They were more than life-sized statues they were larger than life.
Former US General Douglas MacArthur, his landing party
and then President Sergio Osmeña and General Carlos Romulo
towered close to the combined height of two people at Red Beach, Palo, Leyte.
Shining proud and golden under the sunlight, they are forever frozen in the moment of MacArthur’s
historic return to the Philippines almost 70 years ago.
And the way they walked on Philippine soil again by wading to the shore
Is also portrayed through the shallow pool where the bronze statues stand.