The Snapshots in Time Collection
Aerial View of Intact Rural Chapel Amid War-Damaged Vegetation, Luzon, Philippines
This aerial photograph shows a small rural chapel with its bell tower still standing amid a Philippine barrio on Luzon, even as surrounding palm and banana groves show clear signs of blast damage. Images such as this, taken during 312th Bomb Group reconnaissance flights in 1945, illustrate the proximity of combat operations to everyday village life during the campaign to clear northern Luzon of Japanese forces. Project: 218541