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‘We Have Had Our Last Chance’
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Gen. Douglas MacArthur was one of America’s most outstanding generals in World War ii. One of his biographers, William Manchester, said, “Unquestionably he was the most gifted man-at-arms this nation has produced.” In 1941, the Philippine Islands were an American possession, and MacArthur was in charge of America’s military protection there.
Ten hours after Pearl Harbor was attacked, Japan began warring against the Philippines, undoubtedly because they belonged to the United States. After this attack, America began one of the cruelest deceptions in World War ii, deceiving the Filipinos, MacArthur and its own American troops.
It is abundantly documented that President Franklin Roosevelt led the Filipinos to believe that America was quickly coming to their aid. What’s more, Roosevelt continued to deceive General MacArthur, the Filipinos and American soldiers for months—while they were being slaughtered!
Never before was the U.S. hated more intensely by every citizen of a friendly nation!
Lt. Col. Courtney Whitney served under MacArthur in the Philippines. He wrote in his biography, titled MacArthur: His Rendezvous With History (emphasis mine throughout): “On December 28, after three weeks of World War ii, President Roosevelt issued a message addressed and broadcast to the people of the Philippines. ‘News of your gallant struggle against the Japanese aggressors,’ it said, ‘has elicited the profound admiration of every American. As president of the United States, I know that I speak for all our people on this solemn occasion. … I give to the people of the Philippines my solemn pledge that their freedom will be redeemed and their independence established and protected. The entire resources in men and materials of the United States stand behind that pledge. …
Table of Contents
| Chapter 1: | Betrayal in the Pacific | Read |
| Chapter 2: | We Have Had Our Last Chance | Read |
About The Author
Gerald Flurry
is the presenter of the Key of David television program and the editor in chief of the Philadelphia Trumpet newsmagazine. He is the founder and pastor general of the Philadelphia Church of God, chancellor of Herbert W. Armstrong College and chairman of the Armstrong International Cultural Foundation.
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