CIVILIAN EVACUATION OF MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 3386 386 SOURCE: AFCF (A-217) FILM: ARCH & APC MP 895' ea Silent CIVILIAN EVACUATION OF MANILA Philippine Islands 12 Feb 45 MSs, CUs, civilians with belongings evacuate the Paco section of Manila. CUs, Filipino and Chinese men, women and children. Excellent shots, ragged, dazed refugees pass thru wrecked section of town. MS, abandoned Japanese naval gun. MS, soldier examines Japanese equipment in ammunition dump. MS, CU, airborne field artillery unit fires 105mm (1903) Hows. MS, chaplain conducts services for troops of 11th Airborne Div. MS, troops and rations cross Paranaque River on rubber pontoon raft. MS, CU, airborne engineers repair bridge. Pan, wrecked corrugated iron huts and native homes on outskirts of Manila. MS, civilians collect dead Japanese in streets and load them into carts. MSs, CUs, soldiers pass thru wreckage of Baclaron. MS, Filipino civilians shovel dirt from atop Japanese pillboxes. ARMY PICTORIAL center, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY ERB/sj RecordGroup 111 Accession Number III-NAV_210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities