1942 At the beginning of March, MacArthur, who failed to get support, received a telegram from the US military. After analyzing the current situation, the United States decided to give up the Far East battlefield and choose to support the European battlefield. Subsequently, US Chief of Staff Marshall asked MacArthur to withdraw his troops from Bataan immediately. On the peninsula issue, he went to Melbourne to command the US troops stationed in Australia. Of course, MacArthur knew that although he could escape in time, if he did not command, the remaining troops would be annihilated by the Japanese. At this time, he thought of his alumnus Jonathan? Wainewright, there is no doubt that this is the best person for him to replace him. As a result, Wainewright was dangerously entrusted with an important task and became the commander-in-chief of the US military in the Philippines. When MacArthur left, he said to Wainewright, You and I are both well aware of the current situation. All you have to do is stick to Bataan Peninsula, and I will come back here as soon as possible to support you. ?

Wainewright firmly replied:? I know that as long as I live, I will stick to Bataan. ? However, more than two months later, the American troops in Bataan Peninsula ate up all they could eat, and there was little ammunition left, but they still did not wait for MacArthur's arrival. In fact, he didn't know that President Roosevelt had made the necessary sacrifice, giving up 80,000 American and Filipino soldiers on the Bavarian Peninsula. On April 9, the Japanese army broke through the last line of defense of the American army, and Wainewright could no longer sit idly by. He sent the last telegram to America:

Please tell people that my people and I have done our best to safeguard the dignity of American soldiers. I feel ashamed, but I decided to call a truce and surrender for the lives of 80 thousand soldiers. Sorry, on May 6th, 78,000 American soldiers surrendered in Japan. This is the biggest surrender event in the history of the US military. Surrender is for survival. The American army has an unwritten rule that if the number of people killed accounts for one-third of the whole army, they can stop fighting and surrender to the enemy. As far as possible to reduce casualties, surrender is also the right of soldiers.