General Douglas MacArthur landing in Leyte, Oct 1944

Colorized a publicity photo shoot of Gen. MacArthur landing in Leyte that fulfilled his promise to return and liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation. Behind him was the diminutive Ge. Carlos P. Romulo and the on the extreme left was President Osmena who succeeded President Manuel L. Quezon who had died while in exile in the U.S. On his left was General Sutherland. Photo was taken by Gaetano Faillace. I made two versions for mid-day (more accurate as the landing was dong around 1:30 pm) and a dusk setting.