The Snapshots in Time Collection

Wartime Cemetery with Wooden Cross Markers, Luzon, Philippines, WWII

Wartime Cemetery with Wooden Cross Markers, Luzon, Philippines, WWII

Simple wooden crosses mark a makeshift wartime cemetery on Luzon, Philippines, likely dating from the 1944-1945 campaign to liberate the islands. Scenes like this reflect the heavy toll the fighting took on both military personnel and Filipino civilians. Project: 218436