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Three sisters, liberated prisoners of the Japanese Los Banos intermenent camp, sing during a post-liberation interview
Three women prisoners released from Japanese-operated Los Baños internment camp being interviewed two weeks after the February 23, 1945 liberation by U.S. and Filipino forces in World War 2. The three Fernando sisters sing while a microphone is kept on a tripod in front of them. Their song about the "Three Little Sisters" tells the story of their internment and their expectant waiting for liberation by the U.S. armed forces which was finally realized.
Americans taken as prisoners being served food at Nichols Airfield in the Philippines (WW2)
American prisoners of war, captured by Japanese troops during World War II, being served food by Red Cross at Nichols Airfield near Manila, Philippines. An American soldier writes in a notebook. Two other soldiers stand near a dish antenna as one of them speaks over a phone.
U.S. and British Army officers arrive at 43rd Division sector in Luzon, Philippines (WW2)
United States Army soldiers in Norzagaray, Bulacan, Philippine Islands during World War II. Commanding General of the 43rd Infantry Division Major General Leonard F Wing, British Army Liaison Officer Lieutenant General Charles H Gairdner, Commanding General of the Sixth U.S. Army General Walter E Krueger, and Commanding General of the XI Corps Major General Charles P. Hall talk. They stand at a ridge overlooking the Ipo Dam in Norzagaray, Bulacan near Manila, Philippines. An officer looks at a map and points towards a location.
Allied invasion troops are welcomed by civilians in the Philippines (WW2)
Filipino civilians greet Allied invasion troops in Manila, Philippines. United States Army troops and Filipino guerrilla soldiers aboard small boats. They advance towards beachhead. The troops walk on the street with Filipino children welcoming them. A Filipino woman waves the American flag. A man drives a horse drawn Kalesa on the street. Damaged buildings in the background. Filipino boys hoist American flag on a building. Soldiers drive an army Jeep on a road. (World War II period).
Events in career of Chester W Nimitz. The end of World War II and postwar years.
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is met by General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur, as he arrives by airplane in Manila, Philippines. Japanese diplomats and military officers board the U.S. Battleship, Missouri, to sign surrender documents. Admiral Nimitz is one of the signatories. Nimitz is given a hero's welcome, in Washington, DC, replete with a military parade. He addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress. Admiral Richard Byrd briefs Admiral Nimitz (now Chief of Naval Operations) about the 1947 expedition to Antarctica. Admiral Nimitz receiving an honorary degree from Columbia University, in New York. (Others present during this event include General Dwight Eisenhower and General George Marshall.) Nimitz, appointed as UN Plebiscite Administrator for Kashmir. He is visited by members of the Japanese Diet and signs autographs for them. Nimitz standing with President Truman, who appoints him to a special commission on internal security. Retired Admiral Nimitz at home in his garden at Berkeley Hills, California. Weather vane at his house contains 5 stars and replica of a submarine.
The living conditions of American prisoners of war at the Bilibid Prison, Philippines (WW2)
American prisoners of war at the Bilibid Prison near Manila, Philippines during World War II. Exterior of Bilibid Prison. Photographs of the wounded. War damage in the prison. A wrecked statue of Jesus Christ lying. The prisoners eat food. A prisoner talks over a phone. A prisoner with a wooden support on the damaged leg reads a paper. Mutilated dead bodies.