Bar of chocolate, United States Armed Forces

Datasheet

Type of object

Chocolate

Origin

United States

Technique and material

Paper, aluminium, chocolate

Date

1942

Dimensions

5 x 11 cm

When General Douglas MacArthur withdrew his forces from the Philippines in March 1942, the local guerrilla secretly distributed this bar of chocolate to symbolize his promise to liberate the Filipinos from Japanese occupation.

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