Ka kammala wannan magana: Bayan 'yan watanni bayan wannan, MacArthur ya furta imaninsa cewa ƙoƙari na sake dawo da Philippines ya zama dole. Kwamandan Amurka na Pacific Admiral Chester Nimitz da Shugaban Rundunar Sojan Ruwa Admiral Ernest King duk sun yi adawa da wannan ra'ayin, suna jayayya cewa dole ne a jira har sai nasarar ta tabbata. MacArthur ya jira shekaru biyu don burinsa; shi ne 1944 kafin a kaddamar da kamfen don dawo da Philippines. Tsibirin Leyte shine burin farko na yakin, wanda aka kama a karshen Disamba 1944. Wannan ya biyo bayan
kai hari kan Mindoro da kuma daga baya, Luzon.