Action Around Manila, Philippine Islands, Jan 1945

Action Around Manila, Philippine Islands, Jan 1945 Three very thin men & a woman (Americans?), freed prisoners of war, smoke cigarettes in front of USA flag, smiling, woman enjoys cigarette, MCUs. 14:04:11 Smiling US soldier posing w/ young children who wave at camera. MS & CU group of Caucasian adults & children at market, look undernourished but smiling. 14:04:54 Philippine man being dragged down street, bleeding. Man beaten viciously by several soldiers, one w/ hammer, another w/ truncheon. Crowds gathering round, including children. Victim repeatedly knocked down into mud; clothes torn to shreds and bloody. 14:06:07 Men marched down street at gunpoint, hands tied together, watched by local people. 14:07:12 Banner across street reads: “Welcome Gen. MacArthur...Returning to the Philippines”. 14:08:20 US soldier w/ “MP” armband helping locals fix a car by roadside. Pickup towed by Jeep. 14:09:26 Injured US soldiers taken away by jeep on stretchers. WW2; WWII; Liberation; Retribution; Vengeance; Horrors of War; Violence; Natives; Post-Japanese Occupation;