Man of Destiny: MacArthur's Triumph and Tragedy in the Phili

[icebucketivan]

great video!

[TheAcer925]

yes..the Filipino soldiers have offered safe passage to US soldiers during WW2, they have fought side by side and died fighting for freedom,but where is America now?..they have abandoned the Philippines favoring Middle East countries with billions of aids..sad history of old friendship..

[fullboxxskater]

@idonkohhalm so what can be used as a source

[Burnedice]

Now theyre doing the same shit with china

[Burnedice]

Americans are the one who introduced guns to the japs and when ww1 started they had to be forced to fight. They fucking supported the nazis. Hitler was the man of the year in time magazine

[Burnedice]

Kaya lang sya napahiya dahil nadapa sya

[DunlopDaytona]

Listen sonny (the vid narrator), you need to go and study WW2 history a whole lot more.

MacArthur was indeed a great man, and virtually won the Pacific war on his own, but he also knew a lot about Asian mentality, and in order to save many Philippino civillian lifes from the viscious Jap war machine, he chose not to commit the poorly equipped and trained Philippino Army to a virtual suicide attack against a well disciplined, highly trained, and experienced enemy.

Read his book, and learn.

[GaolisVideoLog]

This kind of twists history. I'm sorry, but from an academic point of view this is merely US propaganda and not at all acceptable.

[seka1986]

@GaolisVideoLog It's a 14 year old's project. Lighten up.

[chaloner]

@GaolisVideoLog Only a Liberal, Socialist, Communist minded people would hate this.

[trajan75]

@GaolisVideoLog You're reply is snide but uninformative. What "academic point of view" are you talking about? How is it US propaganda? Be specific if you can.

[Bryanyounglife]

This is wonder! Greatly made

[6digit]

but we can't deny that Japan is also joined with Hitler's organization or Nazi/Axis so that's one of the reason why Filipino

s help's the American instead of Japan!

[cbrxle]

@6digit no... the filipino helps the american.. because... filipino needs tobe freedom... and peace ful after WW-II

[bdschlong]

Many of you who are commenting fail to understand that a General can do so much, his hands are tied if his country and /or Commander and Chief fail to understand the meaning of total victory! Roosevelt at the time did not understand the neccessity of repelling the Japanese his main goal was Hitler Germany.

[tagamayupay]

i am a filipino and i am honestly proud of him (General Douglas McArthur) i am thanking him and all of his men who fought gallantly during the WW2 in the pacific. thank you very much for given us back our democracy. i salute all those filipino and american soldier and to our allies who fought to defend my country the philippines during the dark hour of our hisotry.

i hope one of there descendant might read this and pass this to others and also the WW2 veterans.

THANK YOU

[GaolisVideoLog]

@tagamayupay Gen. MacArthur was not galant. Just look at the Manila Bombing where the Americans destroyed all of Manila, killing both Japanese and Filipinos. There were hardly any survivors. More people died than in Nagasaki.This alone should show you what kind of man you're dealing with here. What you see from 7:13 onwards, the return of MacArthur, was done by Fox news days after the battles. That was just US propaganda. He further, didn't do this to defend the Phils. That was not the objective

[lilnoob17]

Kill all F**cking Japanese.

They Don't Deserve to leave here in world.

haha. I Hope that i was one of the troops of Gen.MacArthur, to blast off their heads.

[cbalshikya]

true japanese idolizing pilipino jose rizal monument is in the of japanese money

[amendola]

Dugout Doug

[nongtongtong]

"I SHALL RETURN"

[vicwa]

this history is true .. but the american lie on pilipino people.. they say that japanese want to conquer the filipinas that a lie .. Japanese want to help the pilipino people against american. and some of pilipino help to japanese but more pilipino help to american b'coz american promise to pilipino that pilipino people became american fellow.. Japanese want asia became rich but china and filipinas misinterpret that . now only japan the rich . asean people are brothers from Shem Noah PBHM son

[acoyrazorback]

A well done to you young man this very professional video presentation.

