Flying MacArthur to Victory

By: Weldon E. Rhoades

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Paperback | 1 December 1987

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&;I shall return!&; It was the most memorable phrase of the war for the Pacific in the 1940s. For many people, Gen. Douglas A. MacArthur&;s vow to recapture the Philippines and the footage of him wading ashore with the troops were all that was needed to characterize him as egotistical and severe.

Flying MacArthur to Victory is the World War II diary of the general&;s personal pilot, Weldon E. (&;Dusty&;) Rhoades. Rhoades&;s days as a transport pilot ended when he got the assignment to deliver documents marked &;For MacArthur&;s Eyes Only.&; After the documents changed hands the general invited Rhoades to be the personal pilot of the Pacific theater&;s commander in chief. From that day in October, 1943, until his discharge in January, 1946, Rhoades not only had a front-row seat for confrontations and strategic discussions between MacArthur and his chief of staff, Gen. Richard K. Sutherland, but also witnessed their behavior in the private shadow of their awesome responsibilities.

The World War II diary of Gen. Douglas A. MacArthur's personal pilot, Weldon E. Rhoades, chronicles the daily hardships of the world's most all-encompassing war. Rhoades's front-row observations show military personnel performing their duties under the stress generated from a cycle of intense activity, unbearable boredom, frustration, and always, the pain of separation from loved ones. Here also are the dramatic confrontations, strategic discussions, and off-camera personality of one of history's most powerful generals, a man often branded by the public as egotistical and severe.

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List of Illustrations	p. ix
List of Maps	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
List of Abbreviations	p. xvii
Starting Out: June, 1942	p. 3
North by Northeast ... by Northwest: June-August, 1942	p. 8
Hot and Cold: August-October, 1942	p. 33
First Steps in the Pacific: October, 1942-January, 1943	p. 47
Down Under: January-March, 1943	p. 63
Island Hopping: April-July, 1943	p. 88
Anchorage to Adak: July-October, 1943	p. 106
Back to the South Seas: October-November, 1943	p. 130
"See the Pyramids along the Nile ...": November, 1943-January, 1944	p. 139
To War--For Good: January-February, 1944	p. 170
Into the Jungle: February-March, 1944	p. 181
Planning the Next Move: March-May, 1944	p. 202
Stuck in the South Pacific: May-July, 1944	p. 226
View from the Top: July-August, 1944	p. 256
Back to the Philippines: September-October, 1944	p. 277
Withering on the Vine: October, 1944-February, 1945	p. 310
Home and Back: February-March, 1945	p. 354
End Game: March-May, 1945	p. 369
Triumph: May-August, 1945	p. 396
Eyewitness to History: August-September, 1945	p. 436
In Japan: September-October, 1945	p. 456
The Final Days: October-December, 1945	p. 479
Going Home: December, 1945-January, 1946	p. 503
After the War	p. 512
Postscript: The Generals	p. 514
Documents from the Career of Col. Weldon E. Rhoades	p. 529
Index	p. 557
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