The Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippines during World War II. Repatriated prisoners lean out of the windows of a building. Civilians stand in front of the UST restaurant building. People cheer in the university field. American flag is hanged on the UST Main Building. Firing in the city at night. Smoke rises from burning buildings.
The Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. Exterior of a building inside the University of Santo Tomas internment camp. Makeshift huts on the yard of school building. High altitude view of the area. American women ex-prisoners cook food. Food in pots. Shacks in the area. American soldiers get out of tanks in a street. Soldiers in front of the University of Santo Tomas Main Building. An old and undernourished man talks to a group of soldiers. The chest of the man shows ribs. His legs showing the effect of Beri-Beri. Heavy columns of smoke rise from burning buildings. Soldiers look through binoculars. They fire artillery.
The Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippines during World War II. A large crowd of internees from Allied countries gather outside a building. Men seated at a desk. The internees receive first mails brought in by the soldiers. A woman reads a letter. Ex-prisoners read letters. Archbishop of Manila Michael J. O' Doherty talks to a woman.
The U.S. Army in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War 2. A group of officers of airborne infantry having a discussion at a sand table on a beach. The sand table depicts Tagaytay Ridge. Airborne troopers parachutes and equipment. Soldiers in a group being briefed. Potable water in cans. Rations and ammunition boxes stacked in piles. (Note: The sand table image is Tagaytay Ridge, located south of Manila where a road links it further south to where the U.S. Navy ferried a contingent of troops at Nasugbu beach in Batangas.)
The U.S. Army in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. A group of infantrymen swim. A Filipino native gives a haircut to a GI. A GI cleans a rifle in front of a tent. GIs relax in the camp area. Soldiers look at and discuss a map while kneeling on the ground. A long column of infantrymen, with 3 abreast in each row, walks along a beach.
The U.S. Army in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. A group of infantrymen unpacks a 75 mm howitzer from boxes. They assemble the howitzer after unpacking. The soldiers charge forward. The group is briefed at a sand table on a beach.