Fritz Lang's "American Guerrilla in the Philippines" (1950) feat. Tyrone Power

World War II, the spring of 1942, the remaining crew of the U.S. Navy's 3rd Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron, the last of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's (Robert Barrat ) escort in the retreat from the Philippine island of Corregidor, wash ashore, stranded on the island of Leyte. The crew discovers that the U.S. has lost Bataan to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Their commander orders them to pair off and make their way to the nearest airfield on Mindanao for transport to Australia, where they will rejoin the main American forces. U.S. Navy Ensign Chuck Palmer (Tyrone Power) and sailor Jim Mitchell (Tom Ewell) depart together, eventually joining hundreds of Filipinos fleeing the advancing Japanese army.
At Tacloban, Chuck seeks assistance from Col. Benson (Slim Martin), who informs him of Mindanao's collapse. All U.S. forces in the Philippines have been ordered to surrender. Chuck requests a boat to sail over a thousand miles to Australia. Jeanne Martinez (Micheline Presle), a married Frenchwoman, warns the Americans about the upcoming monsoon season.
Within three days of sailing, the boat crashes in a storm. A young Filipino fisherman, Miguel (Tommy Cook), rescues an exhausted Chuck and Jim and the other crew members, despite the Japanese's threat to kill anyone found aiding Americans. Miguel is part of the local guerrilla movement, and with the villagers' assistance, Chuck and the men spend the summer and fall evading the Japanese across Leyte, while still hoping to make their way to Australia.
In one village, some unscrupulous Americans are cheating the locals, and Chuck's disgust with the profiteering is noticed by Juan Martinez (Juan Torena), a wealthy businessman. Chuck takes the men to Filipino Col. Dimalanta (Eddie Infante), who offers to provide the Americans with a boat, if they will first inform American Col. Phillips, head of guerrilla activities on Mindanao, that Gen. MacArthur wants all resistance movements unified. Chuck and Jim agree, and with Miguel as guide, cross the Leyte gulf to Mindanao, where they find Phillips' base.
Phillips informs Chuck that MacArthur has ordered the islands to organize a spy network to report on Japanese movements and demands that Chuck assist Dimalanta in establishing a radio post on Leyte. Upon returning to Leyte, Chuck, Jim and the other men, with the help of the locals, collect scrap material to build equipment necessary to establish a provincial free government in defiance of the Japanese occupation. In addition to military and medical training, the resistance creates printed money, a newspaper and eventually strings up over 150 miles of crude telegraph wire for the radio post.
While waiting for supplies from the U.S. Navy, Chuck gets to know Jeanne and Juan and learns more about Philippine customs. When U.S. submarines break through the Japanese lines with the radio equipment, Leyte makes its first broadcast, which is received as far away as San Francisco and is also picked by the local Japanese, who immediately launch a raid in which Jim is nearly caught. Many of the villagers are tortured for information, including Jeanne and Juan. Hoping to force a confession from Jeanne, the Japanese beat Juan to death in front of her. Chuck, his remaining men and Jeanne then are forced to go into hiding to evade the Japanese search and during their enforced time together, Chuck and Jeanne fall in love.
When Miguel is badly injured during a raid, Chuck attempts to save him, but fails and in frustration disparages MacArthur's promise of salvation for the Philippines. Throughout the following year, U.S. submarines carrying critical supplies break through frequently, and the guerrillas are gradually able to take offensive action against the Japanese. On one mission, Chuck goes behind enemy lines to radio reports on shipping lane traffic and barely escapes a heavy bombardment. The Japanese follow Chuck and his squad back to the village and confront them in a church. Suddenly, loud explosions issue from the harbor and a squadron of American planes pass over, announcing the return to the islands of U.S. forces. The Japanese retreat and within days, Gen. MacArthur's forces reclaim the Philippine islands, as promised.
A 1950 American war film (released as I Shall Return in the UK) directed by Fritz Lang, written & produced by Lamar Trotti, based on the 1945 book of the same name by Ira Wolfert, cinematography by Harry Jackson, starring Tyrone Power, Micheline Presle, Tom Ewell, Robert Patten, Tommy Cook, Juan Torena, Robert Barrat, and Jack Elam. Lang only made the film to pay his bills, he later denied even making it.
Filmed on location prior to the outbreak of the Korean War in June of 1950, and used American warships to portray Japanese ships. The U.S.S. Orleck (DD 886), exists to this day after serving in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and being sold for a while to the Turkish Navy, and is permanently docked in Lake Charles, LA, where it serves as a museum.
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[@billsmith5593]

My dad was a army physician after his service in Okinawa he was dispatched to establish a hospital in Manila. I still have the pic of him with his Philippine staff. I served in th PI during Vietnam era.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for sharing.

