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00:55And now, return of the Allies.
00:59It is late 1941.
01:07After three centuries of Spanish rule,
01:10after a generation of American guardianship,
01:13the time has come when the thriving Commonwealth of the Philippines
01:16can look forward to complete independence.
01:19But first, the Philippine Islands,
01:21named after Philip II of Spain,
01:24are destined to be ruled by another emperor,
01:27Hirohito of Japan.
01:29The Far East is in turmoil.
01:32Listen to the Americans.
01:33Filipinos prepare to defend their freedom.
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01:53Cavite on Manila Bay,
01:54headquarters of the United States Asiatic Fleet.
01:57The false calm that shrouded Pearl Harbor lulls Cavite.
02:01Cavite's fate, disaster.
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02:12One Spanish warship, sunk by Admiral Dewey's squadron,
02:15lay dead on the floor of Manila Bay,
02:18and the Philippines became America.
02:20Now, in December 1941,
02:23the bones of American sailors litter the harbor,
02:26and the Philippines are torn from the United States.
02:29Manila goes,
02:30Bataan goes,
02:31and so goes Corregidor.
02:33In fire and agony,
02:35in smoke and anguish,
02:37the Commonwealth of the Philippines is extinguished.
02:40The Japanese take over.
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03:20The victor,
03:22General Homa of the Imperial Japanese Army.
03:25Americans and Filipinos are stripped of their power,
03:29seemingly forever.
03:31The vanquished,
03:33Americans and Filipinos,
03:36whose hope of freedom is gone,
03:39seemingly forever.
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03:46But at Pearl Harbor, two and a half years later,
03:48Roosevelt and his Chief of Staff, Admiral Leahy,
03:51Nimitz and MacArthur perfect the grand design
03:54for the liberation of the Philippines.
03:56The long, arduous advance across the Pacific
03:59has brought the Allies to Leyte,
04:01in the center of the Philippines.
04:03There, in October 1944,
04:05the Americans landed with a panoply of naval power
04:08such as no ocean has seen
04:09since man first went down to the sea in ships.
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05:34Through the 7,100 islands of the Philippine archipelago,
05:38through jungle and swamp,
05:40through enemy-infested waters and rain forests,
05:42the Allies fight their campaign of liberation.
05:46Who remembers the names of the beaches,
05:49of the towns, of the islands to be taken?
05:53Who but those who were there?
06:20On Mindanao and Mindoro,
06:22on Penay and Cebu,
06:24at Balabac and Busanga,
06:26at Simara and Sambuanga,
06:29who remembers the names?
06:32Those who fought there.
06:34Those who survived there.
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07:34On Negros and Bohol,
07:36at Bureas and Romblon,
07:38at Dumaganti and Catanduanes,
07:40at Parum and Beleti Pass,
07:43who remembers the names?
07:46Those who bled there.
07:48Those who died there.
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08:52Supporting sailors in confined waters,
08:54supporting soldiers on confined islands,
08:56breaking the way for further invasion,
08:58the carrier pilots of Admiral Halsey's 3rd Fleet
09:01challenge the remnants of Japanese sea and air power
09:04in, around, and over the Philippines.
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09:56Striking boldly through the South China Sea,
09:59Admiral Halsey hits Amoy, Hong Kong,
10:01Canton, Hainan,
10:03Turan, Cape Saint-Jacques,
10:05Saigon, Indochina,
10:07Cochinchina, and China itself.
10:11These are the pillars on which rests the Japanese Empire.
10:15These are the pillars that give way
10:17under the weight of the United States Navy.
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11:14Now the island of Luzon,
11:16largest of the Philippines, is softened up,
11:18made ripe for invasion.
11:20Luzon and the prize of the campaign, Manila.
11:24From Hollandia and New Guinea,
11:26from Manus in the Andes,
11:28from Bougainville in the Solomons,
11:30from Ulysses in the Carolinas,
11:32from 10,000 times 10,000 villages,
11:34towns, and cities in the United States,
11:36New Zealand, and Australia,
11:38allied men and ships converge on the Philippines,
11:41on Luzon.
