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Editor’s note: This “Duty & Devotion” Q&A feature was originally published in January of 2011. Mr. Emlaw died in 2017 at the age of 95.

Director John Ford went on inactive status from the navy in 1944 to film an adaptation of William L. White's book.

John Ford found himself filming the battle at a pivotal time in the Pacific War.

General Douglas MacArthur was forced to flee the Philippines on this day in history, March 11, 1942. MacArthur was trying to avoid capture by the Japanese.