In a simple sentence, historian Walter
Karp described the U.S. reaction to the firing of MacArthur as "...the most
convulsive public outburst in American history." The White House received 20,000
telegrams a day that disapproved and cursed Truman for his actions. Americans
posted signs on their property that read "To Hell with the Reds and Harry Truman."
Republicans vilified Truman and called him a "political assassin" of a great-war
hero. Most Americans, however, ultimately came to support Truman.
Some information for this write up obtained from
Gordon's "American History"