The Snapshots in Time Collection

Wide View of Destroyed Steel Bridge with Soldiers on Roadside, Luzon, Philippines, World War II

Wide View of Destroyed Steel Bridge with Soldiers on Roadside, Luzon, Philippines, World War II

A wide view of a Luzon mountain gorge reveals the full scale of a bridge's destruction, its steel truss sections folded and scattered along the slope. A small party of soldiers surveys the damage from the roadside above. Photographs like this documented the engineering obstacles facing American forces as they advanced through the rugged interior of Luzon during the closing months of the Pacific War. Project: 218437