It was close; but that’s the way it is in war. You win or lose, live or die — and the difference is just an eyelash.

More from Douglas MacArthur

• Americans never quit.
• Wars are caused by undefended wealth.
• Accept loss forever
• A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.
• A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
• A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us. Essays, "Character," 1844