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C@rregici©r Seen Target for HexfYankee Ass®uIfBy FRANCIS MCCARTHYI!. P. War CorrespondentMANILA, Fol). f;.—ThreeAmerican Divisions encircled Irani icallv resisting Japanese remnants in Manila today, virt-unily completing the liberating of the Philippines and setting the stage for the next phase ofthe March on Tokyo.♦ •Gen. Douglas MacArthur officially proclaimed the fall of Manila, capital of the Philippines and largest: city yet liberated in the Pacific war. and said the motto of his command now was:On to Tokyo!”He said the complete destruction of the doomed enemy garrison of Manila was imminent and -revealed that another 1350 American and Allied war prisoners and civilian internees had been freed yesterday with the capture of ancient Bilibid Prison.1CORRI GI DOR NEXTI| Other American forces avenging ithe hitter defeats of 1942 sealed off Bataan Peninsula and were be-, lieved preparing for an early as-! sault on Fort Corregidor in Manila Bay.(Writing off the eventual loss of M a n i 1 a. Japanese propagandists heard by the FCC said that the coming of the Americans to Manila was ‘‘exactly what our side waited for, and our bleeding tactics will | now enter the positive stage.”) j (A Japanese communique acknowledged that American forces had penetrated into a corner of Manila and said Japanese troopswere locked in heavy fighting with invaders.”)The 11th airborne division completed the stranglehold on the battered Japanese garrison in Manila by smashing into the city fromfContinued on Pace 3, Column 4J
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Berkeley Daily Gazette
Berkeley, California, US
Tue, Feb 06, 1945
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