FDR Orders MacArthur Out of Philippines: I Shall Return
President Roosevelt ordered General MacArthur to evacuate the Philippines by PT boat as Japanese forces tightened their siege on Bataan and Corregidor. MacArthur escaped to Australia with his family and staff, famously vowing "I shall return." The 76,000 American and Filipino troops he left behind surrendered weeks later and endured the Bataan Death March.
February 22, 1942
84 years ago
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Douglas MacArthur
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Christoph Probst
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Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines
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