Audio-Visual Materials
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Library of Congress Veterans History Project
- Lyman Tex Black (11th Airborne Division in Raid on Los Baños)
- Frank Woodruff Buckles (Internee at STIC and Los Baños)
- Sarah Lee Ream Connelly (Internee at Baguio and Old Bilibid prison)
- John T. Egan (11th Airborne Division in Raid on Los Baños)
- Lillian Rose Goynes (Internee at STIC)
- Eleanor Elizabeth Herold Heimke (Internee at Baguio and Old Bilibid prison)
- Catherine Cotterman Hoskins (Internee at STIC)
- Mary Jane Laznibat (Internee at STIC)
- John Fabian Ream (Internee at Baguio and Old Bilibid prison)
- Patricia Muriel Chittick Remley (Internee at STIC)
- Katherine Ream Sobeck (Internee at Baguio and Old Bilibid prison)
- Janet Sue Flatland Trigg (Internee at STIC)
- Tony James Tuori (Fought in Manila and at Los Baños)
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
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- Japanese Military Propaganda Film, circa 1942
- Attack on Manila Harbor, 1944
- Bombardment of Philippines in Luzon, 1945
- Interviewing Philippine Internees
- Rescue Allied Prisoners, Los Banos, Luzon, Philippine Islands
- Crossing Cainte River, Tay Tay, Luzon; Show for Internees at Santo Tomas Internment Camp, February 23, 1945
- Trial of General Yamashita, 1945
- Notable Pacific Island Areas Ten Years After WWII: Corregidor, Midway, Manila
Major TV & Motion Pictures about WWII in the Philippines
- American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
- Bataan (1943)
- Concerto (2008)
- Manila 1945: The Rest of the Story
- Manila Calling (1942)
- The Raiders of Leyte Gulf (1963)
- Rescue at Dawn: The Los Banos Raid (2004)
- So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
- They Were Expendable (1945)
- Victory at Sea: The Battle for Leyte Gulf (1953)
- You Were There: The Rescue of the American Prisoners from Santo Tomas (1955)
I am a ex prisoner of both Santo Tomas and Los Banos, my sister, Mother, Father, an self were interned for the full 3 an 1/2 years. My father was the camp’s hair barber when he and his brothers, James Harper, Arthur Harper, Steven Harper, were all sent to Los Banos to build it for the families; his parents and my Mothers parents were sent after 18 months. Need to talk to some one. Memories are getting bad.
Hi, Betty, thanks for your message. In my database, I have seven Harpers listed for your family. In order of their birth, they are James Albert (born 1915), Arthur Edward (born 1918), Ella Mae (born 1918), Steven Phillip (born 1922), Anita Mae (born 1937), Betty Jane (born 1940) and William Martin (born 1945). If I am missing anyone, or if this information is incorrect, please let me know. I show James, Ella, Anita, and yourself as being repatriated on the S.S. Cape Meares, arriving in San Francisco on 12 May 1945. Arthur and Steven were repatriated on the S.S. Admiral Eberle, arriving in San Pedro on 2 May 1945. Again, if this is not correct, please let me know. James, Arthur, Steven, Anita and yourself are listed as being born in the Philippines. Ella is listed as being born in Ontario, Canada, and William in Long Beach, California. I will try to send you some more information via email. Thanks again and best regards, Cliff