General MacArthur’s landing at Leyte on October 20, 1944, was the first time he had been in the Philippines since he was ...

MacArthur and his staff waded ashore and then the general made a brief radio speech, saying: “People of the Philippines: I have returned.” Rumors persisted for decades that MacArthur’s ...

In the spring of 1900, MacArthur replaced General Otis as military commander and governor of the Philippines. But MacArthur didn't have much of an opportunity to govern. One reason was that most ...

On that day, the popular general declared: “People of the Philippines, I have returned.” World War II ended in June 1945. MacArthur would continue as a military leader, and often contentious ...

In 1943, the U.S. Army and Navy jointly began a two-pronged attack through the central Pacific and across New Guinea to the ...

While there, his work in pacifying the fierce Moros on the island of Mindanao caught the eye of General Arthur MacArthur, the new military governor of the Philippines. Perret writes that by the ...

Eighty years ago, after the news of MacArthur’s return to the Philippines had spread around ... of Hiroshima and Nagasaki days earlier, General Makino killed himself in Leyte on Aug. 10, 1945 ...

WASHINGTON, July 26 (U.P.) -- Gen. Douglas A. MacArthur, 61-year-old former chief of staff, today was placed in command of a new army component to be known as the U.S. army forces in the Far East.

The Oct. 20, 1944 return of General MacArthur with President Sergio Osmeña and General Carlos Romulo signaled the return of the Philippine government with Tacloban, then a municipality ...

General Douglas MacArthur was a key figure of the battle ... “He was hopeful he’d see the Philippines rise again, and he did.” The anniversary comes at the end of Filipino American History ...

US General Douglas MacArthur led a massive Allied force of around 200,000 troops and landed on the central Philippine island. The forces clashed with the now-defunct Imperial Japanese military ...

General Douglas MacArthur was one of Americas greatest ... to his rogue war in Korea and his magnificent stand in the Philippines to his headtohead confrontation with an angry Harry Truman With ...