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Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV

General Wainwright graduated from West Point in 1906. He served as the Senior Field Commander of the U.S. and Filipino forces under Douglas MacArthur in 1940. In 1942, the U.S. forces on the Philippine Islands surrendered to the Japanese, and General Wainwright was a prisoner of war for three years. After his release, he was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1945.