Floyd Gibbons made history when his dispatch got past the wartime censor. The Army notified Earl Meyer, who still carries shrapnel in his leg from when he was wounded, that it has reversed itself and granted him a Purple Heart. Few subjects in military history are more loaded than public perception of Douglas MacArthur. By Jon Guttman
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