MacArthur and the Corps of Engineers + Bonus Q&A

About this episode

This episode discusses Douglas MacArthur's early career in the Corps of Engineers and its impact on his later life.

Douglas MacArthur was in the Corps of Engineers from 1903 to 1917. D. Clayton James, a MacArthur biographer, titled a chapter and a sub-chapter about this period of MacArthur's career: "The Travels and Tribulations of a Young Engineer," and "The Brink of Oblivion." In this latest episode, MacArthur Memorial historians Jim Zobel and Amanda Williams discuss MacArthur's time in the Corps of Engineers and how it may have influenced the rest of his career. This episode also includes a bonus Q&...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jim Zobel, Amanda Williams

Topics covered

• Douglas MacArthur
• Corps of Engineers
• military history
• biography
• engineering
• career influence

Keywords

• Douglas MacArthur
• Corps of Engineers
• D. Clayton James
• military biography
• engineering career

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