Filipino civilians and US sailors rescuing Japanese sailors, Philippine Sea, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph. Filipino men and boys in outrigger canoes paddling next to a PT boat. Official caption on front: "Filipinos and P.T. boats gather Jap survivors in Surigao Strait. US Navy Photo 107-19." Surigao Strait. October 1944
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1944-10-
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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:
Surigao Strait
Latitude:
10.250
Longitude:
125.383
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Torpedo boats--American--Philippines
Canoes--Philippines
Civilians--Filipino--Philippines
Indigenous peoples--Men--Philippines
Boys--Philippines