Natives in Leyte, Philippines, during World War 2. Native women stand in a river to wash clothes. One wears a broad brimmed hat. They wash their clothes. Several strike the clothes with paddles, to clean them. A buffalo under a tree. Native children wearing American overseas caps, skivvy shirts and holding pineapples.
U.S. prisoners of war being escorted back to American lines, by Rangers of the U.S. Army 6th Battalion, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino guerrillas, after being freed from the Japanese prison at Cabanatuan, Philippines, in a daring raid behind Japanese lines, during World War 2. The rescuers stand with the freed prisoners. Some released prisoners march along and some prisoners ride in carabao carts. Trees in the area. Thatched huts in the background. Local women and children watch the liberated prisoners.
The invasion of the Philippines by Allied troops during World War II, liberating it from the Japanese. Aerial view of the city of Manila. Smoke rises from firing and bombardment. Houses and buildings in the city as seen from an aircraft flying low. A large building of a hospital marked with the Red Cross.
The invasion of the Philippines by Allied troops during World War II. Aerial view of the city of Manila. Smoke rises from firing and bombardment. Houses and buildings in the city. Bomb craters in an open field. A river and an air base. Airplanes take off from the air base.
Filipino civilians evacuate after the invasion of Manila, Philippines by Allied troops during World War II. Filipino civilians and their families walking on a dirt road near Manila. Some of the civilians carry their few personal belongings. Filipino men and women carrying bags over their heads. Vehicles moving past on the road. Men on bicycles ride past on the road. Some people ride on horse-drawn Kalesa carriages.
The sea voyage of the victory ship Hannibal Victory from San Francisco to the Philippine Islands during World War II. Animated map locates the route of the ship from San Francisco. A man looking through a camera. The captain of the ship plots his course. The crew working on the ship. They work for the maintenance of the ship. They repair block and tackle. They paint the smoke stack of the ship and splice the wire rope. They also do the work of chipping.