"It's a forgotten quirk of American military history that one of the most inspiring moments in the Pacific during World War ll occurred on an abandoned railway platform in a dusty ghost town called Terowie, at the parched edge of the Australian outback.

     "On March 20, 1942, on that unlikely heat-baked spot, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the commander of the U.S. and Filipino forces in the Philippines, uttered his most famous and oft-quoted words, after a secret escape from the archipelago as the Bataan Peninsula was about to be overwhelmed by the Japanese: "I shall return."

     MacArthur was not exactly in sync with other generals in the Pacific, but they followed their orders while MacArthur took charge of (mainly) Australian troops. After 2-1/2 years, he returned to the Philippines, getting off his ship and wading ashore to make a grand comeback. 

     When Japan surrendered, MacArthur was given authority over the nation for five successful years. 

     Then the Korean war began in 1950 and MacArthur was given command of U.S. troops, who gradually restored South Korea. Not satisfied with that, MacArthur sent his army and marines into North Korea to wipe out the regime. Washington had not ordered this. 

     China sent thousands of troops into Korea to repulse the U.S. (and die), and the American retreat in snow and ice was horrible. President Truman had enough, calling MacArthur to return home. 

I Corinthians 11:3  "But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ."