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In Australia, he declared, "I came through and I shall return". MacArthur was a well-known and experienced officer with a distinguished record in World War I, who had retired from the United States Army in 1937 and had become a defense advisor to the Philippine government.
English: The monument marking the place on the platform at Terowie railway station, South Australia, where US General Douglas MacArthur made his famous declaration, "I came through and I shall return" on 20 March 1942. The plaque erroneously cites: "I came from Bataan and I shall return".
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American Guerrilla in the Philippines (released as I Shall Return in the UK) is a 1950 American war film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Tyrone Power as a U.S. Navy ensign stranded by the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II. Based on the 1945 book of the same name by Ira Wolfert, it was filmed on location.
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Both shall and will may be contracted to -'ll, most commonly in affirmative statements where they follow a subject pronoun. Their negations, shall not and will not, also have contracted forms: shan't and won't (although shan't is rarely used in North America, and is becoming rarer elsewhere too). See English auxiliaries and contractions.
Did people not notice? I think this table works quite well, except that shall and will are reversed to "express determination, promise, obligation, or permission" [1] (e.g., the command "Thou shalt not steal," where thou is the archaic second person singular). Emptymountains 11:27, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
20 October 1944: MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines. U.S. forces landed at Leyte and began reconquest of Philippines. 18 December 1944: Promoted to the newly created rank of General of the Army becoming second highest ranking active duty officer of the U.S. Army after Army Chief of Staff George Marshall.