Mc Arthur Park

• The Mc Arthur Landing site in Palo, Leyte was created to commemorate McArthur’s famous parting words “I shall return”.
• General Douglas MacArthur famously returned to liberate the Philippines in 1944. He made good of his promise before he left the country after its downfall to the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
• This famous event took place on October 20, 1944.
• The Allied landing on Leyte Island’ sea shore was pivotal moment in the history of the war in the pacific and in human struggle for liberty.
• The Leyte landing is a central event in the long history of friendship between the people of the Philippines and the United States.