I have been to MacArthur’s Park on Gunung Efar in Sentani, Papua, Indonesia. It is there MacArthur built a house (not at all a mansion) and directed the retaking of the Philippines. MacArthur is very much regarded as a hero and a savior. There are many tales in circulation even now about the Americans stationed there. They are all good, especially when contrasted with the brutality of the Japanese who previously occupied the area. One old man I talked with spat after saying the word “Japan.”
My wife’s uncle tortured and killed the day before the US came back. His employee turned him in for sending radio messages to the US Navy.
Bataan reunions still going.
The Japanese will not soon be forgotten in the Philippine sand they don’t much like Chinese either.
He is also highly regarded in Morotai where my dad camped for a few weeks.