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'Open City' sign, Manila, Philippines, late Dec 1941

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Caption     'Open City' sign, Manila, Philippines, late Dec 1941 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Manila, Philippines
Date 31 Dec 1941
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   NH 73183
 
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Invasion of the Philippine Islands   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Photos on Same Day 31 Dec 1941
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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Licensing  Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010:
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Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 486 x 630 pixels



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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. crisanta canilao says:
29 Aug 2009 10:25:11 PM

damn all the Japanese soldiers during WWII
2. Anonymous says:
31 Jul 2010 09:08:47 PM

where in manila is this place...i need it pls answer for our educational trip thankz
3. Anonymous says:
19 Jan 2011 08:25:17 AM

this was outside manila, not really in the city.

to prevent unnecessary damages and deaths of civilians...but the Japanese still continued to bomb Manila -_-

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