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American and Filipino soldiers marching side by side to liberate the Philippines. The photographer, Carl Mydans, was briefly an internee at the University of Santo Tomas and later returned to the Philippines to document the liberation campaign. Northern Luzon. 1945. Photo by Carl Mydans. Courtesy of the LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images and the International Center of Photography (281.2005)

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Manila, Philippines

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Title: American and Filipino soldiers marching side by side to liberate the Philippines. The photographer, Carl Mydans, was briefly an internee at the University of Santo Tomas and later returned to the Philippines to document the liberation campaign. Northern Luzon. 1945. Photo by Carl Mydans. Courtesy of the LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images and the International Center of Photography (281.2005)

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