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The Philippinesboekje ( 92 pagina's) uitgegeven door het interim international information service USA, vertelt de geschiedenis van de Filipijnen tot de overdracht van de soevereiniteit door general MacArthur (Verenigde Staten) aan president Osmeña op februari 27, 1945. Bevat onderandere de hoofdstukken "The Place and the People", "Foundations of a Political Experiment", "Japan in the Philippines", ...

Samenvatting: Jaaroverzicht van Amerikaanse filmjournaals. Beschrijving: 00.17.42 Tekst: "Castle Films presents News Parade of the year 1944" 00.17.52 Tekst: "Allies liberate France!" 00.17.56 Beeld: Een gebied ligt zwaar onder vuur. 00.18.08 Tekst: "General Patton's 3rd Army batters its way onto German soil ..." 00.18.16 Beeld: Tanks en manschappen rukken op langs een weg met dode soldaten en uitgebrande ...

' Jap General Signs Surrender Of Philippines. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, Jap commander of the Philippines, is shown signing the surrender documents at the Imperial Palace, Taguio, while Allied officers look on. On Yamashita's right is Lt.Gen. Muto.'

Philippine President greets U.S. Army nurse in Leyte hospital. In a hospital set up in a cathedral on Leyte Island, President Sergio Osmena of the Philippines greets Captain Cathrine M. Acorn, a veteran of Bataan and one of the first U.S. Army nurses to return to the Philippines with General Douglas MacArthur's troops. Captain Acorn was assigned chief nurse of this hospital unit, which cares for American ...

He also returned to Philippines. Sergeant Francis Saveron, Filipino orderly to U.S. General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in the southwest Pacific, carries his commander's luggage ashore as he returns to the Philippines after an absence of two and a half years. Included in the luggage are General MacArthur's familiar cane and flying jacket. Sergeant Saveron accompanied his ...