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These are stamps collected from the Philippines during the Japanese occupation during World War II and provide some insight into Japan's intentions for the Philippines. These stamps are a part of a larger stamp collection of World War II stamps,…
These images are from the U.S. booklet "The Jap Soldier." This book takes a very negative approach on the Japanese and provides some insight into how Americans viewed the Japanese during World War II. The book begins with pictures of Japanese…
This is an excerpt from "Asia's Captive Colonies" which was a pamphlet that was widely available in World War II. This particular excerpt discusses the Philippines, which before World War II was a U.S. territory. "The Philippines in Transition"…
This photograph shows a starving Filipino girl who is clutching a ration box on February 7th, 1945. This image was taken by G. Faillace who worked for Technicolor Government Services. Smoke continues to rise from the city of Manila in the…
This photograph was taken by the Technicolor Government Services in Manilla on March 12, 1945. This picture shows Filipino children gathering bricks to help rebuild the city.
This photograph shows many Filipino civilians leaving Intramuros, Manilla with the smoldering city in the background.
In 1945, American forces began to recapture Manilla. They used aerial power and bombardment to try and get the Japanese forces to surrender. This damaged much of the city. Japanese soldiers also pillaged and burned residential areas causing even more…
This photograph was taken by the Technicolor Government Services on February 23, 1945. This photograph shows a family sheltered beneath a sheet of metal. Their home was destroyed by either Japanese soldiers or American aerial bombardment.
This photograph was taken by the Technicolor Government Services on February 23, 1945. This photograph depicts refugees leaving Manilla to go behind American lines.
This is a photograph taken by Paul Jordan, a member of the Technicolor Government Services on November 25, 1944. The youth in the picture is Gerilino Bening, who was a 16-year old guerilla, attached to Company B of the Filipino 96th Infantry Regiment…
This photograph is from the August 6, 1941 edition of the Photographic Weekly Report (Shashin Shuho), which was a weekly pictorial journal published by the Japanese Cabinet Intelligence Department during the interwar years of 1938-1945. This magazine…
This photograph is from the May 19, 1943 edition of the Photographic Weekly Report (Shashin Shuho), which was a weekly pictorial journal published by the Japanese Cabinet Intelligence Department during the interwar years of 1938-1945. This magazine…
This photograph is from the August 6, 1941 edition of the Photographic Weekly Report (Shashin Shuho), which was a weekly pictorial journal published by the Japanese Cabinet Intelligence Department during the interwar years of 1938-1945. This magazine…
This photograph is from the September 15, 1943 edition of the Photographic Weekly Report (Shashin Shuho), which was a weekly pictorial journal published by the Japanese Cabinet Intelligence Department during the interwar years of 1938-1945. This…
This photograph is from the October 6, 1943 edition of the Photographic Weekly Report (Shashin Shuho), which was a weekly pictorial journal published by the Japanese Cabinet Intelligence Department during the interwar years of 1938-1945. This…
This photograph is from the October 25, 1939 edition of the Photographic Weekly Report (Shashin Shuho), which was a weekly pictorial journal published by the Japanese Cabinet Intelligence Department during the interwar years of 1938-1945. This…
This photograph is from the March 12, 1941 edition of the Photographic Weekly Report (Shashin Shuho), which was a weekly pictorial journal published by the Japanese Cabinet Intelligence Department during the interwar years of 1938-1945. This magazine…
This photograph is from the March 12, 1941 edition of the Photographic Weekly Report (Shashin Shuho), which was a weekly pictorial journal published by the Japanese Cabinet Intelligence Department during the interwar years of 1938-1945. This magazine…
This photograph is included in the book: "The Japanese Occupation of the Philippines: A Pictorial History" edited by Ricardo T. Jose and Lydia Yu-Jose. In this photograph three children are peddling goods to make money during the Japanese occupation…
This is a photograph included in the book: "The Japanese Occupation of the Philippines: A Pictorial History" edited by Ricardo T. Jose and Lydia Yu-Jose. This photograph displays a crowd of Filipino children preforming radio taiso exercises, which…
This is a photograph included in the book: "The Japanese Occupation of the Philippines: A Pictorial History" edited by Ricardo T. Jose and Lydia Yu-Jose. This photograph shows a Japanese soldier teaching Japanese to a class of Filipino children…
This image was collected and digitized by John Tewell. It is also included in the Filipinas Heritage Library. This photo depicts a Filipino family fleeing the city, most likely at the beginning of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. The…
This image was collected and digitized by John Tewell. It is also included in the Filipinas Heritage Library. This photo was taken by an American GI in the Philippines, and shows three children who were orphaned during the war. They are sitting…
This image was collected and digitized by John Tewell, that was published in an the "Associated Press wire news," in 1941 in the United States. The caption reads: "JAP BOMBERS WIPE OUT FAMILY--San Pablo, Laguna, PI" This photo is also included in the…
This is an image of the cover of "Know your Enemy Japan" which is a propaganda pamphlet written by Anthony Jenkinson. This pamphlet provided Americans with some background information on Japan including how large it was as well as who governs Japan.…
This image is a part of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey in Japan. This study sought to evaluate the effects and importance of air power. The white areas of this photograph are all burned areas, the smoke is still smoldering from the…
This image is a part of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey in Japan. This study sought to evaluate the effects and importance of air power. This photo depicts children playing in the remains of burned section of Tokyo. The caption reads:…
This image is a part of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey in Japan. This study sought to evaluate the effects and importance of air power. This is a Japanese photo taken after the aftermath of the fire bombings. The caption reads: "Japanese…
This image is a part of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey in Japan. This study sought to evaluate the effects and importance of air power. This image shows houses that were demolished to create a fire break, making it more difficult for…
This image is a part of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey in Japan. This study sought to evaluate the effects and importance of air power. The children in this image are playing in the street in Japan. This picture was likely taken after the…
This image is a part of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey in Japan. This study sought to evaluate the effects and importance of air power. This image depicts the cremation remains of atomic bomb victims.
