The Pittsburgh Press (June 12, 1946)
Jap conqueror of Philippines dies
Cerebral hemorrhage fatal to Terauchi
SINGAPORE (UP) – Field Marshal Count Juichi Terauchi, who won and then lost the Philippines as Jap commander in the Southwest Pacific, died today at Johore.
Terauchi won public praise from Emperor Hirohito for his role in driving the Americans from the Philippines in 1942.
When Gen. Douglas MacArthur led the American Army back to the Philippines in October 1944, he identified Terauchi once again as his opponent.
An official announcement said Terauchi, 66, died of a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been ill for several months and was excused from surrendering in person to Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten at Singapore last fall.
Terauchi, one of Japan’s outstanding soldiers, was minister of war in 1936-37. Shortly after Pearl Harbor, he was named commander in chief of all Jap land forces in the Southwestern Pacific from Formosa around to Burma.