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- Douglas MacArthur was born in the Tower Building of the Arsenal Barracks in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States to Army officer Arthur MacArthur, a veteran of the American Civil War and a Medal of Honor recipient. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | Little Rock, Arkansas | CPC]
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