Today we visited Tacloban to do a little sightseeing. We traveled across the San Juanito Bridge, the longest in Asia, to the adjoining province of Samar. We also visited MacArthur Park Landing, the site of the World War II landing by General Douglas MacArthur, the start of the liberation of the Philippines from Japanese control.Besides the monument of MacArthur and other military personnel wading ashore, there is also the original imprint of footprints when stepping ashore and messages from world leaders when the monument was dedicated in 1993. Visiting the MacArthur Park Landing was particularly meaningful for Adrienne, as she did a report on MacArthur last year.
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