General MacArthur and Philippine President Osmena hail the liberation of the long-oppressed islands as U.S. soldiers form an honor guard for the ceremony at Tacloban on 24 October 1944
U.S. Navy Official photograph, Gift of Charles Ives, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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380.Photograph. 'File Number 258492 Dec. 19, 1944 Gen. MacArthur, President Osmena proclaim liberation of Philippines, in an impressive ceremony at Tacloban, capital of Leyte, General Douglas MacArthur, USA, and Sergio Osmena, President of the Philippines, on October 24, 1944 hail the liberation of the long-oppressed islands. U. S. soldiers form an honor guard for the principals in the ceremony.' 24 October 1944
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The Charles Ives Collection consists of 719 photographs from the Pacific Theater of WWII. Many of the photographs were taken between 1944 and 1945. Mr. Ives inherited the photographs from a friend from Marblehead, Massachusetts who served as an aviator in the Army Air Corps and discharged as a Major in 1945.
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Tacloban
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11.250
Longitude:
125.017
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