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On October 15, 1950, U.S. President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur met on Wake Island to confer about the progress of the Korean War. Truman decided he would meet MacArthur at Wake Island, "so that General MacArthur would not have to be away from the troops in the field for long."〔(Special Counsel to the President Charles Murphy )〕 During the conference Truman presented MacArthur with his fifth and final Army Distinguished Service Medal. MacArthur's record of being awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal five times has been equaled only by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Truman and MacArthur met privately at the conference and, therefore, there is no record of their conversation. Although the antagonism between the two men is now well known, it is not known what effect, if any, the conference had on their relationship. On October 30, 1950, MacArthur wrote to Truman:
Despite the understanding achieved between Truman and MacArthur on Wake Island, their agreement would be short lived. They would quickly regress into disagreement with each other over policy in Korea, ultimately resulting in Truman's dismissal of MacArthur. In the book ''Plain Speaking'' by Merle Miller, President Truman relates that MacArthur delayed getting out of his airplane to welcome him (Truman) by 45 minutes. Contemporary accounts of the conference do not mention this incident. ==See also== *Dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wake Island Conference」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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