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    History of War

    BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF

    Oct 06, 2022 1 minute

    01 I SHALL RETURN

    n 20 October 1944, General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore on the Philippine island of Leyte, fulfilling his earlier promise: “I shall return!” MacArthur further exhorts the Filipino people to rise up against the occupying Japanese.

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