Some writers and historians over the eras have ma similar charges against other public figures from that time. Churchill, even, for example, the cigar, the ever present booze, the hat, the v sign. So maybe it's a put on. My onse to that is, i'm cynical all those kind of things. I see right through. And it's possible it's geared toward working on people exactly like me. Douglas mac arthur visits the troops in batan. Some of the troops talked about how overdressed they were. They're in a creased pants and shines shoes. Mc arthur's got the corncob pipe, the dark glasses. He's got the cap