Show t rte Gain hy by Gain Toward Victory I MARIANAS MARIANAS' P PAC PACIFIC A C I F J I C ISLANDS l PHILIPPINE MANILA ISLANDS OCEAN c 4 SAMAR E v o YAP YAPo p 0 Y t. t U I JULY 30 v f AY 27 CAROLINE ISLANDS MAY 17 i pv b 1 JAN n 4 S Ci t h t XAI r NEW GUINEA ARU o IS IS lAE IS SEA m TIM OR It ItI IOp I This map shows the steps taken by Ge Gen Douglas MacArthur 1 as he kept his vow to return to the Philippines On the second day of January 1914 1944 he made his first major leap frog jump along the coast of New Guinea from Lae Lac to The map shows the succeeding operations climaxing in the invasion of the Philippines |