Deseret News archives: MacArthur promised he would return; he did on this day in 1944
On Oct. 20, 1944, Gen. Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines during the Battle of Leyte in World War II, fulfilling a ...
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MacArthur: Three generations
Douglas MacArthur lived his entire life ... In October of 1944 the world watched as he dramatically waded ashore at Leyte, and in the following months liberated the rest of the Philippines.
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Leyte execs offer province as site for new naval base, airstrip
Douglas MacArthur in 1944, but also for Eastern Visayas. READ: Leyte board OKs move to invite DND to put up naval base in province Romualdez, who also chairs the Regional Peace and Order Council ...
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1934-1964: War and Independence
General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore on Leyte in 1944, two years after Japan had defeated American and Philippine forces. (photo: National Archives) During the 1920s and 1930s, prominent ...
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75 years ago, US troops began the main battle of the long, bloody fight to kick the Japanese out of the Philippines
Douglas MacArthur's 1942 pledge to recapture the island ... Army and Navy planners decided first to capture the Philippine islands of Leyte and Mindoro to the south. Two airfields were established ...