The Snapshots in Time Collection

Shattered Tree Trunks, Camp John Hay, Luzon, Philippines, WWII

Shattered Tree Trunks, Camp John Hay, Luzon, Philippines, WWII

Two tree trunks stand shattered in a clearing at Camp John Hay, the U.S. Army's mountain rest camp in Baguio, Philippines. The splintered wood bears silent witness to the violence that swept through this once-tranquil retreat during the Japanese invasion of December 1941 and its recapture during the 1945 Luzon Campaign, when American and Filipino forces fought to reclaim the Philippines from Japanese occupation. Project: 218442