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American garrison surrendered at Corregidor, May 1942 | Hideki Tojo arriving at Nichols Field, Manila, Philippines, 1943 |
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Masaharu Homma in the Philippines, 1 Jun 1943 | Prince Yi U exiting an aircraft, Philippines, 1 Jun 1943 |
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Philippine guerrilla leader Ramón Magsaysay, 1940s | Japanese heavy cruiser Maya on a training run off Tawi-Tawi, Philippine Islands, May 1944 |
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Taiho at Tawi-Tawi, Philippines, May 1944 | Cruiser Mogami passing through San Bernardino Strait, Philippine Islands, 15 Jun 1944; photo taken from cruiser Maya |
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Strike photo taken from planes flying from USS Essex of the attack on Surigao Harbor in northern Mindanao, Philippine Islands, 9 Sep 1944 | United States Army General Douglas MacArthur and his Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Richard Sutherland, on the flag bridge of USS Nashville during the Leyte landing operations, Oct 1944. |
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USS Cony laying smoke screen near USS West Virginia (foreground), off Leyte, Philippines, Oct 1944; note 20mm Oerlikon and 40mm Bofors weaponry aboard West Virginia | Crewmen of the USS Elmore hoisting LCVPs as part of disembarking United States Army troops of the 19th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion for the beaches at Leyte, Philippines, 20 Oct 1944. |
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First wave of American troops storming ashore from amphibious landing craft, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 20 Oct 1944, photo 1 of 3 | LSTs disembarking troops during the Leyte landings at White Beach, Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, 20 Oct 1944. |
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MacArthur wading ashore at Leyte, Philippine Islands, 20 Oct 1944 | United States Army General Douglas MacArthur and his staff leaving USS Nashville aboard an LCM to inspect the landing beaches on Leyte in the Philippines, 20 Oct 1944. |
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United States Army troops of the 19th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion disembarking the USS Elmore bound for the landing beaches at Leyte, Philippines, 20 Oct 1944. | Cruiser USS Honolulu beached in Leyte Gulf off Dulag City, Leyte, Philippines, 21 Oct 1944 making temporary repairs after being torpedoed the previous day. |
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Cruiser USS Nashville, General Douglas MacArthur’s flagship during the Leyte Gulf operations, at anchor off Leyte, Philippine Islands, about 21 Oct 1944. Note destroyer USS Bush at right. | HMAS Australia's bridge damage after being struck by a special attack aircraft, Philippines, 21 Oct 1944; photograph taken from USS Phoenix |