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mcarthur was the u.s. war general that president Truman requested
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.
"I shall return". General MacArthur slipped out of the last strong-hold of American troops before they were over run by the Japanese as they advanced through the Phillippines. He fulfilled his promise when troops landed back on the islands.
He was the army commander of US troops in Korea during the Korean War
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