ABSTRACT
On 26 July 1941 the US federalized the Army of the Philippines and recalled MacArthur to active duty as commander of United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE). Hart commanded the small Asiatic Fleet, comprised of one heavy cruiser, two light cruisers, twelve old destroyers, twentynine submarines and thirty patrol planes.1 On the ground, MacArthur had a force of 22,000 Americans and 107,000 Filipinos.
