Marshall Islands - " WW II / FALL OF MANILA TO JAPANESE FORCES." OFFICIAL First Day Cover. Reverse of FDC - Pix 2 gives details, a few words: FALL OF MANILA TO JAPANESE FORCES " Manila, the 'Pearl of the Orient', served as the cynosure for America's Far East military operations and planning. As pre-war tensions between the U.S. and Japan heightened, American military leaders developed War plan Orange, a strategy designed to keep control of the Port city until the arrival of the U.S. Pacific Fleet from Pearl Harbor..." FDI: JAN 2 1992 Majuro, Marshall Islands. |