[@jolanirinco8837]

Thank you 😢 🙏🏼

[@musakeros30]

I'm here in Leyte. My Grand Father was a WWII veteran. I was 9 years old when my Grandpa passed away. I saw his uniform and medals in his "KABAN" a wooden box for safe keeping a documents. I used to wear his blue hat. I was informed by my grade 2 teacher that my grandpa was a soldier and a corporal. My grandpa confirmed it but he never told us anything about his life during the war. He gave his revolver to my father but we lost it when we transferred residence. He was an untold hero and I am planning to create a statue of him to be installed in the place where his house stood before.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thank you for sharing that.

[@GOYONGGIJOE]

My father birthplace Tacloban. He was a Guerilla fighter during World War II under famous Guerilla Commander Colonel Ruperto Kangleon after the war my father enlisted in US Army and he retired 1975. We immigrated in the US 1978. I enlisted in US Army 1978 and I retired 1999.

[@TennesseeHomesteadUSA]

Mabuhay !

[@tesstolentino8041]

Thanks for sharing this! My mother told us her experience during this war, she was only 7 yo then, how they walked, run, hid in the mountains of Mindanao. Her being the eldest had to carry sack of potatoes, rice and others stuff plus her brother in the back and a sister on her front also. That period of her life lasted for almost 3yrs(1942-1945). She learned how to understand and spoken some Japanese and English language without even attending any schooling at that time, imagine that. So much respect for our elders for what they've been through in their life before our generations. Hopefully I will be able to visit Corregidor and Leyte this January/Feb visit to the Philippines. So much history in those places.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thank you for sharing your story. And thanks for watching!

[@kiasax2]

What a terrible time for your mom and family. Blessings to you and yours.

[@libhater651]

My wife is from Leyte, and her family endured the same kind of story. Her older siblings who were young at the time would have to hide in caves, and American soldiers would bring them supplies. I am still working on her father's story of the conflict. He didn't share that with his children.

[@AlejandroGermanRodriguez]

When I read about your experience and think about my children who believe the world is over if WIFI is not working.

[@DavidRice111]

Yeah, and in their 'gratitude', the Filipino govt. ran the U.S. out of Subic Bay in 1992! With China trying to muscle in today, I bet they regret THAT idiotic decision!

[@martyandrus5413]

I love this movie my father was a guerilla work with American he said they call him scout he name me after his friend Mabuhay Mabuhay

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

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[@vincentebol6651]

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[@edgarborda2748]

NOSTALGIC MOVIE FOR ME as it reminded me that my father was captured with the Pilipino and American soldiers and my father was one of the prisoners in the BATAAN DEATH MARCH where he got his TUBERCULOSIS that turned to be "miliary" tuberculosis that caused his death with an undiagnosed PTSD. Very GOOD WAR ROMANCE DRAMA. Watching from Illinois USA. 08-13-2023. Early morning here now. Good Night and TO ALL PLEASE BE SAFE ALWAYS.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thank you for sharing that.

[@jaredelizardo201]

Wow@edgarborda2748 he survived the March only too die because of tb/ptsd that's crazy.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

@@jaredelizardo201 Welcome.

[@jaredelizardo201]

All the love too@edgarbroda2748&his family your father was a true hero my her rest in peace and be bathed in God's holy light.

[@jaredelizardo201]

@@DonaldPBorchersOG your welcome.

[@criticaltheories5222]

The Americans have recently redeployed its naval power to the Philippines to counter Chinese aggression.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for clocking in with this.

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

​@@DonaldPBorchersOGy'all pay attention. This crap may come in handy soon. hahahahs😊😮😢😂

[@angloaust1575]

Times have changed In 1898 the americans were The aggressors Then in 1942 the japanese were!

