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...small, greying man in a dapper blue suit, arriving at Washington's Union Station, knew what kind of peace the voice was talking about. And Manuel Quezon knew where the voice came from; he knew his people would never submit. "They will come out of the hills where they are hiding and they will fight as long as they have one bullet left...
...stepped out of Union Station into the bright afternoon sun, Manuel Quezon saw his great & good friend Franklin Roosevelt standing beside the black Presidential limousine. "Mister Presidente!" he exclaimed, arms outstretched. He shook the Roosevelt hand, then clutched the massive Roosevelt arms. In turn, he was almost crushed in a Roosevelt embrace. Houses will be decorated with Japanese flags and Japanese ideas of culture and enlightenment will be proclaimed, cooed Berlin...
...last U.S.-Philippine resistance collapsed on Corregidor, Manuel Quezon quietly arrived in the U.S. to set up his territorial Government-in-Exile. After three months on Corregidor, where he lost 18 pounds, President Quezon had followed General MacArthur to Australia. There he was almost a recluse. He smiled once, when told that Japanese propaganda broadcasts reported his death at the hands of MacArthur...
...Finance, three physicians, a nurse, and a group of military aides and secretaries. The trip to the U.S., said Quezon, was made "on, under and over the sea." He landed at San Francisco from a grey Army transport. Riding to the swank Mark Hopkins Hotel in an Army car, Manuel Quezon heard newsboys shout news of the Battle of the Coral...
...rigid Filipino U.S. Army sergeant stood guard outside the hotel room. Manuel Quezon posed for photographers, told newsmen: "When war began I said the Philippines will stand by the United States until the bitter end. Thank God the fact proves I was right." He said little more. A hacking, tuberculous cough interrupted his every word. How did he feel about Bataan and Corregidor? Manuel Quezon leaned wearily back in a deep, red chair, closed his eyes and murmured huskily: "I am proud...