The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 2
An airman of the 345th Bombardment Group photographed Manila in the months after its 1945 liberation, recording gutted government buildings, the ruined Hotel Great Eastern, and rubble-strewn streets along Rizal Avenue and the Pasig River. Crew portraits, a B-25J Mitchell, and a handwritten album caption anchor the destruction to the men who witnessed it.
Four USAAF Airmen Posing Before Aircraft Tail Insignia, WWII-era Crew Photograph
Two Airmen Beneath Radial Engine and Propeller of Military Aircraft, WWII-era Photograph
Two Airmen Resting in Vehicle Interior, 345th Bomber Group, Ie Shima
Two Airmen in Flight Jackets Posing Outdoors, Training Base
B-25 Mitchell Crew 'GC4' — 345th Bombardment Group, Ie Shima, 1945
Four Airmen Walking on Base, 345th Bombardment Group, Pacific Theater
Ground Crew of the 345th Bombardment Group Posing with Bomb Load, Ie Shima, 1945
Airman Posing with Ordnance and Parachute Gear, 345th Bomber Group Area, WWII Pacific Theater
Four Airmen in Flight Jackets, 345th Bombardment Group Photo Album
USAAF B-25J Mitchell Bomber with Crewman in Cockpit Window
Aircrewman with Parachute Harness Beside Bomb Trailer
Airman in A-2 Flight Jacket and Coveralls at Training Base
U.S. Army Air Forces Airman Posing with Bomb Trailer, 345th Bomb Group, WWII Pacific Theater
Airman Relaxing in Jeep, 345th Bombardment Group Photo Album, WWII
Two Airmen Beside Military Utility Vehicle
Serviceman Relaxing on Bunk, 345th Bombardment Group, Ie Shima, WWII Photo Album (1945)
B-25 Mitchell Nose Art "Bear Hutch I" with Crewman
Airman Leaning Against Automobile at Military Base
Airman with Pipe Posing Before Stacked Aerial Bombs, Ie Shima, 345th Bomber Group, WWII
Airman Leaning from Cockpit Window, B-25 Mitchell, Ie Shima
U.S. Army Air Forces Airman in Jeep, Wearing Flight Jacket, WWII Training Base
North American B-25 Mitchell Medium Bomber, Serial 430203, Code 'G-V4' -- 345th Bomb Group, Ie Shima
B-25 Mitchell Bomber on Airfield Apron
B-25 Mitchell Medium Bomber 'GR4' Taxiing at Airfield, 345th Bomb Group, WWII
War-Damaged Urban Streetscape with Ruined Commercial Buildings, Pacific Theater, WWII
Handwritten Caption Card, 'Ruins of Part of the Business District in Manila,' WWII Photo Album
Ruins of a Grand Public Building, Likely Manila, Philippines, 1945
War-Damaged Street with U.S. Army Jeep, Pacific Theater -- 345th Bomber Group Album
Verso of Photograph with Handwritten Caption: "More Ruins on Dewey Blvd. Manila"
Village Structures and Distant Pagoda-Style Roofline, Ie Shima/Okinawa Area, WWII Pacific Theater
Filipino Family Mausoleum in Manila-Area Cemetery
Ruined Neoclassical Public Building, Likely Manila, Philippines, 1945
Distant View of Cemetery Mausoleums, Manila Area
Verso of Photograph with Handwritten Caption: "Chinese Graveyard Used by Japs to Fight From Just Outside Manila"
Destroyed Steel Truss Bridge, Likely Pasig River, Manila, 1945
Handwritten Album Caption: 'Wrecked Bridge and New Bridge Built by Army Engineers, Leading into Manila'
Industrial Mill Complex with Smokestacks, Philippines
Two-Story Colonial-Style Residence Beyond Open Field, Philippines, WWII Photo Album
Water Hyacinth-Choked City Canal with Colonnaded Buildings, Manila-Style Street Scene, WWII Photo Album
Hong Ning Panciteria Storefront and War-Damaged Shophouses, Binondo District, Manila, WWII Photo Album
Elevated View of Rizal Avenue, Manila, Showing War Damage and Street Life, WWII Photo Album
Stone Colonial-Era Building Ruins, Pacific Theater, WWII (345th Bombardment Group Photo Album)
Riverside Scene with Moored Boats and Local Residents Washing Clothes, Philippines, WWII Photo Album
Elevated View of a Pacific Village Near 345th Bombardment Group Operating Area, WWII
Ruins of the Hotel Great Eastern After the Battle of Manila, Philippines, 1945
Pasig River, Manila, Showing War Damage and Military Vehicles Amid Rubble, WWII Photo Album
Serviceman Posing Before Shell-Damaged Spanish Colonial Church, Philippines, WWII Photo Album
Rizal Provincial Capitol Building, Philippines, WWII Era
Collapsed Neoclassical Government Building, Manila, Aftermath of the Battle of Manila, WWII Photo Album
