[montanajoe]

I think MacArthur's ego may have also had something to do with it..he underestimated the strength of the Japanese in the Philippines both in 1941-2 and again in 1944-45..

[ANGGAPO]

In 1944 and 1945 we killed more Japanese than you can count in the Philippines. Their one big attack ended up in a disaster for them, we decimated their navy and air force. Remember we were reading their mail.