High Commissioner to the Philippines topic

Frank Murphy, 1935-1936;Paul V. McNutt, 1937-1939 and 1945-1946; andFrancis B. Sayre, 1939-1942. Murphy had previously served as Governor-General. Sayre's tenure was interrupted by the Japanese military occupation of the islands during World War II. McNutt became the first American ambassador to the islands after they became independent. On January 2, 1942, as Japanese forces entered the city of Manila, four members of the High Commissioner's staff, Elise Flahaven, George Gray, Virginia full article at wikipedia