United States ship Maumee (AO-2) is launched at Mare Island Navy shipyard in Vallejo California. Miss Janet Crose, sponsor, smashes bottle onto ship bow to christen the ship. Builders, dignitaries, and naval personnel wave and cheer from port as the ship slides down ramp into water.
Release of United States prisoners from Cebu in Philippines Islands. United States soldiers of 6th Rangers cross stream. A group of Filipino Guerrillas accompanies them. They proceed through high grass. Released prisoner. Prisoners in truck. They walk along road. Prisoners sit besides road. (World War II period).
United States military forces on Nasugbu beach, Philippines Islands. Soldiers of the 6th ranger Battalion with artillery piece. Smoke rises from artillery striking shore across body of water. U.S. soldiers moving along dirt road as some pick up their packs and gear from under a tree and moving out with the rest. U.S. intelligence officer interviews Mrs Betty Santa Maria, a Spanish Citizen who had been permitted by Japanese to leave Manila and come to Nasugbu, several weeks earlier. Partly disassembled Piper L-4 Grasshopper Liaison airplane on truck crosses small bridge. Soldiers inspect wreckage of a Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar" in a grassy field. Another Piper L-4 being transported on a truck. A landing ship in the background.
United States released Prisoners in Cebu, Philippines Islands. Released prisoners issued uniform at rest camp. Released Major General Paul R Wing, Signal officer receives uniform cap. Sergeant Fred C Gastron wear socks while soldiers help him. Leslie Mc William applies dubbing to his new shoes. (World War II period).
Released United States prisoners in Cebu, Philippines Islands. Prisoners stand in line and receive Red Cross packages from Filipino Red Cross workers. Prisoners stand and pose, tent in the background. Man with beard walks. He shakes hands with soldiers. Hugh A Keyes, El Paso, Texas receives haircut. (World War II period).
Released United States prisoners in Cebu, Philippines Islands. Soldiers drink water from water tank. Soldiers stand at 92nd Evacuation Hospital area. Liberated prisoners walk past trucks. Two officers sit at table and soldiers stand past them. A wounded officer climb down stairs, soldier helps him. (World War II period).
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