“Message for General William F. Sharp, commanding the Mindanao and Visayan forces.” The words are drawn out, the tone expressionless as if read from a script. “To put a stop to further useless sacrifice of human life… I tendered to Lieutenant General Homma, the commander in chief of the imperial Japanese forces in the Philippines, the surrender of the four harbor defense forts of Manila Bay. General Homma declined to accept my surrender unless it included the forces under your command…. After leaving General Homma with no agreement between us, I decided to accept, in the name of humanity, his
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