Lou wrote:

>some academic raised
> question about a 1945 right-wing military coup d’etat supposedly being
> concocted/considered by MacArthur and Patton. (Can you *imagine* THOSE
> two as junta partners?! 🙂 (I pointed out that both M & P had pressing
> matters at the time which would have made any such conspiracy impossible
> … let alone being on opposite sides of the globe.)
>
>Has anyone here heard about these historical episodes … and charges?

I recall hearing something once about a MacArthur/Patton conspiracy, which
I reject out of hand. Those two could not possibly exist in the same room,
as there is not nearly enough oxygen therein for both.

I suggest that Mac and George would have shot each other in a duel before
they could stage a successful coup d’etat. Besides, Georgie had only four
stars, and Doug had five… Doug had time-in-grade and time-in-service. No
way could they have been equals in any kind of a conspiracy, and Georgie
would never play second fiddle to Mac.

Tom

Tom Robison
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