Hi guys! Thanks for all the postings. My personal belief is that, had MacArthur brought sufficient supplies of food, medicine, fuel and ammunition into Batann with him, the war in the Phillipines would have continued well into 1942, or even into 43. When you read the accounts of the survivors of the campaign, you very soon see that it was starvation, disease and lack of support that defeated the Fillipino-American forces in the Phillipines. In small, select areas, where there was ample supplies of food, medicine and supplies, the Fil-Amer. forces defeated the Japanese at every turn. It would have proved quite the dillema for Roosevelt to conduct a war of "Europe First" while the Phillipines withered on the vine. Best wishes guys, John Dudek.