Some Cryptic Votes Of Confidence
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This train car carried members of the 32nd and 41st divisions of the First United States Infantry, who were among the first soldiers deployed in the Pacific after America’s declaration of war on Japan.
Since the United States initially had to cede the Philippines to Japan in 1942, that’s precisely what these men’s minds were focused on. They seemed mixed on how much they trusted General Douglas MacArthur but were clear that if anyone was digging him out of his situation, it was them.