May 20, 2013

MacArthur Left But Volckmann Remained

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Almost everyone from my generation (baby boomers) knows the quote by General Douglas MacArthur wherein he says, “We Shall Return” in reference to when he was ordered to leave the Philippines in 1942 to command allied forces in the Southwest Pacific Command. What you may not know is that many men under his command didn’t [...]

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