On this day in 1944, after advancing island by island across the
Pacific Ocean, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore
onto the Philippine island of Leyte, fulfilling his promise to
return to the area he was forced to flee in 1942.
A statue in the Philippines commemorating the promised
return of American commander Douglas MacArthur.
Douglas MacArthur (1880 – 1964)
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