[@thomaswilson8634]

Its only a token force compared to the 70s n 80s. About 1/10 the size. We gave all the bases to the in power government the leases were up. The Chinese know that. They know where every ship, plane, submarine, and man is at all times. Just think we support them every time we go to grocery store , an Walmart and everywhere retail store. We brought it on ourselves

[@pacificopanogalinga81]

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[@jayglithero524]

My father invaded Luzon at Lingayan Gulf on January 9, 1945. He spent the rest of his service in the Philippines until his discharge in 1946. He liked the Philippino people, and brought home two of those butterfly knives.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

God Bless your Father. Thanks for his service. Welcome.

[@nyoimanis]

What an amazing movie! Greet from Philippines's neighbor, Indonesia❤

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Welcome.

[@nobrenobre1]

Micheline Presle, she's still alive, she's 100 years now! For this movie, she was 28 she looks older, and after 40 she looks younger.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for the visit!

[@ach2lieber]

She's drop dead gorgeous, and so elegant.

[@Amtcboy]

@@ach2lieber Dead alright. Died last Feb 2024, 101 years old. Bless her.

[@RonOside]

28:03 The movie captures the Filipino persona very accurately. The fierce loyalty they express, the fact they mean what they say and would give you their last slice of bread. A truly noble, amazingly brave - and honorable culture. MacArthur certainly saw that just like I did when stationed there for four months in 1973. It's easy to fall in love with these people.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Well said.

[@cordelyeran7206]

Who's watching 2024, i miss my family then suddenly i came here.. I remember my grandfather story during ww2 My grandfather helped those wounded soldiers during the war.. 😊Its a long story then... Until now i still remember my late great grandfather 💖

[@fredobyahero]

I remember my Lolo he was a Guirilla in Leyte

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for the visit!

[@raymundosayo421]

I remember a remarkable filipino actor named Cris de Vera as a Japanese officer searching for palmer. This film was directed by the great Fritz Lang (Metropolis, 1927)

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

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[@raymundosayo421]

Thanks Sir Donald! 👍👍👍

[@hawaiib8]

I stopped over in the phillipines prior to going to my new assignment in vietnam i went to a small store in manila and one can cornbeef was 7 dollars this was in 1972 I can imagine how much that can of cornbeef cost now

[@willsullivan9673]

I was there 64-67 off and on with leave from Nam , very inexpensive then but on our pay it was great .

[@peterlutz7191]

Thank you for posting this forgotten gem!

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Welcome.

[@Shadowcu123]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤❤🤝❤❤🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 FOREVER ALLIES!

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for the visit!

[@mikelavelle5019]

My Wife is translating the Waray that the Filipinos are speaking in the movie to me. She is from Catbalogan Samar.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Awesome. Welcome.

[@ach2lieber]

I grew up in the Philippines. This was less than 20 years after the end of WWII. The Filipinos would tell us stories of Japanese barbaity. They were brutal beyond belief.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for sharing. Welcome.

[@michaelcombs24]

I was stationed in the Philippines in the 70's. Fourth generation to be stationed there. The people are EXTREMELY polite and friendly. I've been to some of the places that were shown in the movie. Haven't been back since 1979. It was an enjoyable experience.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for sharing that.

[@allandavis8201]

1979, that was an excellent year, the year I joined the Royal Air Force (RAF), and then spent 24 years going to many many wonderful places and met many friendly and hospitable people, but unfortunately I never had the chance to go to the Philippines 🇵🇭 or any of that particular region, I think the closest I got was Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, and in relation to the Philippines it might as well be on the moon 🌙, and even more unfortunately now that I have been forced to retire due to ill health it can never happen now, I really wanted to see the battlefields that brought freedom back to the Philippines 🇵🇭 people from the tyranny of the Japanese Empire.

