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Prepare forEarly AssaultOn Corregidor1,350 PrisonersAnd Inf-crnccs FreedAt Bilbid PrisonBy FRANCIS MCCARTHY United ITrss War CorrespondentMANILA, Feb. fi~. TIT . Three Aineriean divisions eiHireled {limit-ically resisting Japanese remnants in Manila today, virtually completion the liberating of the Philippines and setting the stage for the next phase of the march on Tokyo.(ieu. Douglas MaoArthur officially proclaimed the fall of Manila, capital of the Philippines and largest eitv vet liberated in the Pacific* ■war, and said the motto of luscommand now was:On to Tokyo!lie said the complete destruction of the doomed enemy garrison of Manila was imminent and revealed that another 1,350 American and Allied war prisoners and civilian internees had been freed yesterday with the capture of ancient Bilibid Prison.Avenge 1943 DefeatsOther American forces avenging the hitter defeats of 1042 sealed off Bataan peninsula and were believed preparing for an early assault on Port Corregidor in ManilaBay.“The fall of Manila marks the end of one great phase of the Pacific struggle and set the stage for another,” MaeArthur said in a statement accompanying his daily eommiinbpie.“With Australia safe, the Philippines liberated, and the ultimate redemption of the Hast Indies and Malaya thereby made a certainly, our motto becomes, 'On to Tokyo’!’’ (Writing off the eventual loss Manila, Japanese propagandistsheard by the FCC said that llm coming Of the. Americans to Manila was exactly what our side waited for. and our bleeding tactics will now enter the positive.oiio ,T )Forces Join in Manila The 11th Airborne Division completed the stranglehold on the battered Japanese garrison in Manila by smashing Into the city from the south yesterday after an overnight dash of 35 miles.The 37th Infantry Division, pouring into the capital from the north, and the First Cavalry Division, from the east, linked up in the heart of Manila and cleared all of the city north of the Pasig river with the exception of scattered groups of snipers.The Japanese blew up the Quezon and Ayala bridges across the broad Pasig as they fell back into the .southern half of Manila for a last stand. Two other bridges remained intact, however, and may have been captured by the Americans.Jap Garrison TrappedJapanese demolition squads continued (heir destructive work in southern Manila, working feverishly against their own imminent dc struction. Numerous fires east a heavy pall of smoke over the city and explosions shook the ground at' frequent Intervals.With the 11th Airborne Division’s thrust into southern Manila however, the enemy garrison could be considered hopelessly trappod,” MaeArthur said.The 37th Infantry Division cap lured Bilibid Prison in the north ern half of Manila yesterday, re leasing more than 800 war prison ers and about 550 .additional ci vilian internees, including womcr and children.Will Release Names Thai brought to more than 5,5l)( the number of Allied prisoner; rescued in the past week, includ ing those at the Santo Tomas Universify concentration camp in Ma nila and the Cabanatuan prismcamp in central Luzon.Most were Americans, but the number also included a catlcrinj. of British, Australians, Dutch and other Allied nationals. MacArthuisaid the names of those rescued at Santo Tomas and Bilibid would be released as soon as they have been tabulated, probably a matter of several days.ilhmmThe Weather
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