Allied aircraft bomb Japanese base in Puerto Princesa Island, Philippines. Liberator aircraft in flight. An animated map shows the movement of the planes from Morotai to Puerto Princesa Island. Aircraft bomb Japanese installations. Smoke and explosions. Enemy airstrips are bombed. Aerial view of land. Planes in formation. (World War II period).
U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain brings supplies to Dansalan airstrip during the attack mission on Malabang in Lanao del Sur Province of Philippines Island during World War II. C-47 Skytrain on the airstrip. A jeep with a trailer backs to a position beside the aircraft. Filipino guerrillas with the air support men load supplies from the aircraft to the jeep trailer. The jeep moves away with a few Filipino soldiers seated on the supplies. Men look on as the jeep moves. Few guerrillas transport gasoline drums from the aircraft to another jeep trailer. The C-47 Skytrain takes off from the airstrip. Few men watch the aircraft taking off.
United States prisoners of war, rescued from Cabanatuan Prison Camp by 6th Battalion Rangers, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino guerrillas in Luzon, Philippines, during World War II. The liberated prisoners aboard trucks and Jeeps en route to U.S. lines and the 92nd Evacuation Hospital. Trees and houses along the sides of a road in Guimba, Nueva Ecija. Soldiers and medics seated along with the former prisoners.
President of the Philippine Commonwealth Sergio Osmeña poses with four United States Marine pilots on the steps of the Provincial Capitol Building of Leyte (Leyte Provincial Capitol, 34 Senator Enage St, Downtown, Tacloban City, Leyte). The President shakes hand with pilot. He carries a Marine combat helmet. President Osmeña waves his helmet, turns, and climbs the steps of Capitol after the Battle of Leyte in World War II.
A representative of Prisoners War Branch,an MIS-X officer interviews American soldiers who escaped from Japan's 10-A prison camp in Palawan,Philippines, and then were rescued by U.S. forces during World War II. Private first class Eugene Nielson tells how he was captured soon after the fall of Pearl Harbor. He also speaks about food, medical facilities and living conditions at Japanese camp in Palawan. Corporal William J.Balchus shares his experiences about the life at the prison camp.
A representative of Prisoners War Branch,an MIS-X officer interviews American soldiers who escaped from Japan 10-A prison camp in Palawan,Philippines, and were then rescued by American forces during World War 2. Private first class Ernest J. Koblos speaks about the work that he did at such camps. He says that he carried wood and worked at the airstrip in the Japanese prison camp. Marine Rufus W. Smith was captured during the attack on Corregidor also speaks about the life of soldiers at prison camp in Palawan.