Letter, Douglas MacArthur to Franklin Roosevelt
Original Exhibition Caption: General Douglas MacArthur sent FDR this triumphant letter, written on the day Allied forces returned to liberate the Philippines.
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OCR Page 1 of 4PSF : Macarthur
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA
URGENT
SECRET
OPNL PRIORITY
CONFIDENTIAL
PRIORITY
SIGNAL CORPS MESSAGE
RESTRICTED
ROUTINE
IN CLEAR
DEFERRED
New Tae loban. .
Philippine Ideas
C/C
(Office)
No. Spacial
0c.20.1944
(Date)
Dear Wr. President:
This not is written from the
beach, near Taeloban, where we have juich landed. It
will be the first letter from the frud Philippines and
I thought you night like to add ih to your
philate collection. I hope it gets through
The operation is going smoothly and if
successful will strategically as will as technically
cat the every forces in two. Strategically it will price
This is increply to No.
(Insert Sig Corps No. to which this reply refers.)