All i know about the situation in the Philipines is that many veterans i have spoke to regard MacArthur as the ultimate coward, he got out to save his own skin, left behind many troops that were wounded and told them to hold the line and when the Japanese did invade they faced a force that was very depleted and then insulted them calling them cowards, while MacArthur was comfortably in Brisbane at the time, MacArthur alway was known to lead from behind and was fiercely hated by his men, also when things went wrong it wasn't MacArthurs fault, but when things went right he claimed all the glory for himself. As i said he cut and ran like the coward he was and didn't have the ball or the backbone to stay a fight, At least that is where MacArthur and Paulus was different.