Typical of this mythmaking is his biography which is is replete with a ficticious reconnaissance report for which he tried to get recommended for the Medal of Honour. In fact, his entire ‘combat’ experience prior to WWII was very limited (read a few months)of low activity experience at the end of WWI. He and his GHQ staff were vastly underqualified copared to teh Australian counterparts many of whom had foungt for the entirety of WWI and in the case of Australian General Blamey, was responsible for some of the most stuning victories that helped bring WWI to an end.Following the attack on Pearly Harbour, he was shamefully negligent in doing nothing for over 9 and letting his entire fleet of aircraft be destroyed on the ground. He promptly retreated to a mountain fortress where he earned the soubriquet ‘Dugout Doug’ from the troops. He should have been sacked. Throughout the war he fought a political battle of obstruction with the US Navy while remaining safe and sound in Australia (apart from a quick day visit to Moresby with his staf to qualify for campaign medals) until the threat was far away. This man managed to take credit for everyone else’s hard work, blood and sweat and continue his foibles into Korea…Serious military historians (as opposed to myth makers) have derided his reluctance to visit the battle areas or even send useful staff officers to make a serious investigation of conditions. As a result, he ignored the advice of his battle hardened Austraian advisors and the first US units sent to New Guinea were completely unprepared for jungle warfare and were either decimated or simply stopped advancing following first serious contact with the enemy. (A minor point is that this famous general seemed to be okay with wearing medals to which he was not entitled.) How must the GIs , Marines and Diggers feel about that…. enough myths. It only leads to more folly…