Hand raised in greeting and a determined smile on his face, U.S.

Hand raised in greeting and a determined smile on his face, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur (left) is shown as he arrived in Melbourne, Australia, to become Supreme Commander (Allied) in the southwest Pacific in 1942. He is accompanied by Major General Patrick J. Hurley, then American Minister to New Zealand and now personnal presentative of President Roosevelt in the Far East. General MacArthur grimly vowed he would return to the Philippines, ........by the Japanese. The promise was fulfilled two and an half years later when his troops stormed ashore on Leyte Island, in the heart of the ...rchipelago, and the General told the Filippino people: 'This is the Voice of Freedom... We have come, dedicated and commited to the task of destroying every vestige of enemy control over your daily lives and restoring .... the liberties of your people.' NI 9274