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Jonathan M. Wainwright Quotes

1883–1953 United States

Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV (August 23, 1883 – September 2, 1953) was an American army general and the Commander of Allied forces in the Philippines at the time Japan surrendered to the United States, during World War II.

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There is no freer man alive than a captain of cavalry in command of his own troop.

To the American and Filipino officers and soldiers who gave their lives in the defense of the Philippines

General Wainwright's Story (1946)

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