11-178 garand Picture of the Day - Luzon, Philippine Islands

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American soldiers using an abandonded building as a command post during the fight to retake the city from Japanese troops.
Location: Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands
Date taken: February 1945
Photographer: Carl Mydans


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Palm-studded Carlos Island, S. Pacific paradise in Marshall Islands, falls to American invasion forces driving ashore in Coast Guard-manned landing craft, during WWII.
Date taken: February 1944
Photographer: Morris A. Lucia

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