Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Valdes, ya na onye ga-abụ odeakwụkwọ nke mba ofesi Raul Manglapus, n'oge ahụ bụ onye nta akụkọ maka Philippines Free Press, bụ naanị ndị Filipin abụọ a kwadoro ka ha sonyere MacArthur n'oge ịbịanye aka n'akwụkwọ Instrument of Surrender
n'ụgbọ mmiri USS Missouri na Tokyo Bay na 2 Septemba 1945. Valdes natara otu n'ime akwụkwọ iri abụọ mbụ nke Ngwá Ọrụ nke Ntinye, ịbụ otu n'ime ndị ọbịa MacArthur asatọ, na akwụkwọ ya bụ nke The International Museum of World War II na Natick, Massachusetts.