Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Production Library Audio Recordings. 1999 - 2005. GENERAL JONATHAN M. WAINWRIGHT SURRENDER SPEECH

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Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Production Library Audio Recordings. 1999 - 2005. GENERAL JONATHAN M. WAINWRIGHT SURRENDER SPEECH

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Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, 1883-1953

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Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV (b. August 23, 1883, Walla Walla, WA–d. September 2, 1953, San Antonio, TX) was a career American army officer and the Commander of Allied forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to the Empire of Japan during World War II. The son of Army officer during Spanish-American War Robert Powell Page Wainwright and grandson of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II, Lieutenant in Civil War, he attended West Point. Wainwright was promoted to major during World War I....