Presentation will focus on La. man's role in MacArthur's landing

Andrew Capone will be the guest speaker for the Young-Sanders Center at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Capone will present a PowerPoint presentation on his research on "T-Man and General McArthur Fact or Fiction?"

One of the world’s most iconic photographs ever taken is Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme commander of allied forces in the Pacific during World War II, returning to the Philippines in 1944. Almost every person in these photographs has been identified by The MacArthur Memorial Archives and so it would seem that the name of Pvt. Ervin “T-Man” Bailey would be easy to find in any historic archives.

A local legend, T-Man Bailey from Four Mile Bayou, claimed to be there with MacArthur. Join us as we search and prove that he was there and how he survived the most intense battles in the history of mankind in the Solomon Islands on New Georgia Island.

“…On New Georgia where the 43rd Infantry Division experienced the highest number of neuropsychiatric cases, also called combat fatigue, shell shock or post-traumatic stress disorder, and the most casualties in any division during one operation in the entire war.”

Capone was born and raised in Donaldsonville and he resides in his 200- year -old home on the Capone Plantation between Napoleonville and Thibodaux.

He is president of the Fort Butler Foundation, which has a team of researchers skilled on many topics. \“Our group has contributed information used in 50 plus published books on Louisiana history and the Civil War,” he said.

The Young-Sanders Center is located at 701 Teche Drive in Franklin, one block from the St. Mary Parish Courthouse.

The presentation is open to the general public. Refreshments will be served.