[@michaelcombs24]

@@allandavis8201 my dad's father was there three times. At Manila Bay, then the first and second Filipino Insurrection. Before he passed away I took photos of a gun emplacement he'd helped build in 1902. My dad was there taking it back from the Japanese and I was there making sure russia didn't take it

[@allandavis8201]

I have watched this movie before but in B&W (I think) and as I recall it is an excellent film, even with the romantic scenes and the military actions being a little shaky on deportment and behaviour. Whenever I watch a film depicting the war in the Pacific Theatre I do get a feeling of the evil that the Japanese committed, and the bravery of those who stayed in their occupied countries to fight the enemy, the very brave men who fought and died in the operations to liberate them, the unsung heroes like the coast watchers who risked their lives on a daily basis to provide intelligence gathering stations for the allied forces, but unfortunately I don’t think 💭 that if, or perhaps I should say when, a world military conflict happens the fighting age generations will not be so quick to stand up and be counted, not all of them but a vast majority will be reticent in even fighting for their own country let alone any other sovereign nations that need help, with the best will in the world the allied nations standing military forces would be sufficient and voluntarily enlisted can’t possibly fill the void, leaving only conscription, and the last time any allied nation had to invoke conscription it didn’t work out so well, just going to show that even in the 60s-70s those generations of fighting age men, and at that time women who served as nurses and other non-combatant roles, were very reticent and even violent in their opposition towards the war, I don’t believe that they were cowards (or not all) but rather they thought going to war again was the wrong thing to do, it is a good job the “greatest generation” thought differently and were prepared to sacrifice their lives for the rest of the world, especially as for most of them they were fighting to free countries that they probably had never heard off and couldn’t point to on a map. I apologise for my long comment but I get a bit carried away sometimes, it’s the medication I have to take, honestly. I will try not to write anymore, but can’t promise, but for now I have put my soapbox away, vented my spleen and written my latest novel. 🤣😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸🇺🇦

[@michaelcombs24]

No a problem. I spent time in London at the Embassy. Partied with the Royal Marine Commandos. I VAGUELY remember the last couple of days. Cheers Mate

[@dietpepsivanilla3095]

RIP Micheline Presle. She died last month at a young 101.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

R.I.P. God bless.

[@fractalmadness9253]

Read this book a long time ago. He actually ditched his señorita when the war was over.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for the visit!

[@iratitlinger]

I am 76, as a kid I fell in love with a Micheline Prelle, beautiful woman, beautiful soul & heart.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Understandable. Thanks for the visit!

[@susandaniels9733]

And shes still alive at 101.

[@philippededeken4881]

She passed away today.

[@iratitlinger]

ME TO

[@logcabinschool]

Every American and freedom-loving human being should watch this and learn lessons from those that were there.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Roger that. Thanks for watching.

[@ruthator2497]

Moral of the story; It's OK to hustle pretty married women because their husbands might die and make room for you.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Interesting. Thanks for the visit!

[@criticaltheories5222]

Be careful what you wish for ....it could happen to you 😂😂😂

[@davidb2206]

Yeah, I didn't like that part. "Thou shalt not covet ....'"

[@dougmoore5252]

Thank you for this wonderful film!

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Welcome. I post war movies here: kzbin.info/aero/PLk3CReZFhoBfTLfRUxFNzKZgdMZ0Bd2vA

[@RonOside]

I spent four months in The Phillipines as a Marine in 1973. A sea of smiles and everyone minds their own business. Then I came home and the dismay began in the airport when I saw how angry and abusive Americans are to each other. I never met a racist in The Philippines. I don't believe they think like that. The women are routinely beautiful - and a great catch. San Miguel beer was the best, the non-export version without the preservatives in it.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for sharing.

[@CraigGoldsberry-vx7re]

I was there 5 years ago I think maybe 4 ....I was in Bacolod ...my wife is from Budkidnon province in Mindanao. Trying to get back now to Davao . They are the most friendliest people ever

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Welcome.

[@warringtonfaust1088]

I picked up an old copy of this book while visiting another city right after 911. Decided to read it on the plane ride home, got a few looks.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for sharing.

[@UKbaseflamingheartforneedy]

🎉🎉🎉🙋‍♂️🍻I'm very proud to be a Filipino!!! mabuhayyyy!!!

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Welcome.

[@CharlieArrojado-ne1gq]

I love also this movie my father was a Guerilla in Capiz & iloilo

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for sharing, and for watching. Welcome.

[@EVILDR235]

My wife's father is in this movie and has a speaking part. My wife's mother was around while they were filming this movie. She took some pictures of Tyrome Power when they weren't filming and both my wife's parents played some tennis with Mr. Power. My wife was born in Olongapo in the Phillippines a year earlier than this movie came out.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for sharing your story.

