fso301: Now here's where I have to direct your attention to today's (3/22/1942) P2 report from the Philippines on Homer's thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2862250/posts. Notice the successful American/Filipino assaults on Mindanao. No mention of anyone in the dispatch other than General Wainwright. Not one person today complained about Wainwright getting sole name credit for a successful assault on Mindanao.
Doesn't that just validate Cougar's argument? MacArthur left the Philippines over a week ago and now we are reading about Wainwright.
Well, perhaps I misunderstood. As I understand the general issue, detractors of MacArthur assert that only his name appears in dispatches and that he takes credit for the successful work of subordinates. With that understanding in mind, when we read today's dispatch, it's all about Wainwright.
My point was today's dispatch about Wainwright appears to be no different from the much maligned dispatches about MacArthur.