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General MacArthur tried to hold the US position in the Philippines becasue he was the comanding general and that was his job.

It was a struggle because the Japanese had used surprise, destroyed half the US Army's fighter planes in the region, US and Philippine troops were poorly supplied, and the US was unable to quickly provide supplies or reinforcements.

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