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Americans return to the Philippines

Americans return to the Philippines

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General Douglas MacArthur returns to the Philippines, two years after the Japanese forced the 90,000 Americans to surrender. MacArthur would command American forces to a decisive victory at the Battle of Leyte, liberating the island from Japanese control.

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1944
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