词汇 | i shall return |
词源 | I shall return. General Douglas MacArthur’s famous prom- ise on leaving Corregidor in 1942. Two years later he kept his promise, landing on Leyte Island in the Philippines and broad- casting: “This is the voice of freedom speaking. People of the Philippines, I have returned.” See also i shall go to korea; old soldiers never die. |
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