It's yersel' knows the tinder feet that's on me since ever I 've bin in this counthry. The Universal Reciter Various You see I have the tinder now safely secured in my tinder-box. The Story of a Tinder-box Charles Meymott Tidy I want one of these sparks, if I can persuade it to do so, to fall on my tinder.
Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) was an American general who commanded the Southwest Pacific in World War II (1939-1945), oversaw the successful Allied occupation of postwar Japan and led United Nations forces in the Korean War (1950-1953).
While Eisenhower served as Chief of Staff after World War II, MacArthur undermined his efforts to slow down mobilization and later to unify the armed services. He willingly admitted though that MacArthur was smart, decisive, and a brilliant military mind.