MacArthur visits the battlefield on Bataan, in the Philippines

Description:

Once Mydans was pulled from the European theater in late 1944, he reunited with Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific. After the landing at Luzon, MacArthur's troops made their way into Bataan. Almost three years after Gen. Edward King surrendered Bataan to the Japanese, American troops and Filipino guerrillas recaptured the peninsula. According to LIFE, after many days of battle, General MacArthur surveyed the Japanese dead and issued a communique: So far as can be found, no living Japanese soldier is now on the peninsula (LIFE, Mar 5, 1945).

Date Made: 1945-031945

Photographer: Mydans, Carl

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Philippines: Bataan

See more items in: Work and Industry: Photographic History, Photography, Carl Mydans

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Related Publication: Life Magazine, Mydans, Carl. Carl Mydans, Photojournalist

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2005.0228.073Accession Number: 2005.0228Catalog Number: 2005.0228.073

Object Name: Photograph

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 35.2 cm x 27 cm; 13 7/8 in x 10 5/8 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-efd0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1303383

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