The Snapshots in Time Collection
War-Damaged Town Street with Ruined Building Columns, Luzon, Philippines, WWII
Skeletal concrete columns — all that remains of a substantial building — stand along a street in Luzon, Philippines, following the destructive fighting of WWII. The 1945 campaign to liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation left many towns, including highland communities like Baguio, in ruins. Photographs like this document the scale of wartime destruction endured by Filipino civilians and the rebuilding that followed liberation. Project: 218442