Two Wars and the Filipino and American Family
4 min readAug 24, 2020
On the beach in Leyte, Philippines just south of Tacloban, there is a spectacular series of statues of Douglas MacArthur, Sergio Osmeña, Richard Sutherland, Carlos P. Romulo, Courtney Whitney, Francisco Salveron and William J. Dunn.
The statues mark the spot where MacArthur fulfilled his famous promise to the Filipino people.