Yes, my mistake. fast typing on an iPad. They called him “Dugout Doug”
Those are comments I have straight from a few Bataan defenders / death march survivors themselves. You can take it as you wish.
“Those are comments I have straight from a few Bataan defenders / death march survivors themselves.”
I certainly don’t want to disrespect Bataan defenders and death march survivors, however:
1. I have heard otherwise from men who were there; and
2. Would anyone really expect the commanding general to abandon his headquarters, take up a rifle, and fight in the front lines?
Interestingly, when he was ordered out of the Philippines by FDR, Mac’s first reaction was to resign his commission, enlist as a private, cross to Bataan, and join the fighting.
He wrote the letter, and delivered it to his second command. Apparently, his wife talked him out of it.