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February 5, 1945

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FIRES ARE BEACON TO MEN AT MANILA; Smoke Billows From Harbor Area--Americans Dig Out Japanese Snipers FIRES ARE BEACON TO MEN AT MANILA Fires Burn in Hospital

By George E. Jones By Wireless To the New York Times.by Royal Arch Gunnison

IN MANILA, With the Thirtyseventh Division, Feb. 4--Manila is suffering today its second agony in three years of war. From the national road down which we are moving through the northern section of the city we can see great clouds of smoke billowing from the city's center, and they seem to be coming from the waterfront area.

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Notable Births

Douglas Hogg

1945Douglas Hogg, English lawyer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food[†]

Douglas Martin Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham, Baron Hailsham of Kettlethorpe, is a British politician and barrister. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in John Major's second government as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1995 to 1997, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2010.

Historical Events

Douglas MacArthur

1945World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.[†]

Douglas MacArthur was an American general who served as a top commander during World War II and the Korean War, achieving the rank of General of the Army. He served with distinction in World War I; as chief of staff of the United States Army from 1930 to 1935; as Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area, from 1942 to 1945 during WWII; as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers overseeing the occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1951; and as head of the United Nations Command in the Korean War from 1950 to 1951. MacArthur was nominated for the Medal of Honor three times, and awarded it for his WWII service in the Philippines. He is one of only five people to hold the rank of General of the Army, and the only person to hold the rank of Field Marshal in the Philippine Army.