WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE PACIFIC OCEAN THEATER OF WWII
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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“I have not yet begun to fight”
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“Give me liberty, or give me death”
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“I shall return”
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“Go ahead, make my day"
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Detailed explanation-1: -MacArthur arrived in Australia he made his famous declaration: “I came through and I shall return.” President Roosevelt awarded Gen. MacArthur the Medal of Honor for his courageous defense of the Philippines.
Detailed explanation-2: -On October 20, 1944, a few hours after his troops landed, MacArthur waded ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte. That day, he made a radio broadcast in which he declared, “People of the Philippines, I have returned!” In January 1945, his forces invaded the main Philippine island of Luzon.
Detailed explanation-3: -His speech is best known for its final lines in which he quoted an old army ballad: “’Old soldiers never die–they just fade away. ‘ And like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away–an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty.
Detailed explanation-4: -On this Day, March 17, 1942, General Douglas MacArthur first makes his famous declaration, “I shall return” after leaving the Philippines during World War II.
Detailed explanation-5: -MacArthur… later wrote: “’I shall return’ seemed a promise of magic to the Filipinos. It lit a flame that became a symbol which focused the nation’s indomitable will and at whose shrine it finally attained victory and, once again, found freedom.