. >> mcarthur made an assessment that the philippines, it matly, cannot be held. >> everyone knew thatppines could not be held. >> i remember the number. >> i remember the confusion. i think i've seen enough. >> the news was tightening, but mcarthur rallied his troops. >> it starts out your men are to hold out because thousands of men and hundreds of airplanes aren the way. >> you do everything you can that's possible. >> by march of 42, the japanese juggernaut overwhelmed the exhausted and under-fed philippine troops. 78,000 on the pe fins la. a very reluctant mcarthur was ordered to the safety of australia. >> mcarthur wanted to die with a gun in his face on the ground in front of the enemy. >> the president also left, but before he did, he settled his debts with mcarthur. >> there's a philippine that causes great controversy. >> yes, but mcarthur had a ten-year contract. so the president said it's not your fault and he paid mcarthur for the whole ten years. $500,000. it would be like $5 million now. >> and they had a conference. >> what they decided was that general wayneright would