This "old soldier" was a general at age 38; in 1930 at age 50, he was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
[DOC] [TLE] General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880  5 April ... [PAR] He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a 
... General Douglas Macarthur; "He was one of the greatest leaders of our age as 
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