Accession Number | 017829 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Bottomley, Clifford |
Place made | Philippines: Leyte, Palo |
Date made | 19 November 1944 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Leyte Island, Philippines. Front view of the Roman Catholic Church of Santisima Trinidad at Palo. ...
Description
Leyte Island, Philippines. Front view of the Roman Catholic Church of Santisima Trinidad at Palo. A large section is being used by American medical services as a surgical station for battle casualties evacuated from the northern side of Leyte Island. First American nurses to land in Philippines since 1942 are doing great work among the wounded and sick in this church.