To be fair, he didn't want to abandon his men, but he was ordered by President Roosevelt to leave. On February 11, 1942, he told Roosevelt he wanted to "share the fate of the garrison" before being ordered to eveacuate.
I know, but imma go full dipshit with my WW2 commentary, because with WW3 on the horizon, we know o ly one thing about WW2 for certain: no one learned jackshit from WW2...