U.S. PLEDGE REDEEMED
MACARTHUR’S MESSAGE NEW YORK, Feb. 7. General MacArthur issued a general order to his troops: “You will shortly complete the liberation of the Philippines. You have redeemed a country’s pledge to recapture its lost land. You have inflicted the greatest military defeat in his history on the enemy. You are restoring to the East its destiny. You have fulfilled a sacred mission for the hallowed dead. For all this we have to thank God.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21633, 9 February 1945, Page 3
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77U.S. PLEDGE REDEEMED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21633, 9 February 1945, Page 3
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