Rehabilitation of the Philippines

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Relief and Reconstruction in the Philippines

Major phases of the military job of clearing the Philippines of the Japanese invader have been completed, less than six months after the initial landings on Leyte. The civilian task of repairing material damage and rehabilitating the economy of the islands now moves into first place. The transition was marked by announcement, Apr. 5, that Gen. MacArthur had been assigned to command all Army forces in the Pacific theatre as they drive forward in new offensives against Japan. On the ...

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