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...third comes from Bill Gray, sent just before the last Japs in Manila were killed. It was datelined "a military observation post beside Manila's Pasig River...
...snipers, shooting Japs from the third floor of a ruined Manila building, decided to ration their occasional targets. The riflemen lined up by rank, and each man had three shots. If a gunner missed, he lost his next turn. Then an impatient sergeant, losing all restraint, fired an entire Browning automatic rifle clip of 20 shots at one Jap. His outraged mates passed sentence: no shooting at all for three days...
...first American cargo ship to enter Manila Harbor since 1942 steamed past Corregidor's battered casemates, 24th Division troops stormed tiny Verde Island, midway between Luzon and Mindoro. It was the last Japanese strongpoint astride the shortest sea route...
...General MacArthur these were emotion-filled days. His voice broke and his eyes filled as he stood between rusty brocaded drapes at a reception in Malacanan Palace (TIME, Mar. 5) and spoke his joy at the liberation of his beloved Manila, "cruelly punished though it be." Then he smiled, kissed Mrs. Sergio Osmea, wife of the Philippines' President, murmured, "I'm so glad you're home...
...South of Manila, 11th Division paratroopers and amphibious forces struck suddenly for the prison camp at Los Baños, 25 miles behind the Japanese lines. They caught the darkly sinister commandant, Lieut. Konishi, lining up his charges for morning roll call. They killed the lieutenant and his 243 guards, rescued 2,146 sick and starving civilian internees...