[acoyrazorback]

Not true Vicwa the Japanese were building an empire and they were in the business of subjugation. They just wanted the resources and the slaves to gain them. They got back on their feet with MacAurthur's help. Very wasteful country.

[acoyrazorback]

So he knew the japs were comming and still got his ass kicked airforce wiped out on the ground well well well thats great generalship. I hope there is such a thing as karma man hes got lots to answer for if that is the case. He had no idea in new Guinea It was Australians that won that campain dispite MacArthurs ineptness and the Us infantry crumbled in New Guinea, they were next to useless. The great MacArthur my ARSE! I despise him as a general and as a person, what a shell of a man.

[MrDarkShadow64]

"It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it" -A. Lincoln.

Hindsight is always better - you always look back and see the mistakes that you made. In this case, McArthur underestimated his enemy - he didn't do it again. MANY great generals have made mistakes in combat - McArthur certainly had his share. I doubt that I would call him the greatest of generals - He wasn't a Louis B. Puller - but I'd like to see some armchair QB like you do better.

[MrDarkShadow64]

From an American veteran:

Very well done, young man. I would agree that he redeemed himself in the retaking of the Phillipines.

[acoyrazorback]

I stand by my statement darkshadow64, He was the one who built his own reputation. Yes many generals have made mistakes but few have blown their own trumpet like this wanker, I am ex military as well so I got off my armchair bloke. If he had only followed basic battle appreciation methods he would have been in a position to smash the japs. By the way the British were just as guilty in Malaya and Singapore. I admire Patton and a few other US generals but not this egomaniac. Peace

[kabookey12]

While I agree he could have done more and should have done more to protect the phillipines but the simple truth is that if had done so he would most likely have been killed or captured there and lost even more men. They could never have held off the japs and there would have been no support coming so your point while true in some regards is still useless in the total picture. They were neither trained enough, equipped enough or manned enough to handle what was coming their way. That is fact.

[acoyrazorback]

Kabookey I hear what you are saying, I am just making the point that he was not as good a general as his propaganda machine make out. The other point is that war was imminent and a compitent general would have been as prepared as possible. He was not, that is fact too. No worries kabookey take care, your piont is well noted. I am just sick of credit going to someone who really did not deserve it.

[grandslamchiguy]

Bravo!!!

[thebuschamashow]

you have a smart son

[kapasigan17]

Great Job kid !

As for those guys bashing on each other. I believe it is fair to say that we Filipinos especially those civilians like my grandmother and many elders are still with us. We owe it to the Americans who liberated us from the Japanese. They were on a breaking point because of starvations and atrocities by the Japanese rulers. What matters most, those survivors of WWII has a right to say on what's like back then... we will never know...my 2 cents.

[acoyrazorback]

kapasigan if he had done his job in the first place your grandmother and others would not have had to suffer. Best wishes from Australia.

[kapasigan17]

Yup, that's very true. Some people says. What if the scenario if the Philippines is not a commonwealth of America. Could we still be attacked or not. Still, Gen. MacArthur kept his promise to return and returned he did. MIke

[BubbaLee2]

@kapasigan17 BAD JOB--PLEASE SOMEONE DO THIS RIGHT!!!!!! GEN. DOUGLAS MCARTHUR FROM ARKANSAS WAS THE GREATESS GEN. THIS PIECE IS CRAP!!! HE WAS A GOOD MAN DID NOT TRY TO PROMOTE HIS OWN SELF--LOOK KID GROW UP THEN DO THIS!!!!

[krissyeh]

MacArthur was only interested in one thing, himself. It was Aussie troops that were first to defeat the Japs at Milne Bay, Papua. Papua was not a colony it was a territory of Australia. It was the 39th Bn, at first, then Diggers of the AIF that fought, held then pushed the Japs from Kokoda back to Buna. It was the Diggers of the 7th, 8th, 9th Div and a Div of Kiwi's that cleared the Japs from Papua then the rest of New Guinea with very little yank involvement.

He made lots of errors in Korea.

[grajeboys]

great man.

