"When Gen. Douglas MacArthur left Bataan for service in Australia, Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright became the senior field commander of US and Filipino forces in the Philippine Islands. Holding off a major Japanese assault in January earned the American-Filipino forces the nickname 'Battling Bastards of Bataan.' "
From Wiki:
"Ultimately, more than 60,000 Filipino and 15,000 American prisoners of war were forced into the Bataan Death March. However, about 10,000-12,000 of these eventually escaped from the march to form guerrilla units in the mountains, tying down the occupying Japanese."
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MacArthur left, Wainwright stayed. I don't know how he/they endured and survived. Maybe it was through "contemplative revenge."
If I remember right, General Wainwright had a front row seat on the Missouri in Tokyo Bay. I thought it was rather interesting. Maybe many people were expecting MacArthur to make a long winded speech. It was very short, ending quickly with the words, "these proceedings are closed." I saw an interview with a Japanese diplomat (he spoke English) You could see him on the deck of the Missouri. He said he looked at all the ships, the soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, and wondered what on earth were the Japanese leaders ever thinking of when they ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor.