The battle for Manila was the only major urban warfare for the US in WW2. 1,000 of the US/Filipino forces died and 16,000 Japanese. The civilians suffered the most (as we have seen in Gaza recently). Over 100,000 died.
I had no idea MacArthur’s son was still alive. He was four years old when he and his mom were living in the tunnels underneath Corregidor. They were then spirited out with his the general by PT boat.
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