James Patterson, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Luke Perry, August 15, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 283 and 284

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JAMES PATTERSON u u t 15 2001 we set up an area there for-but we never did see them come out. But General harp wa our general when Wainwright left and MacArthur. I was about ten feet away from MacArthur when he got on the plane. President Cuzon went with him with his family. And General MacArthur had his son and his wife with him on two planes, two B-17's. One was on the one and one was on the other. Of course, that's when he said, "I shall return." But it kind of disgusted you a little bit because we was waiting there to come out of Yokohama several of the generals would come up and get talking to a group of us. And we asked about MacArthur. And one looked around and said, "Well, if we told you how we felt we'd probably be out of the service." But they weren't satisfied with him. He'd give orders down there-the general's name, I might have it in a book someplace. But he says, "These particular buildings all had to be taken by small arms." That's just hand to hand stuff. You can't bomb them. You can't shell them. MacArthur wants those buildings standing when he comes back." They all belonged to MacArthur. And that's what bothered some of these generals. They said, "We lost a lot of men because we couldn't go in and take a building that's fortified by the Japs, and with all the equipment they had. We had to take it hand to hand. They had us way outnumbered. So, I was at Del Monte when he flew out. And it was about two o'clock in the morning when the planes arrived at Del Monte Air Field at the Del Monte Club House. And they flew him out, and he gave that same remark, "I shall return." Well, he left it with General Sharp. And we used to say, "Well, we're going to 14