[saintromes]

macarthur is a piece of shit. i don't know anybody could embrace that son of a bitch who didn't even come back soon enough as promised. what a fucking hoe. he was too busy with his fucking image to worry about real troops that needed help.

[iridium40]

to amartinjoe

remiinding you that this people who work outside the philippines are the new heroes,we dont care our sacrifices and kind of job that we have but we are helping our in a very small way,you are the one to wake up, Im proud to be filipino

[lil1kr4m]

Well Done! I Loved The Video! I Am Proud To Be A Filipino Because Of This Video. Thank You!

[katherine151515]

God has been good to him

even he went to many wars he didn't die through wars but he die because of his sickness....

He's a brave soldier and he gave honor to his country.

[hisalone1212]

He was a great man...God rest his soul...

[reynman1978]

... lots of people died for our country and lots of unknown heroes died with out being recognise Sad to say there efort was already forgoten by the new generations... i salute those brave men and women who lost there life just for our freedom... and to Gen.MacArthur and his Son's and Grand Son's Thank YOU!!!

[gordonelza]

The Filipino general at the left of Macarthur on the reviewing stand along with president Quezon is Filipino general Paulino Santos.General Santos had been called back to duty by Macarthur as chief of staff filipino armed forces.

general Santos, near the end of the war was taken hostage by Japanese general Yamashita and died in the mountains of Baguio of starvation.,

General santos was ultimately buried at the general santos museum and memorial at general santos City Philippines.

[21156590]

"Liberate" Philliphines?

[mallow260]

hey!

do not say that Filipinos...have hatred towards all of you!

AND WHO ARE YOU TO TALK ABOUT FILIPINOS LIKE THAT!!!!?

[mallow260]

OUR COUNTRY IS NOT A MESS!!!!!

[21156590]

magapagol,erap &...........

[amartinjoe]

In my opinion, the Greatest American General the U.S. has ever produced.

The fall of the Philippines wasn't his fault; once Pearl Harbor was destroyed, he was cut off. Even the U.S. military admitted the Philippines could not be defended.His stand there remains a legend.

From the fields of France in WW I, to the port of Inchon, MacArthur showed his courage and his brilliance.

And let's not forget, he warned the Americans not to enter Vietnam.

But no one listened to him.

[amartinjoe]

Don't despair. There are numerous Filipinos who admire America and are thankful for what it has done. They are the "silent majority".

MacArthur was a great American and will always be loved by us Filipinos.

The Americans that Filipinos hate are the ones who run the State Department (U.S. Foreign Policy Makers from the 1960s until present; whose decisions in their comfy offices affected the Philippines during Marcos era.)

Those leaders were certainly not the type of American MacArthur was.

[poyen123]

my aunts survived the spanish era, the japanese era and the american era. of the three, they have high regard for the americans.

[NamVetBuck]

Even with a few facts not interpreted correctly, nice job young man !

As for you reyrey...another left wing nutjob heard from. MacArthur owned no plantations, and was not a land speculator. Skinny Wainwright was a hell of a guy, but it was Mac who had honor to promise to return, and made sure the US did not become "a stench in the nostrils of Asia" for not kicking the Japs out and freeing the P.I.

[rjscheppy]

The US Navy admirals wanted to bypass the Philippines and invade Taiwan. MacArthur convinced President Roosevelt to liberate the Philippines. He was a great general.

[reyreygoodlooks]

GenMacArthur needs to go back to the Philippines bcoz he owns massive lands in Visayas & Mindanao,he has to return so he can recover his huge pineapple,sugarcane & coconut plantations.He consider the Philippines as his 2nd home! The hero of the Pacific War should be Gen Wainright,w/a depleted contingent & a short supply of ammunitions & food they fought painfully hard day & night to repulse the japs thus giving ample time for Gen MacArthur to plan his next move...Death March Survivor

[RinSProduction]

hmmm,i'm entering National History day this year with my Macarthur Exhibit.Are you entering this year?

[PPFH]

like old mac would say son "you did a hell of a job". go for it. you shall overcome

[CerialSquirrel]

this guy should make an episode on history channel...

