The United States campaign against the Japanese in Luzon, Philippines during World War II. An Allied convoy of ships underway in the Pacific Ocean towards the Lingayen Gulf. Naval guns fire at the coast and at Japanese airplanes. U.S. Army Generals Walter Kruger and Douglas MacArthur keep a watch over the convoy of ships. General MacArthur and other officers come ashore at the Lingayen Gulf. Troops unload equipment at a beach. Infantrymen advance inland. The Filipinos greet the soldiers as they advance towards Manila. The soldiers with the Filipinos. People cheer as the American soldiers enter Manila. Animated map of the Philippines depicts the location of the Lingayen Gulf and the advance of American soldiers from the Lingayen Gulf to Manila.
Filipino civilians greet United States Army troops upon their return to the Philippines during World War II. A convoy of LSM (Landing Ship Medium) underway at sea. Allied troops come out of the cargo door of LSM and walk towards the beach. Filipino civilian boys greet the soldiers at beachhead. Filipino boy flashing the “V-sign” (“Peace sign”). A Filipino young man shows fifty centavos Japanese occupation money (Japanese government-issued Philippine peso or “Mickey Mouse” money). The young man tears the money and throws it away. A Marine puts bandage on an injured Filipino boy's back and face. (World War II period).
The United States Army in the Philippines during World War II. A group of paratroop infantrymen around a United States Army Air Force Douglas C-47 Skytrain military transport aircraft. The paratroopers set equipment to get aboard the aircraft. They board the aircraft. The paratroopers jump off the aircraft over Luzon. They descend with the help of parachutes. An aircraft in flight. The paratroopers look out of the window of the aircraft. They jump off the aircraft and descend over Manila, Philippines. A C-47 aircraft taxis on a runway past parked C-47s. A C-47 Skytrain in flight as seen from another aircraft.
United States Sikorsky H-6 helicopter carrying wounded soldiers lands in Luzon,Philippines, after World War II. Five men look at the wounded soldier as he is released from a litter pod. A man lying on stretcher in Stinson L-5B smokes a cigarette. A wounded soldier inside an L-5B air craft as Philippine children stand near the plane. L-5B takes off and is refueled later. Natives and military men stand near an H-6. An H-6 lands carrying a wounded soldier. Soldier is taken out of H-6.
Arrival of U.S. High Commissioner of the Philippines, Francis Sayre in Manila, Philippines during World War II. Crowd waiting for the arrival of Sayre. Welcome signs and banners held by people. Sayre and committee review troops. Troops in formation. Philippine President Manuel Quezon addresses the crowd. Sayre addresses a crowd. Troops, trucks and gun crews pass in front of the stand. Troops pass under a decorated gate.
U.S. Senator from Maryland Millard Tydings speaks about independence of Philippines at a committee meeting in Washington D.C., United States during World War II. Senator Millard Tydings stands and speaks at the committee meeting. He speaks about independence of Philippines and that Philippines should not depend on United States for any military or economic aid. U.S. Senators from Tennessee Kenneth McKellar and from Vermont, Ernest Gibson listen.
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