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Men of 121st Infantry Regiment of Philippine Army stand on crutches, receive medals at Luna in North Luzon Philippines.
Men of 121st Infantry (Guerrilla) Regiment of the Philippine Army awarded medals at Luna in North Luzon Philippines, a month after World War 2. Filipino women seated in spectator stands fanning themselves as they watch a military award ceremony for their relatives and friends, who served with the Philippine 121st Infantry (Guerrilla) Regiment during World War II. A Filipino soldier, on crutches (missing his left leg) with Purple Heart medal pinned to his uniform blouse. Colonel Russell W. Volckmann, commander of United States Armed Forced in the Philippines, North Luzon (USAFIP-NL), is seen shaking hands with and presenting Purple Heart medals to other Filipino soldiers as they stand in a line, most of them on crutches. Filipino soldiers parade in honor of the medal recipients.
General MacArthur leads U.S. forces to a victory in the Philippines (WW2)
World War II events leading up to the independence of the Philippines. Filipino guerrillas march and line up as they prepare to fight against Japanese soldiers. A Filipino guerrilla of European descent and Chinese Filipino guerrilla are seen. U.S. officers seated in a camp. A newspaper headline reads 'MacArthur invades Philippines'. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur and other officers land at Leyte in the Philippines. Filipino guerrillas receive rifles. U.S. and Filipino soldiers fire artillery and tanks roll across a field. A tank named “Luzon Liberator”. U.S. forces march through a city in the Philippines. General MacArthur gets off a car. A sign reads 'Victory Festival'. Filipino civilians cheer for American soldiers. Decorated floats at a parade to mark the end of Japanese occupation. Signs read ‘Mabuhay America & Filipinas’, 'Long live Philippines', ‘Mabuhay President Truman’ and 'Thanks Uncle Sam'.
People and children leave a church after attending services in San Juan.
Slums in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The slums of San Juan show children and civilians on the streets. Children and people leave a church. A health clinic in San Juan.
The Philippines under Japanese occupation, liberation by allied forces, Philippine Independence ceremony.
The Philippines under Japanese occupation, liberation, and subsequent granting of independence by the United States in World War 2. Bodies of Filipino and United States soldiers killed during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. Captured American, Filipino, and Australian soldiers raise their hands after the Fall of Corregidor. United States General Jonathan M. Wainwright negotiating the surrender of The Phillipines with Japanese General Masaharu Homma in 1942. Brigadier General Lewis C. Beebe and Major Thomas Dooley are seen to Wainwright's left. An American warship firing during the United States Pacific campaign to defeat Japanese occupying forces in the Pacific. United States soldiers get off an amphibious landing craft during the U.S. retaking of the Philippines. United States General Douglas MacArthur arrival in Leyte Gulf with a retinue consisting of Philippine President-in-exile Sergio Osmeña, Lieutenant General Richard Sutherland, Philippine Brigadier General Carlos P. Romulo, Major General Courtney Whitney, Philippine Sergeant Francisco Salveron and CBS Radio correspondent William J. Dunn in Palo, Leyte, the Philippines- a fulfillment of his promise to return to the Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur speaking at the Independence Day ceremony in Manila on July 4, 1946. “America never wavered in that purpose. America today redeems that pledge.” Says General MacArthur. United States Senator Millard Tydings, the co-sponsor of the Tydings–McDuffie Act (a law that provides independence to the Philippines after a 10-year transition as a Commonwealth) attends the ceremony. Paul V. McNutt, the United States High Commissioner of the Philippine Commonwealth (later the first United States Ambassador to the Philippines), reads the United States President Harry Truman's official proclamation of Philippine Independence. Filipino elites and United States dignitaries watch the ceremony in the Independence Grandstand (a temporary structure built in front of the Rizal Monument). Manuel Roxas being sworn in as the first President of the Philippines after gaining independence from the United States. The Philippine national anthem, Lupang Hinirang, plays in the background. High Commissioner McNutt lowers the United States flag from the flagpole as President Manuel Roxas raises the flag of the new Republic of the Philippines. A celebratory parade following the Independence ceremony takes place, which includes floats from various provinces in the country. A float with signs reading: "Let's Produce and Rebuild,". "Mountain Province" float with women wearing formal Filipino Baro’t Saya gowns. "The City of Manila" float with soldiers. "The University of the Philippines" (UP) float featuring two women dressed as allegorical figures and sign saying, “The University of the Philippines At the Service of the State”. "The Division of City Schools" float features two Filipinos in traditional attire in front of a Statue of Liberty model. A float, likely belonging to the National Library of the Philippines, with children and a huge book model. The Chamber of Commerce Philippines float contains a machine gear model and small models of an aircraft and a ship. American soldiers marching, carrying the United States flag. A military marching band play. Filipino soldiers marching with the Philippine flag. Military aircraft in flight above the Independence Grandstand in Manila.
U.S. soldiers talk to Philippine natives and distribute C rations during Philippine invasion of Lingayen Gulf (WW2)
United States Army soldiers move inwards during the Philippine invasion of Lingayen Gulf in World War II. A soldier sitting at a camp watch through binoculars. A U.S. Army radio operator sitting inside a camp talk into a microphone. The soldiers sit outside their camp and talk to a Filipino civilian man smoking a cigarette. Several Filipino civilians gather around the United States Army soldiers as they pass 'C' rations to them.
Pre World War 2 scenes of Filipino colleges, schools, and military academy in the Philippines.
From a film created during World War 2, but before liberation of the Philippines. View of civilians in the Philippines before World War II. Distant wide view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington DC in early spring. Closer view of the U.S. Capitol and its dome in spring with flowers on tree branches in foreground. Scene changes to Manila, Philippines, and the grounds and exterior of buildings of The University of the Philippines. Vehicles on a street in the front of a building. Exterior view of University of Santo Tomas main building. Filipino students, both women and men, performing science experiments in a laboratory at the university. Next scene shows students in a laboratory of Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Philippines. Students in a class stand in turn, reading aloud from books. Views of younger Filipino children in high schools and grade schools in the Philippines, learning and studying in classrooms, including reading and writing of English. Students at the University of the Philippines in group callisthenic exercise classes on a field. Students in farming classes. Wide view of training of Filipino military cadets. General Douglas MacArthur at his desk in the Philippines before the war, while he was commander of the military defense of the Philippines. He talks on the telephone, attends a flag raising ceremony, and meets with Eisenhower (then part of his staff) and another officer. Filipino government officials meeting, including Elpidio Quirino and Manuel Roxas Japanese diplomatic delegation meeting with Filipino politician before the war. Filipino cadet soldiers at Military Academy at Luzon seen drill marching in dress uniforms. Regular Filipino Army soldiers gathered in a group at attention holding rifles, and then marking in columns in a parade, with horses and military trucks.
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