NORFOLK, Va. - Downtown Norfolk's MacArthur Memorial hosted an event on Saturday commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The battle was a key U.S. victory during World War II ...
There is serious talk of war in the South China Sea, as Chinese air incursions into Taiwan’s air defense space increase and the rhetoric of war becomes all too commonplace. What political scientist ...
Eighty years ago today, Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia, three days after retreating from Corregidor in the Philippines under withering Japanese assault. Another three days later, at ...
On October 20, 1944, General Douglas MacArthur along with thousands of army and naval forces attacked the Japanese held island of Leyte. Shortly after wading ashore with Filipino and American leaders, ...
It wasn't long before the Japanese, desperate for labor, began shipping prisoners from the Philippines to work camps throughout Asia, but particularly to their own home islands. This movement was ...
TIME Correspondent John Walker followed General MacArthur to Leyte. Last week he radioed this account of newsmen under fire. I was sleeping on an iron cot in a flimsy wooden house, something like a ...
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