Moment in TIME: Covering the Pacific War

Dec. 29, 1941: MacArthur of the Philippines
"When the Japanese struck at the Philippines last fortnight, MacArthur's men rolled with the punch. If the Japanese plan had been to lure General MacArthur out beyond the mountain bastions of the central core of Luzon, there was no evidence last week that they had succeeded."
From "Destiny's Child"

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