American soldiers advance in Baguio, Philippine Islands during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft strafe the city of Baguio. A smoke column rises from explosions. Mountains in the background. Soldiers carrying full field packs and equipment move down Quezon Hill. Troops of U.S. Army 123rd and 130th Regiment, 33rd Infantry Division move towards the city from Mount Mirador on foot .
American soldiers in Baguio, Philippine Islands during World War II. Damaged buildings. American soldiers seated in front of a damaged building. They cook food over a small fire. Some soldiers eat. A soldier seated in a chair interacts with another soldier seated on the ground. They look at the countryside.
Churchill Scott of Richmond, Virginia holds his son Richard during an interview with United States Army forces. Mr. Scott states how his son Richard was born in a Japanese concentration camp in Baguio, Philippines during World War II.
Following victory over Japan in World War 2, a map shows the surrender of Japanese troops to Allied forces in different regions of Pacific Theater during World War II. On Cebu Island in the Philippines, U.S. 8th Army soldiers march several thousand Japanese prisoners along a road. Command of Japanese 34th Army hands over his saber. American soldiers gather piles of swords received in surrender from the Japanese forces. View of mist hanging over Governor's Palace (The Mansion) in Baguio Philippines. General Wainwright and General Percival arrive by car at the mansion. Japanese General Yamashita arrives next and enters the building. General Tomoyuki Yamashita signs surrender documents as General Wainwright and other Allied officers look on. General Yamashita is taken to New Bilibid prison and is seen being escorted into a prison cell.
View of Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral with people all about it, in Baguio City, Philippines, several months before the end of World War 2. A young boy with a baby. A Japanese man surrendering, carries a white sign reading: "I cease resistance." He is escorted by two U.S. soldiers. U.S. Army Brigadier General Charles F. Craig, 37th Division Deputy Commander, looks over maps with staff officers, in front of Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral.