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President Roosevelt ordered General MacArthur to evacuate the Philippines by PT
1942 Event

February 22

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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