On this date in 1922 Gen. Douglas MacArthur married divorcee Louise Cromwell Brooks, a wealthy socialite.
MacArthur was stationed at West Point at the time but was soon thereafter transferred to the Philippines. Indeed, the transfer sparked rumors that Pershing had ordered the transfer due to having a romantic interest in Brooks himself, but the better evidence is that the relationship with Pershing had ended well before that, although it had existed. She also had a romantic interest, however, in a member of his staff. Nonetheless, the best interest is that it was simply a transfer of duty station.
The couple divorced in 1929. She'd go on to marry twice more, and divorce twice more, passing away in 1965 at age 74.
MacArthur gave the marriage a single line in his memoirs, and of course later married his second wife Jean, who is much better remembered.
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