This aerial photograph reveals the scale of destruction inflicted on a Japanese-held rail yard and surrounding town, likely in the Philippines, following a coordinated air strike. Locomotives, freight cars, and a burning engine shed sit amid a rail complex, while the adjoining town has been reduced largely to rubble. Images like this documented the devastating effectiveness of the Fifth Air Force's rail interdiction campaign, in which units including the 312th Bomb Group worked to sever Japanese supply lines during the liberation of the Philippines. Project: 218553