[@Amtcboy]

Which was he in the movie?

[@EVILDR235]

@@Amtcboy At 132.57 in the movie, he is the sailor in the middle of the picture standing behind the radio man who is sitting down.

[@Amtcboy]

@@EVILDR235 “Okay, this is it. Not enough. Huh.” Big feller.

[@chrisanderson5317]

This is one of the best WWII flix ever.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Welcome. I post war movies here: kzbin.info/aero/PLk3CReZFhoBfTLfRUxFNzKZgdMZ0Bd2vA

[@jaredelizardo201]

@DonaldPBorchersOG ever see the movie ondo about the last imperil Japanese soldier that surrender in 1974 based on true fact.#he was in his early 90's 90 years old too be exact. Second Lt Hiroo Onoda

[@jeffreypennington8012]

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[@jeffreypennington8012]

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[@jeffreypennington8012]

Who. I enjoyed watching this movie. Brings back lots of memories. I new alot of soldiers that fought in the war against the Japanese in the Philippines, their generation was the Greatest Generation.

[@johnp388]

At 17:00 into the movie one of the soldiers said it was 1800 hours At 6:00pm in the Philippines the sun is down already no matter what time of year it is

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Good point. Thanks for watching.

[@RussellBauwens]

Always a great movie, I have the book stuck away somewhere and have read through it several times. A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to be able to purchase some of the actual, homemade paper money they used during these times .. a priceless treasure to me! I can only hope and pray that our younger generations still have some of the courage and will-to-sacrifice that led to our country's eventual victory over the evil that gripped the world and still continues to exist today. Thank you for providing this wonderful movie!

[@davestang5454]

My father was a pilot in WW2. He had Tyrone Power on one of his missions and TP signed the flight log, which my family still owns. My next-door neighbor, when I was a kid, was a former American soldier who fought with the Philippine guerillas and he had some stories to tell.

[@yomama8873]

Thank you 🤩🤩🤩💖💖

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

You’re welcome 😊 I post war movies here: kzbin.info/aero/PLk3CReZFhoBfTLfRUxFNzKZgdMZ0Bd2vA

[@shable1436]

Im watching a war movie to take my mind away from the real wars

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Ha! Thanks for the visit!

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

Pay Attention.

[@douglasturner6153]

That ending was so hokey. But I'm sure General MacArthur approved of it 😂

[@1LSWilliam]

No idea who this French actress is, but her radiant glamor before the camera is unmatched. She might as well be an angel from Heaven.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[@gregbolitho9775]

Some real good movies on the subject. This one in my top 4. Even if its a Romance Drama an loosely attached to fact. Tom Ewell is in my top 40 favorite actors

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@mikeyoung1363]

There's a lot of ex servicemen living in or near Subic Bay, Philippines. Mostly retired Marines that served there back in the day and returned on retirement. All good guys and proud to have served.

[@fabricemarechal]

Merci beaucoup pour ce 😢très beau film avec un acteur de qualité 😅😅comme plusieurs acteurs de grande qualité de ces belles années ❤😂❤comme jeff chandler rock hudson robert taylor et beaucoup beaucoup d'autres sans oublier les actrices comme susan Hayworth Barbara maureen merle oberon ❤❤on ne saurait pas les nommé tous 😅😅😅tellement il y avait beaucoup d acteurs et d actrices merveilleuses et grandioses merci beaucoup pour le partage

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Glad you enjoyed it! Welcome.

[@robotech]

My father played as an extra in this movie.

[@Armis71]

Rest In Peace - Señora Jeanne Martinez (Micheline Presle the actress, died February 21, 2024 at 101).

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Rest in Peace. God Bless.

[@louisitoarabejo2138]

Llo korin na ging girilia nang amereca dito sa sambalez hang gang bataan tawagin sya kaowe sa boong sam balez ilokano gayam ❤

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for clocking in with that. Welcome.

[@ebayerr]

Micheline Presle just recently passed in February 2024. She was 101 years old.

[@youaregodspursuit]

I do not believe we can do anything but applaud the people who fought the Japanese with what they had. We were not there and cannot judge anything they did. They survived and taught a lesson we may have to resort to one day soon.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for the visit!

