Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "Hillsdale College" channel.

First of all, that's on the commander of the Far East Air Force. Lewis H. Brereton. Second he was only in the Philippines a month before the attack. Third, he's in direct control of aircraft. Not MacArthur. Fourth, the aircraft were on the ground because they were refueling. They have been put up to repel an oncoming attack that was delayed by weather. It is a myth that everything was caught on the ground as if they were unprepared. Plans to attack Formosa was also delayed by weather. Not that they had the equipment or enough aircraft to do anything. These airfields didn't even have a decent radar yet. This blaming MacArthur for everything has become an industry.
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