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General Douglas MacArthur had to leave the Philippines in 1942 due to the advancing Japanese forces. He famously vowed, "I shall return." He fulfilled that promise by leading the Allied invasion of the Philippines in October 1944, reclaiming the islands from Japanese occupation.

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