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General Arthur MacArthur Retired After 47 Years Service
Washington June 2 Gen Arthur MacArthur retires after a forty seven year career ending as a Lieutenant General one of the last to hold the rank. He began in the Civil War with Wisconsin's Twenty fourth Regiment earning honors including a Medal of Honor at Missionary Ridge and later led in the Spanish American War and the Philippines before final retirement in 1906.
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