Our defeat at Leyte was tantamount to the loss of the Philippines. When you [the Allies] took the Philippines, that was the end of our resources.
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Quoted in "Decision at Leyte" - Page 319 - by Stanley Lawrence Falk - 1966Mitsumasa Yonai
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Therefore, men of Polynesia and Boston and China and Mount Fuji and the barrios of the Philippines, do not come to these islands empty-handed, or craven in spirit, or afraid to starve. There is no food here. In these islands there is no certainty. Bring your own food, your own gods, your own flowers and fruits and concepts. For if you come without resources to these islands you will perish... On these harsh terms the islands waited.
James A. Michener
The foremost literarian in the Philippines. - Claro M. Recto
Epifanio de los Santos
In the Philippines in those last months, it was perfect starvation. They had planned to starve us to death.
Frank Buckles
Japan will not abandon the fight for the Philippines even if Tokyo should be reduced to ashes!
Iwane Matsui
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