[allester99]

Well done little brother

[dem101893k]

♪♪♪..."i will return"...♪♪♪

[dinochelsey444]

what a smooth voice for a 14 year old get that kid set up with the history channel

[jamelorichardm]

nice video !!! good job!!

[drifterZ00]

HAH, I rather go to war with 1000 Filipinos and conquer the world. SCREW YOU McArthur! you are to be blamed for that shameful bataan deathmarch! screw you with your bullshit dumb yankee propaganda!!!

[CerialSquirrel]

No no no no no... you would rather talk shit about a brilliant military commander than to do anything. You obviously disrespect the service of the Armed forces by saying that, and anyone who does is the REAL shameful person.

[BATANGPALABOK]

salamat sa pag post ng video nito kasi sa aralin panlipunan namin ay tungkol nasa ww2 thanks for posting this video

[Zaldyglenn]

Good job kid, you made this video for educational purpose and its good. Nice video keep it up!

Yeah, instead of spending so much time on computer games which can't help enrich our knowledge, why not make a research video like this.

[patoti34]

I son of a ww2 vet. I salute who ever did this video, yes indeed he is a great general who defend the phil on that times, and the only person who knows what Filipino Veterans came through on that times they fought for the american. but now america has the hard time to give the complete benefit of our filipino veteran, even General Mcarthur return to philippines just to save philippines and the maerican soldier and filipino soldier. you are a genious. I salute you.

[vtec22ph]

Hey, guys! Wanna share with you this quotation:

"In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory." - Gen. Douglas MacArthur

It speaks more of what this great man deserves.

Truly, a man of wisdom!

[stegmata83]

wow!!!...nice vid!!!....keep it up!!!....

[Nationsnotregimes]

Communist POS narrator!

Brain washing typical filth.

Read

The Eleveth Hour, by General Lewis W. Walt 1979.

Preface Culture Of Critique.

Total bilge water of continued lies.

[MichaelSangreal1682]

Thanks for recovering the Philippines after the holocaust made by the yellow ass japs

[oxygemz]

good job kid!

[wayfinder01]

good job heneral macArthur ginawa mo lahat ang kaya mo magaling k talaga..sinasaluduhan kita.

[stegmata83]

i salute you GEN.DOUGLAC MCARTHUR!!!..

we are very PROUD of you..

[carolynnmi]

If your son actually made this all by himself, he's a genius.

[ccarriere88]

Great video. I am big fan of Douglas MacArthur, Doug MacArthur is my username in socom combined assault if i had a chance at this i wouldve done it great job

[KhmerSerey1]

A great general,a man of his words and honor.

[azyaninvasion]

As a Filipino I salute General Douglas McArthur for what he did in the Philippines.

[fuzz461]

General McArthur was made a Freemason in the Philippines. He returned because he could not let the Filipino people his brother masons down. God Bless McArthur, Mabuhay ang Pilipinas

[cloudkiller29]

comment to idw47:

You said that Filipinos hold high regards on him for filipinos knew what could happen even without US help, well even without the help the Filipinos will still defend it with or without him... And there was a statement that was said to the president of US at that time, when Pres. Roosevelt announce that Europe will come first than asia. The statement was "Why entertain a distant cousin(England) while a daughter(philippines) is being rape at the backroom....

[jatroup12]

Gen MacArthur is held in great esteem by the Philipino people bc he loved them adn the Phillipines so much. Everyone in the US Govt including FDR wanted to bypass th ePhil. on the way to Japan. MacArthur persuaded FDR to invade the Phillipines first to relieve the people who had been our allies and to rescue our POWs. The Japs still massacred many 1,000s of Philipinos but many more were saved by MacArthur's insistence we go there 1st.

[loranne]

Dougoout McArthur

[noname0112]

anyways, McArthur made a huge mistake in thinking that war would start in 1942.

