A cemetery in the Philippines during World War II. Close up view of the American flag as it flies at half mast. Coconut trees in the background. White crosses at the cemetery. A man kneels down in front of the crosses. The U.S. flag flutters in the background. A bell in the foreground.
Remains of destroyed church in the Philippines during World War II. A bell tower of the church. A native Filipino woman walks down a street. Gutted out buildings in the background. Women lean against bamboo railing. They look at a bombed building. A combat photographer operates a motion picture camera with a four hundred feet adapter on the back of it. Japanese prisoners walk past and get onto trucks. The prisoners loaded onto a truck. An old Filipino man. A Filipino man and a woman in a cart pulled by a carabao buffalo.
United States prisoners after being released from a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines during World War II. American soldiers after being released from the Japanese prison camp. The soldiers loaded in carts. Trucks outside a building. A crippled soldier. The soldiers lying in beds. Two American prisoners introduce themselves and share their experiences about their life at the Japanese prison camp. The first soldier talks about the Bataan Death March to San Fernando from where the prisoners were taken to a prison camp. He says that the captured soldiers were made to march to San Fernando for 3 days and 3 nights and that the prisoners were not provided any food or water. He says that nearly 150 men out of 800 lost their lives during the march. Sergeant Daniel Smith narrates how the Japanese tortured the American soldiers at the prison camp.
United States prisoners after being released from a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines during World War II. U.S. Army Private First Class Pat Parker lying in a bed as he shares his experiences at the Japanese prison camp. He says that at the prison camp his weight reduced from 183 pounds to just 75 pounds. He also narrates how the Japanese used to torture the prisoners. He says that he was hanged by toes and water was sprayed on him. He says that he was hanged without food and water.
American prisoners of war are freed in the Philippines during World War II. U.S. prisoners of war march along a field. Men wade across a river. Trees in the foreground. Weapons are cleaned during a break in the march. An infantry advances followed by Filipino porters carrying bazookas and shell cases.
U.S. prisoners of war are freed in the Philippines during World War II. U.S. prisoners and Filipino civilians stand outside a building. They are liberated from a Japanese prison camp. Men talk amongst themselves. The liberated soldiers and the civilians cheer. The wounded and the sick men are carried from the camp on stretchers. Wheel carts outside the building. Men seated on the wheel carts. Hay stacks on other wheel carts. A medic talks to a soldier. A man eats a fruit.