Battery 'C,' 4th Field Artillery Battalion motor pool, Manila, Philippines, 8 July 1946. Nearly a year after Manila's liberation, U.S. Army units remained garrisoned amid the ruins of the 1945 Battle of Manila, one of the most devastating urban battles of the Pacific War. This panorama shows military vehicle sheds in the foreground against the shattered remnants of the city's grand pre-war architecture. Project: 218491