Manila Bay in the south-west part of the island is one of the world's finest harbors, bordered on the east by Manila, the Philippine Capitol City. Measuring a little over 40,000 square miles, it is about the same size as our state of Ohio. The Island of Luzon in the north is the largest of the islands. Only a third of the islands were inhabited. The Philippine Islands consisted of more than 7000 small islands in the South China Sea. The battle was not going well on the most important of the Philippine Islands, and things were about to get worse. General MacArthur had summoned him to the island fortress at Corregidor for an important meeting. General Wainwright was commander of the North Luzon force in the Philippine Islands. General Wainwright looked especially skinny now, after months of reduced rations. The moniker had followed him through a 40-year military career. The latter had always looked thin, hence the nickname 'Skinny', first used when he had been a West Point cadet. General MacArthur looked up from his desk at the tall, hard-bitten Cavalry general. Both would emerge historic figures, Douglas MacArthur characterized by historian/author William Manchester as the 'American Caesar', Jonathan Wainwright remembered by his troops as 'The Last of the Fighting Generals'. The months that followed and the differences in personality between the two would strain their brotherhood. Wainwright also received the Distinguished Service Medal.Д«oth men were generals in the US Army and serving in the Philippines when Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. Wainwright saw less combat as a staff officer, though he became known for his frequent visits to the troops on the front lines. Both served in World War I, MacArthur leading the 84th Infantry Brigade and earning the Distinguished Service Medal and six Silver Stars.

Three years later Jonathan Wainwright graduated from the same school with its highest honor, first captain of cadets. Wainwright's father also was a career officer who had at one point even served under Arthur MacArthur's command.Дouglas MacArthur graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point at the head of his class in 1903. MacArthur's father Arthur was the hero who received the Medal of Honor during the Civil War. Eventually, the two brothers died together at the infamous Battle of the Little Big Horn.Дouglas MacArthur and Jonathan Wainwright were as similar, yet individually different, as any two 'flesh and blood' brothers.

Thomas Custer always loved the older brother and the two served together through several campaigns in the West. But the sense of brotherhood between the two was stronger than their sibling rivalry. There are even reports that on at least one occasion when the younger showed up at a social event wearing both medals, the two went outside and engaged in fisticuffs. General George Armstrong Custer was so envious of his younger brother's two Medals of Honor, earned during the Civil War, that it caused some real tension. But brotherhood is a bond that is greater than the 'family feuds' that erupt from time to time, and sooner or later brothers make up and get on with being brothers. Brothers have been known to argue, feud, even fight each other. The term 'Brotherhood' does not indicate that all is peaceful and calm or that there is an absence of disagreement. It has been said that 'If you have one child you are a parent, two (or more) and you are a referee.' Sibling rivalries are common in any family, and the family of America's veterans is no different.

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