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).
The Film & More. Reference. Interview Transcripts | Bibliography | Primary Sources. MacArthur's Speeches: Old Soldiers Never Die.... 1951 had not been a good year for Douglas MacArthur: after almost losing a war in Korea it seemed he had already won, he was dismissed by President Truman, making headlines around the world.