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Destroyed Municipal Building of San Jose, Batangas 1945

Buhay Batangas

2 Feb, 2018

Date Taken: 12 October 1945

Original Caption: These are the ruins of the Municipal Building, which was damaged by bombs, during the war. San Jose, Batangas, P.I. (for Philippine Islands)

Photo colorized courtesy of Algorithmia.

A native of San Jose, Batangas shows bayonet wound to the side of her body. Image source: United States National Archives.

Click to view more pictures of San Jose, Batangas in 1945.

Click to see victims of Japanese WWII atrocities in San Jose, Batangas 1945.
Notes and references:
Image source: United States National Archives. Colorization courtesy of Algorithmia.

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