11:43Through Surigao Strait they come,
11:45sailing westward into the Mindanao Sea,
11:47and thence across the Sulu Sea,
11:50through Mindoro Strait,
11:52and north into the South China Sea,
11:54up along the west coast of Luzon,
11:56and then to Lingayen Gulf.
11:58It is January 1945.
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12:36Every gun on every ship,
12:38every gun from port to starboard,
12:40every gun from stem to stern,
12:42pounds the shores of Lingayen Gulf,
12:45unlocking the back door to Manila,
12:47100 miles south.
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13:08Landing craft carrying the United States 6th Army
13:11jockey for position,
13:12circling patiently until they can edge into line
13:15for the fateful run to the beach.
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13:42The Japanese know that if Luzon goes,
13:44all of Southeast Asia goes with it.
13:47So they sweep Lingayen Gulf with their divine wind,
13:50the kamikaze.
13:52Suicide pilots smash themselves against the invading ships,
13:56human projectiles conceived in a marriage of desperation and despair.
14:01Terror reigns in Lingayen Gulf
14:03as the kamikazes strike,
14:05and strike,
14:06and strike again.
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14:49But the landings go on.
14:51Ashore, the Japanese,
14:53baffled and confused by the swift succession of Allied moves and fades,
14:57cannot stop the flow of invasion.
15:00The 6th Army takes over Lingayen Gulf
15:02and seizes a beachhead 17 miles wide,
15:05four miles deep.
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15:50And on the beaches,
15:51Filipinos greet the return of the Americans to Luzon.
15:55But the powers of death have not yet done their worst.
15:59Manila is still 100 miles away,
16:02and the road south will be long,
16:05and cruel,
16:07and bitter.
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17:30American armor slashes into the central Luzon plain,
17:33and advancing columns spurt toward Clark Field,
17:36more than halfway to Manila.
17:38Clark Field,
17:40core of Japanese air power in the Philippines.
17:43Here, American bombers were caught and demolished on the ground in December 1941.
17:48Now, three years later,
17:51the broken aircraft of Japan make more desolate,
17:54scorched, abandoned earth.
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18:18There are other landings on Luzon,
18:20at Zambales,
18:21at Misugu,
18:22at Lagaspi.
18:24From northeast and southwest,
18:26converging soldiers close on Manila,
18:28streaming through liberated villages where war has come and gone.
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18:49Up ahead,
18:50the defenders have converted Manila into one enormous pillbox.
18:54Manila ceases to be a civilized city,
18:57and becomes the cesspool of hell in the final battle for the liberation of the Philippines.
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19:40The suburbs of Manila,
19:42designed for ease and rest and relaxation.
19:46Rizal Memorial Park,
19:48the baseball stadium.
19:50But another kind of game is being played now,
19:54where one arrow means out,
19:56and death keeps the score.
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20:28Inside the city,
20:30every building a fortress,
20:31every wall a rampart.
20:33The streets are mined,
20:35the intersections barricaded.
20:37Enemy suicide squads challenge each crossing,
20:40every corner.
20:42The battle for Manila.
20:44War, block by block,
20:46street by street,
20:48house by house,
20:50room by room.
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22:20Devastation is but a part of the price man must pay for his freedom.
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22:55In the ancient Spanish section of Manila,
22:57called Entremuros,
22:58in the business district,
23:00the last resistance breaks,
23:02as all such resistance must,
23:05till the war drums throb no longer,
23:08and the battle flags are firmed
23:10in the Parliament of Man,
23:12the Federation of the World.
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24:11Come unto me,
24:12all ye who are weary and heavy laden,
24:15and I will give you rest.
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24:22The flags of the free go up in the Philippines,
24:24in Manila,
24:25in Bataan,
24:26on Corregidor.
24:28President Roosevelt has told the world,
24:30American soldiers fight not for the lust of conquest.
24:34They fight to end conquest.
24:36They fight to liberate.
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24:43The admirals and the generals come,
24:45Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur,
24:48those who forged the grand design for liberation,
24:51those who directed its execution.
24:54They come not as conquerors,
24:56but rather as aides to help the Commonwealth of the Philippines
24:59quench the fire of war
25:01and rekindle the flame of honor and independence.
25:05They come to lead the Filipinos out of terror,
25:08into light.
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25:30The strife is over.
25:32The battle done.
25:34The song of triumph has begun.
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