Filipino civilians greeting US Army soldiers on a beach, Leyte, 1944

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Crowd of Filipino civilians swarming a war-damaged beach to meet US Army soldiers. Official caption on front: "Philippine civilians swarm to meet their liberators at Leyte. Coast Guard Photo 201-7." Leyte, Philippines. 1944

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1944-10-
1944-12-
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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: 
Leyte
Latitude: 
10.833
Longitude: 
124.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Civilians in war--Filipino--Philippines
Soldiers--American--Philippines
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines
Indigenous peoples--Philippines
Soldiers--American--Philippines
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines