–General Douglas Macarthur “I Shall Return” –General Douglas Macarthur “The President of the United States ordered me to break through the Japanese lines and proceed from Corregidor to Australia for the purpose, as I understand it, of organizing the American offensive against Japan, a primary...
Shortly afterward, MacArthur promised, “I shall return.” U.S.-Philippine troops fell to Japan in May 1942 and were forced to begin the Bataan Death March, during which thousands of men were tortured, starved and murdered. ‘Dugout Doug’ Returns In April 1942, MacArthur was appointed ...