NHCP Photo Collection, 2017
Leyte Landing*
PAGLUNSAD SA LEYTE
SA POOK NA ITO SA PALO, LEYTE, NAGBALIK SA PILIPINAS SI HENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR NOONG 20 OKTUBRE 1944 AT PERSONAL NA NANGUNA SA MABILISANG PAGTATABOY SA HUKBONG HAPONES NA NASA PILIPINAS AND PANGULONG SERGIO OSMEÑA AT ILANG KAGAWAD NG NAGDESTIYEPONG PAMAHALAAN AY DUMATING KASAMA NI HEN. MACARTHUR AT KUMILOS PARA SA MULING PAGTATATAG, PAGPAPANUMBALIK, AT PANGANGASIWA SA PAMAHALAANG KOMONWELT NG PILIPINAS. IPINAHAYAG NG PAMBANSANG TANDANG PANGKASAYSAYAN, 2004.
Marker text (English):
LEYTE LANDING
ON THIS SPOT, PALO, LEYTE, GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR RETURNED TO THE PHILIPPINES ON 20 OCTOBER 1944 AND PERSONALLY LED THE SWIFT DRIVE AGAINST THE JAPANESE FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES. PRESIDENT SERGIO OSMEÑA AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE ARRIVED WITH GENERAL MACARTHUR AND PROCEEDED TO REORGANIZE, RESTORE, AND ADMINISTER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES. DECLARED A NATIONAL HISTORICAL LANDMARK, 2004.
