Letter
In His review of Old Soldiers Never Die: The Life of Douglas MacArthur (Review, 14 July), Albert Scardino writes: "By the time MacArthur begins to slog through the mud at the head of his troops in north-eastern France in 1916...". Well, hardly - the US did not declare war on Germany until 6 April 1917.
John Faulls, Portsmouth
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