World: If He Catches Me

General Tomoyuki Yamashita, the conqueror of Singapore and Bataan, was about to evacuate Manila and take to the hills of northern Luzon, to get away from General Douglas MacArthur's advancing legions. To Jap correspondents in Manila, Yamashita declaimed & explained: "At last I have MacArthur in my iron trap. I have been chasing him all over the South Seas and each time he has slipped away from me. This time it will be different, and my pleasure of a face-to-face meeting will be realized."

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