General Douglas MacArthur was forced to flee the Philippines on this day in history, March 11, 1942. MacArthur was trying to avoid capture by the Japanese.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his family left the Philippine island of Corregidor on this day in history, March 11, 1942. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered MacArthur to leave the island after it became clear it was no longer safe for MacArthur to remain with his troops, notes the History Channel website. Deeply distraught, MacArthur had to leave 90,000 troops behind, the same site said.
On June 30, 1942, in Melbourne, MacArthur was presented with the Medal of Honor for 'conspicuous leadership in preparing the Philippine Islands to resist conquest, for gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against invading Japanese forces, and for the heroic conduct of defensive and offensive operations on the Bataan Peninsula,' the Congressional Medal of Honor Society website indicated.
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