This image is a part of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey in Japan. This study sought to evaluate the effects and importance of air power. This image is of a family bomb shelter in Kobe, Japan that was dug out of the side of a mountain. The…
This colored postcard depicts a agricultural area in the Philippines. This postcard is a "Color Card, Kodachrome Reproduction" by Mike Roberts Studios in Berkeley, California. The caption reads "Harvesting tobacco in the Cagayan Valley, Luzon." This…
This photograph depicts a bombed church in the Leyte province of the Philippines. This photograph was taken by Samuel George Ellsworth, who was a USU history professor as well as a president of the University, during his time as a Chaplain in the…
"When I Made Balloon Bombs" is a personal account by Takamizawa Sachiko who was a child during World War II in Japan. She describes how she made balloon bombs at her public school in Japan during World War II. These balloons were designed to float…
"Throwing Stones at Korean Children" is a personal account by Sasaki Fumiko who was a child during World War II in Japan. She describes how as a child, she participated in throwing stones at and chasing away Korean children who were living in Japan.…
"Pupils' War Experience Noted in My Diary" is a personal account by Shimizu Mitsuo that records events of World War II on the Japanese homefront in the Spring and Summer of 1945. This account is published in "Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific…
In "Memories of Youth Turned to Ashes," Okubo Michiko explains how a U.S. bombing raid on her hometown destroyed her memories of her youth. This account is published in "Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War "which is a collections of letters…
"Labeled Sixth Rank for Being Bad" is a personal account by Sato Rakuro published in "Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War." Originally, this personal account was a letter to the editor of the "Asahi" Newspaper in Japan between 1986-1987. The…
In "Hand Like a Maple Leaf," Okubo Michiko describes her experience of a U.S. incendiary bombing raid in Japan during World War II. This account is published in "Senso: the Japanese Remember the Pacific War" which is a collections of letters sent to…
"Doesn't Seem Too Bad" is a personal account written by Shirai Naruo, who was a child during World War II in Japan and discusses the effects of U.S. incendiary bombing tactics on Japanese cities. This account is published in "Senso: The Japanese…
In "A Boy's Lonely Death on a Broiling Street," Ozawa Namiyo describes seeing a starved teenager die on the streets in Japan during World War II. This narrative is published in "Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War" which is a collections of…
Dolores Pasaring Molina describes living through the Japanese occupation of the Philippines including being abducted by Japanese Soldiers to serve as a "comfort woman." Comfort women were women and girls who were forced or coerced into becoming…
This excerpt from "Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon: Everyday Life in a Time of War" provides several personal accounts describing the last few months of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines as well as some of the atrocities committed by…
This is an excerpt from "Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon: Everyday Life in a Time of War" that describes how World War II and the Japanese occupation of the Philippines affected the food situation.
This excerpt from "Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon: Everyday Life in a Time of War" provides an example of how one Filipino, who was a child during the war, remembered World War II in the Philippines.
This is an excerpt from "Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon: Everyday Life in a Time of War" which is a compilation of Filipino personal narratives of World War II in the Philippines. This excerpt discusses how the Japanese occupation forces…
“I Survived the Manilla Massacre” is the personal account of Anna P. Maynilad, who was a seventeen during the Manilla Massacre (also known as the Battle of Manilla) in 1945. During the Manilla Massacre, as the United States began to retake Manilla,…
“Battling Disease and Starvation” is the personal account of Lilia Verano Brewbaker, who was a child during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. This account provides an example of the food insecurity in the Philippines during World War II and…