Soldiers of U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino guerrillas stand along with American prisoners of war they freed from Japanese prison at Cabanatuan, Philippines, in a daring raid behind Japanese lines, in World War 2. The soldiers converse with liberated prisoners. They board trucks. Thatched huts in the background. Some of the released prisoners and soldiers march on a field and others aboard the trucks as they head back to the American lines.
U.S. troops fight the enemy in Manila, Philippines. U.S. 63rd Regiment troops battle toward Manila. Tanks fire on foothills in Manila. Troops advance through tall grass. Troops run in wooded area. Casualties' area treated. Mortar crew fires on enemy positions from top of hill. Troops advance behind tank in wooded area. Troopers fire rifles. Artillery shells bursts on hill. Trooper throws grenade on enemy position. U.S. 592nd Amphibious Engineers land on Carabao Island on April 16. Troops disembark from landing craft. Troops move along mountain road. Troops advance under cover of machine guns on mountain. Japanese caves blasted with TNT charges. Explosions on mountainside throw billows of smoke in air. U.S. 38th Division troops land at heavily fortified island of Fort Drum. (World War II; WWII;World War 2; WW2)
U.S. Army General Walter Kruger presents awards to U.S. Sixth Army soldiers in San Fernando, Luzon in Philippines during World War II. The soldiers of U.S. Sixth Army lined up at headquarters. The Commander of the Sixth Army arrives in a car. He decorates the soldiers. He pins up medals onto their uniforms and shakes hands.
Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces leads to end of World War II. Exteriors of High Commissioner's Residence in Baguio City, Luzon, Philippines. General Jonathan Wainwright and Lieutenant General Sir Arthur E Percival of British Army arrive at a building in car. Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita and Vice Admiral Okochi seated with American Generals.
Soldiers of U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino guerrillas, with American prisoners of war whom they liberated from Cabanatuan Prison Camp at Cabanatuan, Philippines, during World War II. They are on grounds of 92nd Evacuation Hospital at Guimba, Nueva Ecija. Several officers converse. Rangers distribute cartons and packs of cigarettes to the former prisoners. Liberated prisoners cheer and pose at Guimba.
U.S. prisoners of war, rescued by U.S. Army Rangers of the 6th Battalion, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino guerrillas, from Japanese prison camp at Cabanatuan, Philippines, during World War II. The rescued prisoners arrive at the 92nd Evacuation Hospital, at Guimba, Nueva Ecija, in ambulances and trucks. Soldiers and former prisoners gather outside the hospital buildings. Some of the freed prisoners rest on the ground outside the hospital buildings. The main building displays a sign reading: "Guimba East Central School, Academic Building No.2."