Dead Filipino civilans lying by a wall, Manila, Philippines

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Bodies of a dead Filipina woman and child lying beside a bulletriddled wall; blood spatter is on the wall. Official caption on front: "Women and children killed by bayonet and rifle fire in Walled City, Manila, Philippine Islands. US Army Photo 160-2." Manila, Philippines. No date

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Date: 
1944
1945
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
Geography: 
Manila
Latitude: 
14.617
Longitude: 
120.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Women--Filipino--Philippines
Children--Filipino--Philippines
Civilians in war--Filipino--Philippines
Civilian war casualties--Filipino--Philippines
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Filipino--Philippines