[LUCKYBROOKS]

Excellent Work ! Amazing how the Fillipino People still hold 'Dugout Doug' in such Great Esteem ! ... When I was 14 my French Teacher @ Boston

Tech told us of his surviving the Bataan Death March;and being a P.O.W. in Japan ! GOD BLESS YOU - Mr. Erba ...and THANKS !

[ldw47]

All these historians on here,the reason the phillipinos hold mccarther in such high regardis that they are smart enough to know what would have happened if the U.S.had not gone to southeast asia in the first place. the JAPS would have eventually killed millions of asians.

[LUCKYBROOKS]

TO IDW 47 The japs did fight brutaly; but Mac Arthur was able to seperate the Military from Civilian , and along with his lawyer Col.Kaddes, wrote a Constitution that the People of Japan take great pride in as 'their own.' Before He died Col. Kaddes once told me that Mac Arthur was very shy in person !

[bugsy101073]

great....great choice for a topic

[Sluupjohnb]

Amazing documentary. From a 14 years old? This guy is bound to excel in journalism school.

[Sluupjohnb]

A certain General Mitchel who was critical of the Pacific defense plan in the mid 1930's almost exactly predicting the Japanese strategy was never heard or mentioned in history.

[Sluupjohnb]

Rations, amunitions and fuel supply were so eroneously positioned so that on the first few days of the war almost all fuel supplies were lost or rendered inaccessible. At the fall of Corigedor tremendous amount of food supplies were found while all other units were starving throughout the siege. All criticism to operation Orange were silenced though as history were written by the victors.

[Sluupjohnb]

Mc. Arthur's image as a hero over shadowed grave military blunders that he made in world war II. Operation Orange for the defense of the Philippines was expensive but old fashioned, obsolete and very flawed for "modern" warfare of the times. He refused to listen to other officers. In the liberation process attacking Formosa then going to Japan bypassing Philippines and East Indes would have cost much lesser loss of lives and property. He had too much "I shall return" pride.But he's still a hero.

[dagdagan]

Gen. Douglas McArthur has great loves to Filipino people!!! Bravery, Courage, and Determination. Mabuhay and Pilipinas!!!

[GunsWithGravy]

njponjm

[nwiii]

my grandpa was a great brave filipino soldier and veteran of ww2 and served the USarmy under gen mcarthur he survived the death march 1945.

[cbrxle]

@nwiii pero lolo ko nakatakas sa Deathmarch... kaya.. nag tatag ng pulong sa bataan na sasakalakayin ang Forth SAntiago.. dahil nandun ang kap[atid ng lolo ko.. na hindi nakatakas sa deathmarch

[katygirl48]

A 14-year-old put this together?  Awesome!!! You must be so proud. Youkeep encouraging this boy, and congratulate him for not just rehashing what others have written. Putting these clips together and scripting the commentary took hard work and dedication. Bravo!!!

[Joe31959]

Bro. you don't read your history. That move was considered as one of the greatest tactical moves in warfare's history. He's just buying time until help from the US comes which never did. Singapore's bastion fell in just 5 days and Malayan frotress in two weeks with almost double the forces compared to that of the forces int he Philippines. But these "Bastards" as they call themselves held on for 4 months. American promises are unreliable you know...

[2008dio]

They say its the korean soldiers who are with the Japanese army are responsible for rape,murder,bayonitting the children and etc.they are most evil soldier at that time.

[Tradeworks123]

Great documentary.. but i was just wondering, what in the hell are they doing in Bataan? That was a defeatist move. I am not a general, but in a war you do not position yourself with your back against a wall.

[bisagunsalang]

if you guys just know what the americans did here in the philippines, they( macarthur) left the country during the world war 2 and this led to a hundreds of thousands of deaths

[jphel031]

your mom and dad can sure make a good video.

[kokokoara]

The United States did a thing that was crueller than Japan.

I do not say that Japan is a good country.

However, the United States is a bad country.

They are not heroes at all.

They killed 600,000 Filipinos.

You should not admire for the war.

[kokokoara]

At that time, the rape was a felony in the law of a Japanese army.

Did they rape frequently?

[kokokoara]

The Philippines was a colony in the United States.

Filipino was a guerrilla by cooperating in the United States.

They did not wear military garb.

Japanese army randomly killed.

Is there a murdered human for another reasons?

[hklohcougar]

Great hero

[larryaragon]

I give you an "A" for learning the same thing I did in school. I recently met my family from the Philippines, the heroism shown by my still surving Ilocano uncle and the stories of another uncle being beheaded in the town square make me want to sell my Nissan!!!

[gdt78550]

General Macarthur did not die poor - he did recovered stolen GOLD BARS by the Japanese

lots of gold bars hidden all over philippines by the Japanese Prince under order by his cousin Japanese Emperor

[royko22]

This treatment was rather infantile and what one might expect from a quasi-educated female from the politically correct American public schools of this lamentable era.

Note how she neglects to mention the wanton torture and murder of the American and Phillipine troops along the "Bataan Death March?"

And the wanton rape and murder of Phillipine women during the fascist Japanese occupation of Manila?

This treatment was infantile, illiterate and disgraceful.

[mgonzalvez]

This documentary was created by a 14 year old. The subject was not the Bataan Death March, nor Japanese atrocities in Manila, it was MacArthur. Faulting this documentary for not focusing on those things is like faulting Saving Private Ryan for not mentioning the concentration camps at Dachau or Auschwitz. Your comment is ill-informed and out of line.

[cochinaable]

@mgonzalvez It is very sad that this was poorly researched and now may unfortunately be passed on as historical fact. Please research oplan orange and how that was dependent on defending the Philippines until reinforcements came. Not true that the Philippine forces where poorly trained. They held back the japanese longer than expected and it cost japan dearly. Research again please and correct your work.

[cochinaable]

@mgonzalvez It is very sad that this was poorly researched and now may unfortunately be passed on as historical fact. Please research oplan orange and how that was dependent on defending the Philippines until reinforcements came. Not true that the Philippine forces where poorly trained. They held back the japanese longer than expected and it cost japan dearly. Research again please and correct your work.

[larryaragon]

I noticed you mentioned the wanton rape murder of the Filipino people by the fascist Japanese. As an American I was shocked by the atrocities visited on the Filipino's by the Cowboys sent to crush them. Americans call it an "insurrection" I call it our first Vietnam.

[collfan]

Send this kid to film school!

[hwuanghu]

Gen McArthur was a great general to the Filipinos..MABUHAY ang Pilipinas

[avengerizer16]

the japanese never took over mindanao coz the muslims were so brave

[amci06042]

This urban legend has been passed on from one generation to another but a quick check in history will show that the Spanish, American and the Japanese have all established bases in Mindanao.

It is no correct to say and assume that they were not taken because of the Muslims. If that is true then Malaysia and Indonesia should have not been taken too by the Dutch, British and Japanese.

[pythag123]

This was alright, a few things need to be corrected though, for instance, the image at 1:03 says "US Troops Near Manila Battle of Manila, July-August 1898." The image shows men of the First Nebraska Volunteers. But this is an image of the third battle of Manila, fought in 1899 between the USA and the Philippines. The battle shown is part of the Philippine-American War not the Spanish-American one. Not that it changes the facts you presented.

[cilit99]

my wife is from negros occ, during the second world war the japanese occupied the island of negros, during that time sugar milling trains were hidden inside Patag National park on special wooden rails,my wifes grand mother told the story about the sugar trains being hidden,also on the day of the islands liberation the japanese tried to burn down the city of Silay but they couldnt cz it was raining thats why Silay city today still has its Spanish ancestral buildings intact!

[QLELAT]

This is a very educational video especially for us Filipinos.

Excellent work for your production.

[ldiaz29]

that's must been a devastating time for MacArthur,surrender is the last thing for a General, and in special leaving all his men behind, but he came back for them, that's why I have chosen Douglas MacArthur as 1 of my favorite General.

[maozedongsays]

America and the world were blessed to have General MacArthur.

