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H.L. Hunt was a prominent Texas oilman, described as being cut from the same political cloth as Clint Murchison, Sr.. He was a key organizer of the pro-Douglas MacArthur forces in Texas. Hunt accompanied Douglas MacArthur on a flight to Texas for a speaking tour after MacArthur was relieved of his Korean command by President Harry Truman in 1951.¹

Hunt and Clint Murchison, Sr. were the chief organizers of the pro-Douglas MacArthur movement in Texas. Hunt went on to establish a MacArthur-for-president headquarters in Chicago, spending $150,000 of his own money on the general's reluctant 1952 presidential campaign. This campaign eventually faltered as MacArthur adopted the strident rhetoric of the right wing.¹

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1. Seymour, Cheri. The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010. ↩︎