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Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs The museum of US General Douglas MacArthur, who led Allied Forces in the Pacific in World War II from Brisbane, will be open for tours on Anzac Day on Thursday afternoon.The Brisbane Greeters have walking tours of the MacArthur Museum in Edward Street from 12.30pm as well as Anzac Square, the ugly Battle of Brisbane riot sites and the statue of General Sir William Glasgow in Port Office Square.The office used by US General Douglas MacArthur at the MacArthur Museum in Brisbane.Credit: Nick DentThe Battle of Brisbane is the name given to a two-day skirmish between US service personnel based in Brisbane and Brisbane troops and civilians on November 26-27 in 1942 where one Australian sapper was killed and hundreds were injured.There were at least 80,000 US personnel in Brisbane and hotels and pubs were given over to the US war efforts, schools were closed and electricity supplies rationed for making weapons.Eventually, the frustration saw up to 5000 people involved in 20 brawls each night where MPs with shotguns stood guard at locations between the top of Fortitude Valley and the Brisbane CBD.Brisbane’s dawn ceremony at Anzac Square begins at 4.28am, while the Anzac Day parade along Adelaide Street between George and Creek streets begins at 9.45am.Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner encouraged people on Anzac Day to join the walking tours.“These special Anzac Day Brisbane Greeters tours for families will be at 12.30pm and 2.30pm, along with special opening hours of the ANZAC Square Memorial Galleries,” Schrinner said.“Here, people can place a ‘virtual poppy’ online for those who can’t attend the Dawn Service in person.”

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