More than two years after he fled the philippines with the promise , " I came out of bataan and I shall return , " general douglas macarthur indeed returned , and by december of 1944 , the americans had established airstrips on the philippine island of mindoro .
Thailand , java , indo-china , burma , borneo , sumatra and philippines . Merkus pine called cambodian pine sumata pine and mindoro pine by theri orgin . Sometimes planted . In indonesia this species has been planted for long . Export of logs banned .
