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"