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

Yep, pay attention.

[@fredbigornia1814]

Cebu is the Richest Province in the Philippines 🇵🇭 for 9 Consecutive Years.!!

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

I did not know that. Thanks for sharing, and for watching.

[@Amtcboy]

But has the worst road conditions in all of the Philippines.

[@1LSWilliam]

We need the Philippines and their people more than ever, but can this be?

[@TwiPie572]

My family moved stateside after the war, now I am a 19D serving our great nation's army to receive my OSUT at Ft. Benning, GA. Always proud of my filipino heritage. 🇵🇭🇺🇸

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for the visit!

[@albertjabs1644]

That "palanggana" the officer was burning documents on made me laugh in the middle of the night! My mother used that for washing clothes when we were small.

[@nicanortiongzhon8785]

We called it oversized "tanzan" or LARGER than life bottle cap. Ha.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for sharing. Welcome.

[@chrisk7118]

Thanks for sharing

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Welcome.

[@douglasturner6153]

Jack Elam played his nefarious role very well. As usual. 😂

[@soldtobediers]

''They served and defended those lives they did not live. For those, in their day, were they!'' -11b4p 1/504 back in '74.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for the visit!

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

101st? I was 11B, 3rd platoon, Alpha Co 2nd battalion 41st Inf. 2nd Armored Division. TDY Mechondo School, North Fort Hood, TX. If I tell you, you'll die laughing.

[@emmarubiso4129]

Thank you so much ❤❤❤❤ for your helpful to our country sir 🙏 America 🇺🇸

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

So nice of you. Thanks for the visit!

[@alanweiss1288]

Haha, this will make filipinos happy. Unfortunately, time has changed, the nature of us military presence in the region has changed. They used to fight off the Jpn bullies during ww2, now the filipino/us are the bullies, stoking up regional conflict or war aginast CHINA!!

[@UKbaseflamingheartforneedy]

Mabuhay ang pinoy,, fantastic film! BRAVO 👏👏👏👏👏👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Welcome.

[@MrRomantico]

great movie, historical

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

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[@vmax42dave]

Very enjoyable - 17 years in the PI as an Expat, lived in Samar, Subic and La Union. Traveled around Bataan and Corregidor, Cabanatuan Prison Camp ,and of course Tacloban.. 👍

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for the visit!

[@saintmichael1874]

Wow thats a long time. Back when there was half the population?

[@Romy-nq8ns]

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[@scottystiffchicken]

She love him LongTime on Christmas Eve.

[@Hoopaball]

25:58 Is the best part. Reminds me of the Nation of 7,000 islands and the best sailors in the world.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Welcome.

[@josephramos3140]

Godbless the US and the Philippines our long time brothers🇵🇭🙏🇺🇸💪😎🔥💯

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Roger that. Welcome.

[@Mindswamp]

One hour 21 minutes in and the French Lady came to play.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for the visit!

[@mikeyoung1363]

The leading actress in this only recently died in February 2024 aged 101.

[@forgottenman8629]

so good to hear, however, she did live a long life...

[@admiralyisoonshin4995]

You means Micheline Prelle, the American actress?

[@mikeyoung1363]

@@admiralyisoonshin4995 She was French born but did her most famous work in US movies.

[@admiralyisoonshin4995]

@@mikeyoung1363 I see. Thank you.

[@philippededeken4881]

Born in 1922, Micheline Prelle died today in France at the age of 101.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

R.I.P. God bless.

[@allenwatkins4972]

This is a pretty good movie!!

[@DanCamposano-hl1yf]

My late father was too young to serve with the guerrilla forces. My great uncle was missing in action during the Battle of Bataan. God bless America for liberating the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

[@TennesseeHomesteadUSA]

One of the great war films. "No Man is an Island" is another great.

[@jingletugano6927]

Thanks for sharing...the movie..

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thank you, too.

[@Amtcboy]

I’m 60yo. My father was 7yo when liberation came to the Philippines. But the scene where they “walked for 2 weeks” to reach Tacloban from Cebu made me laugh.

[@racieldelosreyes8670]

i remember my late grandma told us they were scared whenever the japanese soldiers marching through their village, the sound of their heavy boots still linger in her ears.. But she said, the japanese officers were kind and polite to them, especially to children. unlike korean foot soldiers.

