Manila, the Philippine Islands
Title
Manila, the Philippine Islands
Subject
Villamor, Jesus A., 1914-1971
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Description
n one of the last pictures to leave the Philippines before Manila fell to the Japs, General Douglas MacArthur (left) is shown pinning a Distinguished Service Cross on Captain Jesus A. Villamor, of the Philippine Air Force, for heroism in the air.
Creator
The Library of Congress
Source
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Publisher
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
Date
1941 Dec. 22.
Contributor
Uploaded to Omeka by student, Fall 2016.
Relation
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/oem2002008086/PP/
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Photograph
Identifier
MacArthur gives a Filipino soldier a medal in one of the last images of him on the island before Japanese invasion
Collection
Citation
The Library of Congress, “Manila, the Philippine Islands,” UNO Digital Humanities Projects, accessed March 29, 2024, https://unodigitalhumanitiesprojects.omeka.net/items/show/260.