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Opinion: The ‘Very Human American Effort’ That Underpinned Philippine Independence 80 Years Ago
A Filipino medical assistant bandages the injured arm of a woman in a PCAU clinic at San Rogue on Leyte Island, January 1945. Photo courtesy David Smollar America’s World War II return to the Philippines commenced 80 years ago Sunday on Oct. 20, 1944, when 150,000 U.S. Army troops began storming Leyte island from an armada of 740 ships manned by 50,000 sailors — a scope exceeded at the time only by that spring’s 1944 D-Day invasion of France. Within this massive deployment was a small untested Army detachment of 1,470 men, activated by Gen. Douglas MacArthur and rooted in his unshakeable belief in America as a singular force for good. Divided into 30 teams labeled Philippine Civil Aff

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