[mcbong10]

filipinos guerillas are great,when american surrendered they dont and keep fightin with japs.emperial army they able to distract the plan of Japanese to Invade Australia and be called"OPLAN ORANGES"very few and even aussies dont know about this things the bravery of filipino guerillas.

[bitek6289]

ang ganda ng pakagawa!!!

[kalijasin]

There is one mistake in this video though. The McArthur family was from the Arkansas not Kansas. Look that up in any Encyclopedia.

[kalijasin]

Gen. MacArthur was a great American!

[gbenta2007]

Susugurin pa rin tayo ng hapon dito kahit wala ang Amerikano noon. Astig pa rin ang US. Sana hindi na lang nila tayo pinakawalan. Return to the Philippines US. Pls.

[aldowilf]

Gen. Arthur Mac Arthur love for the Filipinos is highly questionable...he was the one who ordered the all out war against the Filipinos when Priv. Willy Grayson fired the first shot...the incident that provoked the Phil. - American War...and the order to d US Troops...Kill Every One Under 10 years old...is that love for the Filipinos????

[anlexb]

Make up your own story. You have no proof for that Adolf. Or is it Hitler?

[aldowilf]

I had the luxury of accessing the archives from the Department of History, U.P., Diliman written by Prof. Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Dr. Bernardita R. Churchill and Dr. Isagani R. Medina. All these are outlined in the book of...Attempts to Relax the Tension of "The Filipino - American Hostilities"..Truth hurts. Please study your history

[aldowilf]

The San Juan Bridge Incident..on Feb. 4 1899 Priv. Willie w. Grayson fired the first shot on a Filipino Soldier, the following day, Mac Arthur (Douglas' Dad) without attempting to investigate the cause of d firing, issued his order to advance against the Filipino troops which marked the beginning of the Filipino - American armed clash. Gen. Elwell Otis said "fighting, having begun must go on to the grim end."

[aldowilf]

In Balangiga Samar, Gen. Jake Smith said " I want no prisoners" he said firmly.."I wish you to kill and burn; the more you burn and kill the better it will please me." Forthwith he ordered that Samar be transformed into "a howling wilderness".He ordered to shoot down anybody capable of carrying arms meaning including 10 yr. old boys...believe me now how cruel the Americans were to my forefathers...

[aldowilf]

The one big arguement in our history...The Philippines would have been spared from such devastation should there was no American Military presence in the country back then...

[LakanTubol15]

ang galing ng pagkakagawa! (nicely done!) very informative!

[JARRETT7121]

MacArthur and Patton .... the Best!

[6digit]

Gen.Mac Arthur is the very best general in the history of Amerika and to whole world !

[JaYSpRE2007]

This was very nicely put together... Awsome job.

[ece29390]

Wow good job a very informative documentary

[zitofan27]

It seems like you did the video as opposed to your son.

[amartinjoe]

Good Job ! He was indeed a brilliant man; and yes he was egotistical. But as one journalist who admired MacArthur puts it, "how would you like to go to war, behind a general who has an inferiority complex ?"

A Great American indeed.

[shonstar]

This video is a slightly slanderous overview on one of the men instrumental in securing freedom not just within the US but throughout the world, most notably in Asia. The Japanese have MacArthur to thank for their modern country, made in the US's image and under the general's watchful eye. When preparing a documentary, one should not try to be "fair and balanced", one should aim for objectivity which this film misses.

[GovernorWatts]

Nice job, but your son lays too much blame on MacArthur for the loss of the Philippines. It wasn't the failure this video makes it out to have been. The troops and equipment he would've needed to defend the islands weren't made available to him, since the Allied war plan called for the liberation of Europe before giving any consideration to the Pacific theater.

[GovernorWatts]

MacArthur repeatedly requested more troops throughout the initial battles, but was turned down. Manuel Quezon similarly telegraphed FDR, publicly expressing frustration with the lack of reinforcements. It wasn't MacArthur's fault at all; the U.S. knew the Philippines would be lost.

[alexofsyrr]

Gabe does great work with these NHD videos. Gold Star my friend.