[@aislinnkeilah7361]

Filipino guerrillas tied down 600,000 Japanese soldiers during the war. The six month defense of Bataan and Corregidor by Fil-Am defenders was a marvel of tactical brilliance and untold heroism.

[@agripinoazul6627]

Tough Allies.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Roger that. Thanks for watching.

[@fastone942]

In real life tyrone power marine Corps officer and pilot during WW2 and flew all over the pacific and stay in the marine Corps reserve as an officer, till he died and promoted to major before he died also got the full military funeral with a fly over as a World War II vet and serving marine Corps officer

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for clocking in with all that! Welcome.

[@alimolina4279]

@fastone942: Thank you for remembering this about Mr. Power. He was a talented actor and he was a brave soldier, too! I'm his unconditional admirer since I was a young girl! Thanks again!

[@hocares6983]

i read this book long time ago when i was in highschool but i forgot everything since it was 40yrs ago

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Fond memories. Thanks for watching.

[@donfacundo2118]

Filipinos and Americans shared more than friendship. This is being tested again as we speak...

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

History repeats itself. Welcome.

[@susandaniels9733]

35 :46 con men and thieves.

[@ahmedqassem6572]

نرجو ترجمه فلم اللغه العربيه

[@stephenbaker1362]

Entertaining, some of the boxes would not fit through the 26" diameter submarine hatch

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Good point. Thanks for the visit!

[@wmccinema]

1:15:32 Cris de Vera. He died 25 years later. He did great in his role as a Japanese officer.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Roger that. Welcome.

[@jetset4me1]

Ensign is not equivalent to a Major. Lt. Commander is the equivalent.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Roger that. Thanks for watching!

[@molitainson3612]

Thank you for this wonderful film.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thank you for watching.

[@DavidRice111]

@20:23, Power takes his trousers and after tying the cuffs off, and splashes air in 'em and creates floats. We learned that trick in U.S. Customs Boat School at GLYNCO Navy Base in Georgia, back in 1987. As long as you keep them wet, the ass-end of the pants will hold air, and keep you afloat. At the end, that Sousa song was sung by our troops this way; "Be kind to your web-footed friend, for that duck may be somebody's mother!" (per my WWII vet father!) In their 'gratitude', the Filipino govt. ran the U.S. out of Subic Bay in 1992! With China trying to muscle in today, I bet they regret THAT idiotic decision!

[@davidb2206]

And Americans have NO reciprocal civil and property green card rights ... after all that blood and money spent saving the Filipino people from the Japanese. No permanent residency. You can't own a home. Thanks, P.I.

[@jeffangara6965]

I think this movie was shoot somewhere in Zambales Province in the Philippines...

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for the visit!

[@tonyfalcon8041]

Last part is Baras church in Rizal province

[@tannerlondon1]

That was a great movie 🎥 😉👍

[@Davids_journey_to_happiness]

If they landed 50 km. North of cebu City. How did they Walk to tacloban, leyte. Maybe I missed something

[@davidb2206]

I caught that too. Hollywood scriptwriters and their fantasies again. Why don't they just stick to true stories?

[@dominadorandres-kh6qf]

Thanks so much for uploading this video ❤️❤️❤️

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

It's my pleasure. Welcome.

[@robponton3181]

Good world war II versus Japanese in the Philippines movie. If you are a world war II be you'll appreciate this one. Not the best but definitely not anywhere near the worst.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Welcome.

[@graemeking7336]

As a Phillipines gorilla, I approve of this movie

[@kenclark9888]

Why because you swing from the trees and eat bananas?😂😂

[@JoseglennCanumay]

Ha ha ha😂😂😂

[@joserizal6773]

GUERILLA! 😃😂

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Spellcheck gets me every time, too. Welcome.

[@wilmastv3735]

​@@kenclark9888😂😂

[@czarmagnocabuhat1357]

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[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for the visit!

[@kioskeedoodle2928]

The movie reminds me how lucky we are living without war. GOD THANK YOU though PHILIPPINES is not a rich country we are at peace and have freedom.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Welcome.

