Filipino women and girls greet United States soldiers in Bulacan, near Manila, Philippines during World War II. Soldiers stand beside a sign that reads 'Manila'. Filipino girls place flowers on the helmets of U.S. soldiers. The soldiers wave to Filipino natives on the road to Manila. A Filipino girl places flowers in soldiers' helmets. Soldiers playfully put flowers on top of Filipino girl’s head. A sign reads ‘Bigaa’ and 'Manila'. Soldiers aboard a jeep cross a river in a native ferry.
Filipino civilians return to their homes in Manila, Philippines during World War II. Filipino civilians walk along a road to Manila on the way back to their homes. They carry a few personal belongings. Men, women, and children walk along the road. Filipino men and women flash the victory sign (V sign) as they walk on the road. The Filipinos cross a field to get to the highway.
United States soldiers advance towards Manila, Philippines late in World War II. A dead Japanese sniper along a highway to Manila. U.S. Army soldiers with rifles march along both sides of the road. The soldiers drink beer in front of Balintawak Beer Brewery in Barrio Torres Bugallon, Polo, Bulacan (now part of Valenzuela City). The soldiers and Filipino civilians outside Balintawak Beer Brewery. A soldier drinks beer from helmet. The soldiers cross a bridge across a river. Allied liberated civilian prisoners in front of the University of Santo Tomas Main Building. They cheer and wave. A group of nurses walk. Street scenes in Manila. A soldier holds two children. Children stand on a tank in the middle of a street. Elderly freed prisoners talk to a soldier. The soldiers continue to walk. A jeep moves past. A soldier drinks water. They cross a pontoon bridge. Civilians gather outside a building. They wave. Girls walk. A soldier carries two children. Civilians and children climb aboard a tank and look in through the top. Three older freed men seated in chairs talk. Two of them are thin and emaciated from meager food rations.
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.