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1919

Saturday 28th June: Harry S. Truman marries Elizabeth Virginia Wallace. (Independence, Missouri)

1942

Wednesday 11th March: Under orders by President Franklin Roosevelt, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur abandons Corregidor and leaves behind 90,000 American and Philippine troops. (Corregidor, Philippines)

Wednesday 6th May: US Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright surrenders all US troops in the Philippines to the Japanese. (The Philippines)

1945

Wednesday 15th August: Emperor Hirohito broadcasts the news of Japan's surrender to the Japanese people.

Thursday 16th August: Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright is freed by Russian forces from a POW camp. (Manchuria, China)

1950

Saturday 8th July: General Douglas MacArthur is appointed head of the United Nations Command in Korea by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.

1951

Wednesday 11th April: US President Harry S Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of command of the US forces in Korea.


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