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...Sullivan's right hand in Manila is Commander Byron S. Huie Jr., 40, a former Treasury attorney whose salvage units rescued 2,340 men from the waters off Omaha Beach in the first 48 hours after Dday. Both the Commodore and his executive officer work right alongside their men in easy informality, sometimes have to argue their zealous divers into knocking off work. The strangest fruit they have plucked out of Manila harbor: a Jap ship filled with glass marbles...
With Philippine victory proclaimed, the U.S. Eighth Army last week completed its first assignment. In action six and a half months, during which it rarely nudged into the headlines, it had secured its half of the Philippines. From Manila, TIME Correspondent William Gray radioed the Eighth's story...
...identified army late in January. The 38th Division and elements of the 24th piled ashore north of Bataan, went on to take Subic Bay and Olongapo. Two days after the first landing the 11th Airborne piled out of boats at Nasugbu and drove to the southern outskirts of Manila in 104 hours. The 511th Regimental Combat Team made the first paratroop drop of the Philippine campaign, landing along the Tagaytay ridge in support of the11th Airborne's ground drive...
...Said the Manila Chronicle : "One of the most lucrative trades in Manila today is selling Army goods, obtained by hook or crook, at black-market prices. Eating places sell bread, butter and coffee with condensed milk, pies and other delicacies made of materials that can be obtained only from the Army. Small boys roam the streets everyday, peddling candy, cigarets and whatnot bought from G.I.s needing ready cash...
...Scoop, One Dollar. Along Manila's streets, the stratospheric prices have already sprouted rows of cheap wood and tin shops amid the ruins. There, Filipinos and free-spending U.S. soldiers & sailors can buy a scoop of ice cream for $1 ; a pair of U.S.-made shoes for $120; a woman's dress of sleazy material for $35; or a Jap-made bicycle, which sold for $20 before...