American servicemen gather on the steps of the Provincial Capitol Building of Leyte in Tacloban, Philippines. This neoclassical landmark holds a special place in WWII history as the site where General Douglas MacArthur formally restored the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines in October 1944, following the Allied landings on Leyte that began the liberation of the islands. This photograph comes from the collection of the 312th Bomb Group, a US Army Air Forces unit that operated A-20 Havoc bombers in the Southwest Pacific theater. Project: 218269