Seventy years ago, when Gen. Douglas MacArthur made his famous “return” to liberate the Philippines from the Japanese, a ragtag band of malnourished, disease-ravaged American soldiers walked out of the jungles to greet the American forces.
More than 500 men who had refused to surrender to the Japanese invaders had survived nearly three years in enemy territory, harassing enemy patrols, sending intelligence to U.S. headquarters in Australia, rescuing shot-down pilots and administering civil government on the islands.
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This is a fantastic story of bravery, a sense of duty and strong resolve. My father was a combat soldier in the Phillipines during WW2. He spent most of his time routing out Japanese and saw a lot of bad crap. Thanks to all of our Veterans.
ReplyDelete. My father was a combat soldier in the Phillipines during WW2.
DeleteThen I guess he went back when MacArthur did, correct?
Correct. He shipped out froum Australia to Manilla and island hopped til the job was done.
ReplyDeleteThanks and I hope he wrote down everything for all to read.
DeleteSadly enough Dad passed away in October of 94 and we lost our home to a house fire on Christmas night of 96. So a lot is in my memories of our conversations and some photos I salvaged from the fire.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear that, but trust you have complied all available. Thanks.
DeleteIm still working on it. Might have to bite the bullet and use one of the pay for info sites. Dads brother was a flyboy out of England during the war and his brother Bud was KIA in france one year to the day of his enlistment. Our family plot is full of military head stones dating back to the war between the north and south. (Yankee side)
ReplyDeleteWhere is the plot?
DeleteGreenwood WI. Ill send pics to you in a day or so. We just got snowed on up here and I got lucky and harvested a fat spike buck this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteGood deal! :)
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