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The first photo above was posted at annyas.com, and the second was posted at kino.de. The historical context for Back to Bataan (1945) was the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, from 1942-45. John Wayne plays Colonel Joseph Madden, a U.S. Army officer who forms one of the Filipino guerrilla units from one or more Philippine Scouts and Filipino civilians. Wayne, in character, is in the second photo; he is seated facing the camera, second from the right. Anthony Quinn, playing Captain Andrés Bonifacio, is seated smoking a cigarette.

Although the soldiers in the film are Japanese, current viewers of the film could think of communist soldiers instead.

Before making what might turn out to be hasty decisions, American patriots could wait and watch carefully, following President Trump's lead as he acts in the weeks to come.

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"There is no advantage in cooperating with the (communists)."


At the top is actress Fely Franquelli, in character as "Dalisay Delgado" in the war drama Back to Bataan, released in 1945 (photo was uploaded to bookmice.net). Just below her photo is an image of actor Leonard Strong, in character as "General Homma" in the same film. (photo was uploaded to fr.wikipedia.org) "Miss Delgado" is a Filipino patriot who masquerades as a collaborator who makes radio propaganda broadcasts. The General Homma of real life was the commander of Japanese occupation forces in the Philippines from January to June, 1942.

In video section 57:18 - 57:47 of the film, General Homma asks Miss Delgado for a frank answer as to why the Japanese had not won over the Filipinos. The dialogue in the table below records General Homma's question and Miss Delgado's response:

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[GENERAL HOMMA:] Miss Delgado, tell Colonel Koroki why we have failed to win the Filipino people over.

[MISS DELGADO:] I was not aware that ...

[GENERAL HOMMA breaks in:] The guerrillas obviously have the complete aid and sympathy of the people. We are interested only in a frank answer.

57:18 - 57:32 "Colonel Koroki" is standing to the right of Miss Delgado, out of the view of the camera.
(In order to liken this section of the film to America's current situation, in the dialogue below I have replaced the word "Japanese" with "communists / communist".)

[MISS DELGADO:] There is no advantage in cooperating with the (communists). [Suppose that] a man obeys all the (communist) laws. When he is taken at random and shot, his next door neighbor will think it doesn't matter who you obey, he might as well die fighting. (emphasis mine)

57:33 - 57:47 The video below corresponds to the video section dialogue recorded at the left.

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 Who We're Up Against


Video clip from the film Saboteur (1942). "Barry Kane" (Robert Cummings, standing), has been falsely accused of an act of industrial sabotage in which his friend was killed. Here, he addresses "Charles Tobin" (Otto Kruger, seated), leader of the sabotage ring.

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