Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
OCTOBER 20, 1944
American liberation forces headed by Gen. Douglas MacArthur together with Pres. Sergio Osmeña landed in Palo, Leyte to liberate the Philippines from the Japanese.
MacArthur in a dramatic entrance in the Red Beach announced: "People of the Philippines, I have returned! By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil."
The United States and Australian forces together with Filipino guerrillas engaged the Imperial Japanese Army of Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita in the Battle of Leyte from October 17, 1944 to December 31, 1944.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
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