The Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. Ruined buildings and damaged Bilibid Prison. Debris on a street. A sign at the front entrance of the building reads 'Bureau of Prison'. Filipino Fire Department dousing the fire.
The liberated Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. Soldiers and Filipino civilians standing in the front yard of the Main Building of the University of Santo Tomas, used during the war as a concentration camp by the Japanese forces for Filipino prisoners and prisoners from the United States, United Kingdom and other Allied countries. Heavy columns of smoke rise from a building where an explosion has occurred. People in the yard are mainly curious. American soldiers drive into the yard in jeeps. A squad of American soldiers marches across the yard. Soldiers and civilians carry wounded on litters. Some damage seen on exterior of the University of Santo Tomas Main Building, with holes in the damaged building. Several U.S. soldiers on guard duty are silhouetted against the light sky. A dead and bloated Japanese soldier in a wrecked car. U.S. soldiers running take cover near a truck. Several mutilated and burned dead bodies in various stages of decomposition on the street.
The Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. A crowd gathers in front of a building. The crowd applauds. Soldiers stand at attention. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur comes out of the building. A Japanese headquarters building. A guard seated on a truck in front of the building. The observation tower top of a building. The town of Santo Tomas. Repatriated, liberated Allied prisoners seated in front of shacks. A child drinks canned milk. The mother holds the glass. Men and women have drinks. Three children drink milk from a glass.
The U.S. Army in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War 2. A group of officers of airborne infantry having a discussion at a sand table on a beach. The sand table depicts Tagaytay Ridge. Airborne troopers parachutes and equipment. Soldiers in a group being briefed. Potable water in cans. Rations and ammunition boxes stacked in piles. (Note: The sand table image is Tagaytay Ridge, located south of Manila where a road links it further south to where the U.S. Navy ferried a contingent of troops at Nasugbu beach in Batangas.)
The U.S. Army in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. A group of infantrymen swim. A Filipino native gives a haircut to a GI. A GI cleans a rifle in front of a tent. GIs relax in the camp area. Soldiers look at and discuss a map while kneeling on the ground. A long column of infantrymen, with 3 abreast in each row, walks along a beach.
The U.S. Army in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. A group of infantrymen unpacks a 75 mm howitzer from boxes. They assemble the howitzer after unpacking. The soldiers charge forward. The group is briefed at a sand table on a beach.
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