MANILA TROLLEYS OUT OF BUSINESS---The famous trolley system of Manila was nearly paralyzed before American forces moved in, for the Japs had no replacement p...
SMOKE BILLOWS FROM PHILIPPINE CAPITAL---Many fires are visible from the air over Manila, after converging American fordes had laid down a heavy artillery bar...
Manila City Hall is being cleaned out after plans for a rebuild of Manila are announced.
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MANILA'S SHATTERED CITY HALL IS BEING CLEANED OUT---As long-range plans are announced for the re-building of a "newer and finer" Manila, workme...
A machinegun crew covers a team of soldiers entering an enemy building.
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THESE GIs MEAN BUSINESS---A machinegun crew covers the advance of an assault team on its way towards a Jap-held building in the University of the Philippines...
A Japanese soldier lies dead in front of a tank near Manila
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IN SUPPLICATION TO HIS SUN GODDESS---As if in supplication to his sun goddess of Japanese Shintoism, this Jap -- blasted from his wrecked tank near Manila --...
The National Legislative Building, occupied by Japanese soldiers
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NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE BUILDING---This classically-lined structure was once a pride of the "Pearl of the Orient", Manila, but Japs chose to make a fo...
U.S. soldiers await counterattacks from Japanese soldiers.
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THEY AWAIT COUNTERATTACK---Members of a U.S. Army anti-tank headquarters company guard a building in Manila against an expected Jap counterattack. 45-1371
Battle of Pasig River, Manila, where sides exchange point-blank fire.
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BATTLE OF PASIG RIVER---An LVT (landing vehicle, tank) churns up Pasig River, Manila, exchanging point-blank fire with Jap machinegun dugouts on opposite sh...
AT HEIGHT OF FIGHT FOR WALLED CITY---A group of U.S. riflemen blaze away at Jap positions in the Intramuros section of Manila during height of the battle for...