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.
Damaged buildings in Manila, Philippines towards the end of World War II. The Spanish-era bronze statue of Queen Isabel II stands with Malate Church (2000 Del Pilar St, Malate, Manila, 1004 Metro Manila) in the background. A damaged monument in Manila. Filipino women collect wood. They carry the wood in baskets and in their hands. The damaged gothic-arched Methodist Church of Manila in Ermita. An uprooted tree. A building in the background. Ruins of the art deco Jai Alai building (Ermita, Manila, 1000 Metro Manila). Women carry wood as they walk on a road. Vehicles drive past them. A damaged building. A silhouetted tree.