Pictures from 1944

"General MacArthur surveys the beachhead on Leyte Island, soonafter American forces swept ashore from a gigantic liberation armada into the central Philippines, at the historic moment whenthe General made good his promise 'I shall return.' "10/44, from Patch/NA
"Gen. Douglas MacArthur wades ashore during initial landings at Leyte, Philippine Islands" 10/44, from Patch/NA


Pacific map - New Britain - "MacArthur's Noose" from Time 3/44
Pacific map - "Northwest Reach" by MacArthur from Hollandia to the Philippines, from Time 5/44
Pacific map - "The Squeeze" by MacArthur, Nimitz, Stilwell on South Pacific, from Time 6/44
Pacific map - Philippines - "I Have Returned" - MacArthur from Time 10/44


Pacific map - "Central Islands Area" on the Philippines - macArthur landings beginning Oct. 16 on Leyte, from Time 10/16/44
Douglas MacArthur, from Time 10/30/44


MacArthur waves from jeep in Philippines, from ILN 11/25/44



MacArthur's real landing on Leyte Oct. 1944

Carl Mydan's staged photo 3 mos. after MacArthur arrived at Luzon

MacArthur - Leyte 1944

story on "U.S. Wins Heart of Philippines" - Carl Mydans' photos of MacArthur wading ashore, from Life 2/19/45



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