WSJ’s Top Book Recommendations-Cary Regional

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1. The fate of the generals: MacArthur, Wainwright, and the epic battle for the Philippines

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Horn, Jonathan, 1982-
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"For the doomed stand American forces made in the Philippines at the start of World War II, two generals received their country's highest military award, the Medal of Honor. One was the charismatic and controversial Douglas MacArthur, whose orders forced him to leave his soldiers on the islands to starvation and surrender but whose vow to return echoed around the globe. The other was the gritty Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, who became a hero to the...