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  2. John D. Bulkeley - Wikipedia

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    On 11 March 1942, he picked up General Douglas MacArthur, his family, and his immediate staff, who had been ordered to flee the Philippines, and took them aboard PT 41 and other 77-foot (23 m) motor torpedo boats through over 600 nautical miles (1,000 km) of open ocean.

  3. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three - Wikipedia

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    Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three (MTBRon 3) was a United States Navy squadron based at Naval Base Cavite, Cavite, Philippines, from September 1941 to December 1941. It was commanded by Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley and made up of six motor torpedo boats : PT-31 , PT-32 , PT-33 , PT-34 , PT-35 , and PT-41 , the last as the squadron flagship .

  4. Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government ...

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    The Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government was U.S. Major General Douglas MacArthur, [a] who was assisted by Major Dwight Eisenhower and Major James Ord; along with four officers from the Philippine Department, under Major General Lucius Holbrook (1936-1938) and Major General Grunert (1940-1941), and retired Lieutenant Colonel Sidney L ...

  5. Douglas MacArthur - Wikipedia

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    This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. When this tag was added, its readable prose size was 19300 words. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (July 2023) Douglas MacArthur MacArthur in 1945 Governor of the Ryukyu Islands In office 15 December 1950 – 11 April 1951 ...

  6. They Were Expendable - Wikipedia

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    They Were Expendable is a 1945 American war film directed by John Ford, starring Robert Montgomery and John Wayne, and featuring Donna Reed.The film is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by William Lindsay White, relating the story of the exploits of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three, a United States PT boat unit defending the Philippines against Japanese invasion during the Battle of ...

  7. Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    MacArthur eventually kept his promise, and returned to the Philippines. The Bataan Gang returned to Corregidor in March 1945 on four PT boats. [90] The flag flown on the PT boat that MacArthur escaped Corregidor on resides in the library of his high school alma mater, TMI Episcopal (formerly known as the Texas Military Institute). [91]

  8. He came to L.A. for treatment. His body was found in a lake ...

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    Kyle Sherwood, 28, came to Los Angeles for a drug treatment program. He ended up in MacArthur Park, where he was found dead, face down in a lake, according to officials. Two people have been ...

  9. Malinta Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    Hospital lateral in the Malinta Tunnel Generals Douglas MacArthur and Richard K. Sutherland at USAFFE Headquarters, Malinta Tunnel, 1 March 1942 Surrender of U.S. forces at the Malinta Tunnel on 6 May 1942. The Malinta Tunnel is a tunnel complex built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines.