Proclamation Letter to the People of the Philippines
Title
Proclamation Letter to the People of the Philippines
Description
A proclamation letter from General Douglas MacArthur to the people of the Philippines during World War II. This proclamation was probably airdropped to the Filipino people soon after General MacArthur's return to the Philippine Islands in October, 1944. The proclamation declares that MacArthur has returned to the Philippine Islands, along with the Filipino President, Sergio Osmena. The proclamation was intended to raise the spirits of the Filipino people and encourage them to sabotage the Japanese troops. This is one item from a scrapbook of propaganda leaflets and related materials that was compiled by the Psychological Warfare Branch of the Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II. The scrapbook belonged to Colonel Karl F. Baldwin of the United States Army, who helped establish the propaganda program. It contains approximately 200 pieces of propaganda, mostly in Japanese, that were intended for distribution in the Philippines, Japan, and other nearby areas.
Creator
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Is Part Of
Psychological Warfare Branch Scrapbook of American Propaganda Leaflets (MS.70)
Subject
Leaflets dropped from aircraft
World War, 1939-1945--Philippines--Sources
Place
Philippines
Language
English
Identifier
PUA_MS70_005
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Type
Still Image