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Jonathan M. Wainwright Biography | Pantheon

In 1942, when the Philippines fell, Douglas MacArthur left under direct orders — promising, “I shall return.” But another commander faced a different choice. Jonathan M. Wainwright could have escaped to Australia. Instead, he stayed. He believed abandoning his men would not be honorable. He chose captivity. Years in brutal Japanese prison camps. One general returned as a liberator. The other endured suffering beside his soldiers. History remembers both. But for many Americans, Wainwright’s sacri

1942 – Philippines: U.S. officials attend a surrender conference with occupying Japanese officials in the Philippines (WW2)

September 3, 1945 – Baguio Luzon Philippines: General Jonathan Wainwright receives surrender from Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita in Baguio City.