I don't believe he was coddled at all at WP, but who knows. His Mommy did live in a local hotel near WP, but so did a lot of other high ranking officers wives with boys at WP. He was smart, no doubt. He also disobeyed orders often but always came out in the pink. He and his father both got the MoH, but at that time the MoH didn't carry the status it does now. Don't forget Lincoln gave out bunches of them as re-enlistment bonuses! And lets not be fooled about his medals. Any one whos served in the military knows that officers get medals where enlisted get a slap on the back. Officers put each other in for medals in time of war. Heck, sometimes they put themselves in! An officer might take 5 men to do a recon and 2 of the enlisted might actually be way out front, but it's the officer that gets the credit.
Anyways, he got a lot of medals and he was smart. Inchon worked, but he blew it in a lot of other places. And he dissed the Prez. Truman might not have been worthy of respect, but the office is. MacA should have known that Truman was a nasty little guy no matter what. That was his last mistake.
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