Introduction: MacArthur's Funeral -- MacArthur's War, MacArthur's Men -- Waiting in hate, waiting in hope: The Japanese and the Filipinos -- Returning to Luzon -- The march south -- The Race to Manila -- The race north -- Santo Tomás -- Phantom victory -- The battle begins -- MacArthur returns to Manila, February 7-12 -- Life Behind Japanese Lines -- Breaking the Genko Line, February 11-13 -- Specter of the Gun, February 13-18 -- Life Behind American Lines -- Corregidor -- Battle of the Strong Points, February 17-22 -- Photo Section -- The attack on the Walled City, February 23-24 -- The fight for the government buildlings -- On the edge of forever

"Douglas MacArthur had a special relationship with the city of Manila. Many years before, when he had decided to make a career in the U.S. Army-like his father-and had bounced around the globe, he kept coming back to the city. He received his first promotion in Manila and contracted malaria so severe, the Army had to send him back to the United States. The city was a constant in a life without many others. He was by any measure an exceptional soldier. At the U.S. Military Academy he earned an athletic letter in baseball, became the First Captain of the Corps of Cadets, and finished first in a class of ninety-three. Commissioned in the Corps of Engineers, he had first assignment in the Philippines"--