affair threatened to become public, MacArthur brought it to an end, reportedly giving her $15,000 and a ticket back to the Philippines. She did not use the ticket and never returned to the Philippines.[11] In 1934, the 20-year-old (or 22/25-year-old) Cooper moved to the Midwestern United States, where she owned a hairdressing salon, before moving to Los Angeles several years later. Cooper tried to find work as an actress in Hollywood; however, the only roles that she could manage were those as an extra, such as a geisha and a Filipina nurse in films. In 1946, she was one of Rex Harrison's concubines in Anna and the King of Siam. In Unconquered, she was an unidentified and uncredited Native American”
Ground combat units that participated in the Solomon Islands Campaign: I have the following divisions from the US Army that were involved in this campaign: Americal (23d ID), 25th ID, 37th ID, 43d ID, 93d ID. Marine Divisions, 1st Marine Division, 2d Marine Division, and 3d Marine Division. 3d New Zealand Division (Treasury Islands), 3d Australian Division, 11th and 23d Australian Infantry Brigades, and the Fuji Regiment. Mike
BuffaloChuck wrote: “The US Army's early encounters with the Japanese forces were relieving the Marines on Guadalcanal. As the Japanese started their retreats to the western end, the Army took over and then let them escape. It would be a trend that MacArthur's "genius" would echo a few more times. The Army did spearhead the American efforts in southwestern Pacific operations - New Guinea area, then trying to head to Rabaul before being called off after they'd made so little headway. In some ways, the American Army enjoyed so many benefits that the Marines never had (far larger supply bases) but it was still a shoestring operation for all of them. The "Europe First" issue was the convenient excuse, but "lack of preparedness" for 10,000 miles of ocean warfare was the real issue. The Marines were usually used as the shock troops - going in first, suffering the first and heaviest casualties, then the US Army coming in on later waves, or else in conjunction with Marines. There were only a few (out of 80?) island campaigns that the Army did "everything". The Aleutians, for example. On the first island, there was a weather nightmare to fight against. Then by the time the Army was re-organized for the 2nd invasion, once again the Japanese had slipped away, only to be shipped off to another island where the Marines had to confront them. Fortunately, there were subs that did an amount of whittlin' down too” I read a response to this post but, because there is no quote ? function it was hard to understand who was saying what to whom. But, the response to your post was more accurate than what you posted. However, BuffaloChuck what you wrote is so full of errors and myths that refuting each one and telling what really happened and why would take too much of my time. My suggestion is read some good history books, start with “The Army Green Series” and read the Naval Histories by Samual Elliot Morrison and then move on the the Marine Corps Histories. Mike