[@jolanirinco8837]

The background song in opening make me feel young sounds good, watching from brgy. Lil Ven in Northern Samar 😊

[@kirkc4696]

Thanks for uploading this movie. Very good viewing.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Welcome.

[@KibongTV19]

What a great movie an amazing and so very cool a superb and entertaining film.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for watching.

[@arthursexton3942]

MY DAD WAS THERE

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

God Bless your Dad. Thanks for his service. Welcome.

[@User-4-mn3or]

WOW! Very good movie, but expect that from Fritz Land and Tyrone Power.

[@SBHighlander_74]

Because of this war Philippines LOST Many ISLANDS Took by U.S. Hawaii, Guam, Palau and More. Today Most of Pilipino are blind the reality.

[@suskagusip1036]

You're lucky you still kept the 7,000.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for the visit!

[@nicanortiongzhon8785]

That's why , the Philippines should not be caught in delay of promoting technological advancement through their people. When your president sent you to study abroad for advance science, you should return there and share those to your government research facility to develop weapons that you may not result of using the spears and arrows to acquire other lands. You are the best of using those weapons that no other country can do in SE. Can you use those weapons against the LASER guns and RAIL guns ? You can acquire lands but the question is, can you DEPEND it from other hooters?

[@hoffenwurdig1356]

For those who don't know, Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku was the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy at that time. A political moderate, he was Harvard-educated and well-traveled. He was one of the people who believed that the future of naval warfare would lie with aircraft carriers rather than with battleships, and he was correct. Today, many scholars on different sides consider that Yamamoto was a genius -- but of course that did not translate into being able to micromanage all of his subordinates, nor did it give him political means to succeed. In 1940, Yamamoto had warned then-Prime Minister Konoye that in the event of war with the Allied Powers, "If we are ordered to do it, then I can guarantee to put up a tough fight for the first six months, but I have absolutely no confidence as to what would happen if it went on for two or three years." In September 1941, he made a similar prediction, stating, "For a while, we'll have everything our own way, stretching out in every direction like an octopus spreading its tentacles. But it will last for at most a year and a half." When the Admiral was ordered to finalize campaign plans and recheck the details of initial strikes, including the Pearl Harbor attack, one of his subordinates commented on his 'brilliant' job. The Admiral replied, "A brilliant man would find a way not to fight a war." He soon learned after the attack that there had been a failure to deliver the intended thirty-minute advance warning to the United States due to an honest-to-God problem with the decoding process at the Japanese Embassy, a reason which he knew the Americans would never believe. Horrified, he said, "I can't imagine anything that would enrage the Americans more." Eventually, the Americans devised a long-distance fighter attack specifically to target Admiral Yamamoto, and they succeeded in shooting down his plane, which killed everyone aboard. Many years later, his skeleton was found in the wreckage of his aircraft, showing that he literally died with his hand on his officer's sword, intending to cut himself and his aircrew out. In college, my Asian Studies professor mentioned that he had once overheard two Japanese tourists who were on the roof of the Empire State Building and were looking through a coin-operated telescope. He heard a man say to his wife in that language, "I can't believe our forefathers thought they could take on this country. It's infinite!"

[@hemming57]

Yamamoto's body was found the next day, cremated in New Guinea and sent to back to Japan. PS: he never gave the "sleeping giant" speech.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for sharing. Welcome.

[@hesuskristo5642]

he is korean with u.s. citizenship.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for that.

[@essentialknowhow3752]

Cool movie!

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Welcome.

[@BALOYBEACHBUM]

I want to know what the drink"Barbed Wire" is, I have lived and traveled the Philippines the last 12 years and never heard of that!

[@ROBERTWALL-x1i]

It's not a "drink" , it means being imprisoned behind barbed wire against their will as P.O.W.'s. of Japan. Most of the Allied troops during that time were Ordered to surrender with the Mistaken Belief that Japan would honor the Genevia Accords as per the treatment of P.O.W's.

[@tomgore9696]

FTR, I don't know if it's germane to the period and place, but there is an old cocktail recipe by that name, consisting of 1 part whiskey and one part apple juice.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Interesting. Thanks for the visit!

[@jeffendaya5853]

English version Philippines, my Philippines Tagalog version Pilipinas Kong Mahal

[@vienjericohmanlangit9522]

I am letinos in southern leyte!

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Welcome.