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Featured articleDouglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
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Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 28, 2012.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that General MacArthur's escape from the Philippines was in a PT boat captained by Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley (pictured)?
On this day... Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on March 20, 2013, March 20, 2016, March 20, 2020, March 20, 2022, and March 20, 2023.
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I have added links (usually piped) to this article from other wiki articles, including Richard K. Sutherland, Robert Kelly (navy), Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three, Motor Torpedo Boat PT-41, John D. Bulkeley, and They Were Expendable. Let me encourage interested editors to identify and edit other pertinent articles where it would be appropriate to link to this one. KConWiki (talk) 15:56, 28 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Entirely too pro-MacArthur

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Reads like an apologist's propaganda. Bugged out & became a hero for it?? Little mention of Wainwright. This entry needs to be re-done. Horrible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CF99:2080:6505:E9B0:4A08:E779 (talk) 02:18, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

TFA tweaks

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Hi Hawkeye, was going to make some of these changes but got interrupted by the IP and prefer you to check others first, especially as is currently TFA...

  • agreed that the Philippine should be... - s? or maybe the Philippine Islands
  • in the robert b kelly quote "...boats for the evacuation of his part dramatically..." is that party?
  • Illiff Richardson - this bloke? Iliff David Richardson
  • LeGrande A. Diller - wlink?
  • though the binoculars - through
  • arrived at rendezvous point - the
  • Robert Kelly (navy) to Robert Kelly (naval officer)

conversions - tweak for consistency?

  • 600-mile (970-kilometre)
  • 30 knots (56 kilometres per hour; 35 miles per hour)
  • 25 miles (40 kilometres)
  • 30 miles (48 km)
  • 1,000 miles (1,600 km)

Enjoyed reading! JennyOz (talk) 01:28, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

THanks for that. All done. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:39, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

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There is some bad vandalism at the begining. Looks like this article needs to be protected or restricted somehow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:C2:9738:8376:CCCA:3308:6CF1:34F3 (talk) 06:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

They Were Expendable

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This article claims that Bulkeley wrote this book, but othwe wiki articles credit it to W.L. White. Mang (talk) 13:39, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's correct. My mistake. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:38, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Namangwari 203.144.68.188 (talk) 18:47, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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