Photograph. Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 24th Infantry Division marching in a column down a narrow road in a tropical forest; other soldiers in the foreground. Official Caption: "Rome. 6/1/45--U.S. Troops on Mindanao--After securing their beachhead, this long column of U.S. soldiers on Mindanao is beginning the march inland toward their first objective, the city of Cotabato. The city, capital of Cotabato Province, was captured in three days. The troops, members of the U.S. Army's 24th Division, landed April 17, 1945. By May 30, U.S. Army troops in the interior of the island had made deep penetrations into Japanese mountain positions east of the captured provincial capital, Malaybalay. Mindanao is the most southern and second most important of the large Philippine Islands.--FN Photo. Serviced by Rome OWI (A List Out). Approved by appropriate military authority. 6493." Mindanao Island, Philippines. 1 June 1945