"Douglas MacArthur was born on January 26, 1880 In Little Rock, Arkansas"( A brief biography of Douglas MacArthur). Douglas was born into an army-based family. His dad was a well known American war general. Douglas learned to ride and shoot even before he could read or write.
Douglas MacArthur spent most of his early childhood on army posts in the west. When MacArthur was younger his mom would say to him at bedtime,"You must grow up to be a great man like your father and Robert E. Lee." For the most part MacArthur had a pretty strict childhood.
