I dedicate this chapter to my dear friends: Dedicated to Mr. David Valley, the last Executive Director of the MacArthur Honor Guard Association, who adopted me as his “Army Daughter” and entrusted me with the untold truths of history, and Mr. Donald Versaw, who was captured in the Philippines after the General was forced to leave them behind.
It all began with a ‘screening trouble’ at the MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk. A documentary that failed to play. The untold stories of the BOYS. To me, it feels like a letter from the General, drifting across time and space to wash ashore here, in the Kanmon Straits.”
I invite you to walk with me through these blog posts. My journey is not about reaching a final answer or a ‘correct’ history. It is a continuous loop of ‘Wait, what…?’, filled with mistakes and detours. But then, it happens—the sudden realizations. That moment when the dots finally connect is the most thrilling and beautiful part of all. Let’s explore the unknown together.